Go and give money to Resonance FM –– consistently the most interesting radio station in London, to which my bedroom radio is locked, and an incubator for hundreds of brilliant projects. It keeps the good London alive and out of the jaws of blandness and conformity. It is a gem.

Honoured to be involved with Heard - the most remarkable people I know. Find out more about the charity’s work: heard.org.uk

Immensely enjoyed speaking with Dr. Joanna Abeyie MBE Lucy Pilkington Marcus Ryder shaminder nahal & Miranda Wayland on the state of British broadcasting in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Thanks to Royal Television Society & Angela Ferreira ( A Joy Media) for organising a scintillating (& occasionally fiery) debate.

Me & Jonathan Nunn enjoyed a raucous hour on Cursed Objects talking about the Nineties, New Labour & the Naked Chef, with delicious Dan Hancox & Kasia Tee. The only podcast to mention both Fredric Jameson & Toploader’s seminal debut album Onka’s Big Moka open.spotify.com/episode/0WuBMj…

The new Representology just dropped! Featuring: - Paterson Joseph (Paterson Joseph) & @king_jorde on memorialising victims of transatlantic slavery - Finbarr Toesland outlining the threats to LGBTQ journalism in Britain - CLR James and Stuart Hall's lost interview

Happy birthday The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan! Her great friend Lynsey Hanley has written about Dawn in her new intro to the seminal ‘Estates’. We did an event London Review Bookshop to coincide with Dawn’s last birthday, which concluded with a list of ‘brilliant book ideas’ she jotted down in her notebook.

I’ve curated a special section in the new Red Pepper on the late Stuart Hall, 10 years after his death. Features: - Hall’s previously unseen review of John Cassavettes ‘Shadows’ - Reflections from co-workers Mike Dibb & Yasmin Gunaratnam - histories of radical Birmingham & much more

New edition of Representology just dropped! Issue Six features: - Lenny Henry & Beverley Knight💙 discussing music & mid-period careers - How to regulate the press with Hugh Grant - Jacqueline Rose on post-pandemic feminism - Time to ‘End Diversity’ asks Anamik Saha?

Contributors to issues 1-5 include David Olusoga, Afua Hirsch, Gary Younge, Charlene White, Adrian Lester, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Nadine White, Kim McIntosh, Leah Cowan, Paterson Joseph, Kit de Waal, Jade LB, CLR James & Stuart Hall unpublished work + groundbreaking academic research

The Rt Hon Steve Baker, Conservative MP for Wycombe & Minister of State for Northern Ireland

I have surveyed the wreckage of Tory Britain in an essay for The Baffler thebaffler.com/latest/blue-ru… Featuring Truss, Cameron, Johnson, May, Sunak, Europe, America, 1922, 2024.

Ahead of the UK general election, K Biswas looks back on the last fourteen-plus years of Tory governance, which have left the populace poorer and the party itself in turmoil. thebaffler.com/latest/blue-ru…

I’ve written about Kemi Badenoch’s victory for The Nation - what it may mean for the Conservative Party and the future direction of Britain: thenation.com/article/world/…

How wonderful to see this published in full! I went to the CLR James archive in Dalston last year after Mike Dibb tipped me off about the existence of the transcript. Grateful he gave me permission to republish in Representology + delighted the NYRB & Phoebe went ahead with this