This is a review of Eden McKenzie-Goddard's debut book 'Smallie' following the life of a family experiencing the fallout of the Windrush scandal. Touching on themes of family, displacement, romance and religion, this is a well-grounded and thoughtful depiction of the reality of immigration and the wider British-Caribbean experience.

Round Up Review of Herrana Addisu's short film/proof of concept 'PROOF' which investigates child labour in Ghana, and a review of Dean Atta's Q&A with Keith Jarrett about Dean's debut adult novel 'Big Man' about a gay, middle-aged Black British man.

Review of Hurvin Anderson's first retrospective exhibition at Tate Britain, featuring works from his early student days to the present day.

A cross-cultural odyssey spanning Birmingham in the UK, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, this exhibition showcases themes of identity, culture, immigration, and displacement.

Review of the new five-part show called 'Possession' which is available to watch on streaming platforms: Now TV and Sky TV. The show follows Claudia Mckenzie, a mixed race lawyer on a legal case about a disinherited descendant of a plantation owner. I attending this showing at Everyman Cinema in Stratford International on invitation. The showing was organised by We Are Parable, and the Q&A with writer Karla Crome, actor Sheldon Shepherd and director Storm Sault was hosted by ZeZe Millz.

Review of new tropical noir series 'Possession' which I had the pleasure of watching two episodes of at Everyman Cinema in Stratford International followed by a Q&A organised by We Are Parable, hosted by ZeZe Millz with director Storm Sault, actor Shelden Shepherrd and writer Karla Crome. Special credit to long-form producer Ashelgh Ashley for the invitation.

This episode is in memoriam of Professor Jason Arday - the youngest Black professor appointed to Cambridge - whose death was announced yesterday (14th August 2026). I discuss the racist media campaign against him, the importance of due diligence and a re-evaluation of editorial and communal standards.

This unusually long episode is about a series of topics in the media that I wanted to discuss in more detail, starting with the media storm around Professor Jason Arday before segueing into a discussion about dynamics in the Black British community (a rough review of an event I went to at Soho House at The Strand which featured a Q&A on The Good, The Black, The Boujee book by Symeon Brown, and my thoughts on David Jonsson's appointment as the new Black Panther) before finishing off with some musings on The Children of Blood and Bone debacle.

Round up review of opera comique 'La Fille du Regiment' (Daughter of the Regiment) at Royal Ballet & Opera (RBO) and the 'Swan Lake' ballet which was shown at the London Coliseum.

Random chinwag about coloniality, sport, Europe, climate catastrophe and disease.

Rare episode of me reviewing a World Cup 2026 match: Ghana v England, who played yesterday and equalled at 0 - 0.