The blood, sweat, tears, sacrifice, work BOM have put into this. Karen Newman is one of the boldest, generous visionaries I know, leading w integrity, practically bring the cultural sector into this, including MAIA because they are really about it. This is beyond devastating.

I’m in shock at what I’m seeing with philanthropy at the moment, sat on billions, talking and talking and talking and talking, making us burn through revenue attracting us all in to participate. But, nothing of meaning, nothing bold, nothing has moved. Everyone is sick and…

Our statement on the Restart IL Economy event that The RSA hosted today.

remove yourself from the RSA *TODAY*

i’m devastated. this is beyond heartbreaking. a pioneer of an artist. one of the first Black British poets i ever read, who completely opened up my world to all literary possibilities. RIP Benjamin Zephaniah. what a multi-generational legacy you’ve left.

to touch the lives of so many that entire cities grieve you when you’re gone. true legacy man.

His theorisation of anarchy was such an important contribution to our understanding of liberation.

Benjamin Zephaniah believed in the premise of 'Wi Run Tings, Tings Nuh Run Wi' and I'll always love his activism for that alone!

This has pervaded between Birmingham & London for the past decade, I stayed silent about personal experience at first

Expressed concern when I learnt he’d groped a friend, which provoked him to gaslight me for ‘turning everyone against him’

Thank you to everyone speaking out

📷: 'Here To Stay' project commissioners who I've worked in partnership with to tour the exhibition to 15 venues between London and Birmingham over the past five years

#HereToStay70 is a photographic portrait series documenting healthcare pioneers of the Windrush Generation

Deeply nourished by last week's event: keynote lecture Prof. Pat Noxolo CARICUK, world premiere of 'Staying Power' followed by a panel discussion featuring filmmaker Aaliyah Collins and #HereToStay70 commissioning team as a celebration of #Windrush75

Loved your part of the documentary!

no justice, no peace

🇵🇸 #FreePalestine

Currently working to formulate writing in support of the #FreePalestine movement offering reflections from my visit to #Palestine in 2011
Solidarity to everyone who recognises Palestine as an occupied territory. Palestinians have become refugees in their own homeland, imprisoned

#PortraitsOfPalestinians
📷 photographed in 2011
🖼️ exhibited in 2014
⚠️ republished in 2023 due to the urgency of 75 years of ongoing genocide in Palestine escalating exponentially

#FreePalestine

📍Damascus Gate, The Old City, Jerusalem, the border of Bethlehem / Galilee

#PortraitsOfPalestinians

📷 photographed in 2011
🖼️ exhibited in 2014
⚠️ republished in 2023 due to the urgency of
75 years of ongoing genocide in Palestine escalating exponentially

Portraits are from The Old City (Jerusalem) & Camp Aida (Bethlehem)

#FreePalestine

Half a million people would disagree with you: a combination of educators (including classroom assistants, teachers, lecturers) including 10,000 civil servants marched from BBC to Westminster last Wednesday.

& as for the sources of your stats: Defund the BBC while we’re at it ..

I’m stating FACTS from lived experience: hundreds of NHS employees I have personally met and spoken with while commissioned by the NHS to document nurses & healthcare personnel over the past 5 years and Windrush pioneers over the past 10 years, see bio for correlating hashtags