27 08, 2022

Food of Love. I cook up a story across gender, class and race. How access to Luton Central Library meant opportunities for a working class girl..

By |August 27th, 2022|Categories: Biography, Kennington, Mixed relationships, Oxford|0 Comments

I hadn't intended to publish my memoir.  My publisher's Press Release explains why its CEO  Katie Isbester persuaded me that it was publishable and is relevant. One reason, I agreed to let Claret Press publish it,  is because  I would

4 05, 2022

No to culture wars, anti -woke and cancel culture. Yes to telling  the WHOLE story. That way lies understanding and  a sense of belonging.

By |May 4th, 2022|Categories: China, Art & History, History, India, Kenya, Lost History, Mixed relationships|0 Comments

Shakespeare and Donne created thousands of words between them - its a British trait that we can be proud of. Let's find new words for our time . This government’s war on woke includes opposing the ‘decolonisation’ of museums, history

28 09, 2021

Remembering and Re- Thinking the Future. Bernardine Evaristo says her mother was an honorary black person

By |September 28th, 2021|Categories: History, Kennington, Novels and short stories|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

The death of George Floyd is an image of brutality that appears on an American turn table which keeps going around and around for centuries. We have no reason in this country to be complacent but there are significant differences.