40 years in the music industry and Jaki Graham has lost none of her talent, her fun-loving nature or star power. Here’s my interview with her and check out the links to follow her on social media

http://www.twitter.com/Jaki_Graham

http://www.twitter.com/thejntgroup

AUGUST 2017 gig

http://www.rewindfestival.com/south/lineup/view/artist/138/jaki-graham

MORE GIG DATES

https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/jaki-graham

BUY JAKI’S MUSIC

https://itunes.apple.com/gr/artist/jaki-graham/id218132947

If you're a new start-up or thinking of starting your own business, Pushpa Alexander is the woman to talk to, especially if you live anywhere near the West Midlands. I think she runs one of the busiest and most creative networking events anywhere in the region. I've known her for about a decade, and I've watched her business grow. It was fascinating to sit down with her and find out what drives her

Check out HeadzUp Business right here:

http://www.headzupbusiness.co.uk/

Connect with Pushpa on LinkedIn too:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/headz-up-business-ceo-founder

I met Annika as a delegate of one of her recent events she held where she advises aspiring writers on how to self-publish.

If you're looking to do the same get in touch with Annika as follows

Website: https://annikaspalding.com/about/

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/annika_spalding/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/annikaspalding?lang=en

Listen up if you're an aspiring music star. My guest on this episode is the super-knowledgeable music business expert that is Carla Brown, also known as DJ Miss C Brown https://twitter.com/djmisscbrown

She's a Brummie lass, with more than 20 years experience of helping new and up-and-coming artists gain a bigger audience with their singing, music and rapping. In this podcast, she explains HOW.

She is available for consultancy, so get in touch with her to see if she thinks she can help you. She runs funding advice workshops too so to find her next one, head to her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DJMissCBrown/

You can find out more about the entire JUMPROV crew on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Jumprov/ and also on Twitter https://twitter.com/jumprov?lang=en

Their first EVER show is on Thursday 4th May at the Old Joint Stock pub in Birmingham City Centre. Stay locked to their social media for future performance dates.

Buddings actors, find out more about the brilliant acting showcase that is MONOLOGUE SLAM here

http://monologueslamuk.com/

The next Birmingham date is Friday 12th May at the Birmingham Rep Theatre

https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/monologueslam-2017.html#event-datesTimes

Khembe Clarke talks about her campaigning around natural hair, at her fourth annual RETURN TO YOUR ROOTS HAIR, HEALTH AND BEAUTY expo in Birmingham, U.K.

You're going to love the time spent with Lucy Sheen in this edition. We speak about the representation of East Asian stories in British media, and she also offers tips for writers - so get listening.

Below are links to a lot of people, shows and places she refers to, so you can follow up. You can catch Lucy on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/lucysheen) or her website (http://www.lucysheen.com)

Read her first poetry collection: http://boutique.poetshaven.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=138

LINKS

THEATRE

SNOW IN MIDSUMMER https://www.rsc.org.uk/snow-in-midsummer/about-the-play

(Ends March 25th) ROYAL SHAKESPEAREC COMPANY – SWAN THEATRE

Tamburlaine: http://yellowearth.org/tamburlaine/

Chinglish: https://www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/chinglish

TV

Fresh Off The Boat – ABC TV in the US http://abc.go.com/shows/fresh-off-the-boat

Orange Is The New Black: https://www.facebook.com/OITNB/

Actress Thandi Newton article:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/thandie-newton-historical-dramas-black-british-actors-downton-abbey-samuel-l-jackson-a7638846.html

BBC1’s Call the Midwife – Series 6, Episode 3 : Lucy played Oilen Chen

Watch her at 00:59 in this preview clip of the episode from the BBC’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAVowOboKV4

Buy Series 6 here (I don’t get paid commission, ok??) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0118t80/products

WRITING

The Paper Gang: New British East Asian Writing http://www.papergang.co.uk/

Royal Court Theatre Writing Groups: https://royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/writers-groups-2/

BBC WRITERS ROOM http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom

http://www.papergang.co.uk/statement-on-the-print-rooms-in-the-depths-7-jan-2017/

You can follow Sandra on Twitter, if you ask for a followback, then once you’re following each other you’ll be able to slip quietly into her DMs (Direct Messages) to be able to ask her questions and you might get a message back. Bear in mind she has over 120,000 followers there now

https://twitter.com/sandragogglebox

The charities she mentioned are all here

African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust

http://aclt.org/introduction-to-aclt/

Bonded Thru Cancer

http://www.bondedthrucancer.org/

MacMillan

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/

British Heart Foundation (where Sandra’s volunteering)

https://www.bhf.org.uk/

Age Uk – used to be known as Age Concern (Sandra said UK Concern)

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/

Those shows she likes watching

Real Housewives of Atlanta

http://www.itv.com/hub/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/2a2370

NeNe Leakes

https://twitter.com/NeNeLeakes

Monique

https://twitter.com/moworldwide

Oprah Winfrey

http://www.oprah.com/index.html

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Big thanks to Malmaison Hotel in Birmingham where I recorded this with Sandra

https://www.malmaison.com/locations/birmingham/

If you're a fan of the BBC1 soap, Eastenders, you'll know this lady. And if you're a Strictly fan, you'll know her too. You might also remember the super-talented Tameka Empson from Three Non-Blondes too! Here's my chat with her at BAFTA (from 4'30)

Keep up-to-date with Tameka here: https://twitter.com/tameka_empson

And make sure you click LIKE and SIGN UP to my Newsletter so you can be in the MONTHLY BEAUTY COMPETITION: https://www.facebook.com/TVMarv/

Tobi mentioned a real rollcall of women she’s inspired by so here are all the links so you can investigate these ladies for yourself. Not forgetting her own website which you can find here http://www.blackballad.co.uk/

Florence Adepoju - http://mdmflow.com/about-us/

Ade Hassan, Nubian Skin https://www.nubianskin.com/global/

Christine Ohuruogu http://chrissyo.com/

Ebony magazine http://www.ebony.com/

Essence magazine http://www.essence.com/

Naomi Campbell https://twitter.com/NaomiCampbell

Michaela Coel https://twitter.com/michaelacoel

Melanie B https://twitter.com/OfficialMelB

Watch Michelle Obama with Oprah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVluBbhM1wE

Obama Foundation website: https://www.obama.org/

Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

http://www.boots.com/en/Introducing-Chimamanda_1918314/

Personal website: http://chimamanda.com/

Bobby Brown: http://www.bobbibrown.co.uk/

Kiko Milano http://www.kikocosmetics.com/en-gb/

Big Hair https://bighair.co.uk/

Shea Moisture http://www.sheamoisture.com/

2012 Multicultural Britain research paper – black women’s retail hair products spend (page 4)

http://www.mediareach.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Multicultural_Britain-2012.pdf