NEVER GIVE UP I turn 72 NEXT WEEK and I have two books and a major movie coming out in a four week period in Jan and Feb. So stick to your dreams. Never let anyone take away your dream. IT'S YOURS.

To celebrate Black History Month Trust for London has created an interactive map, sharing the stories of different Black Londoners. Each of the people featured has helped shape the city’s culture, communities and politics over many centuries. Check it out. trustforlondon.org.uk/news/mapping-l…

Speak up for Sudan, they are being destroyed...

Our first episode with Will Dean Coming next Friday 8th November wherever you get your podcasts!

🇯🇲 The Jamaican flag is being raised across the island as a defiant symbol of strength, resilience, unity and hope in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Our beloved island may be damaged, but our spirits are not broken. 💛💚🖤 We will rebuild stronger, prouder and more united than

London people! Only a few places remaining for our London Salon on 26 November. Book soon or miss out on amazing readings and new friends all in a festive central London location.

Babies of Black mums are 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, an NHS study shows. The research showed ‘how existing biases and injustices in society are reflected in clinical settings, disproportionately affecting women and babies.’theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…

Nat King Cole, poses with a fan, Gladys Knight, age 7 in 1951.

I’m in one of my favourite writing cafes in Vaud. I haven’t written as much since starting a new job in September. I need to get back into my WIP! #amwriting 📘📚✍️📕📚⌨️

Episode 2 of #TheTorturedWritersPodcast lands this Friday at 0001 with the amazing Sophie Hannah you don’t want your miss this one . If you want to win a copy of her book #NoOneWouldDoWhatTheLambertsHaveDone stay tuned! We have a few copies to give away tomorrow onwards!

Come join me in bookish conversation with acclaimed author Laline Paull FRSL in Geneva on November 29th! #BookTwitter #WritingCommmunity #Switzerland

— young black girls playing “miss mary mack” at peabody elementary school in washington, d.c., 1974. takes me back to the innocent days of childhood. such cutie pies 👧🏾🎀💗🫧

So excited to bring HONEY & SPICE to the big screen! A dream come true to work with the best to ever do it in the romcom biz ! I have been keeping this a secret for some time but it has been sweet having this treasure for myself for a little while. Team KiKai let's go!🍯🌶🖤

RIP Sophie Kinsella (1969–2025) ⁠ ⁠ It is with great sadness we share the news of the death of Madeleine (Maddy) Wickham, widely known as Sophie Kinsella. Maddy wrote with rare courage and brilliance, with unique wit and warmth. We thank her for her books, her voice and her

Hamnet review – Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedy. Looking forward to this! theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/…

I doubt there will ever be a Vogue cover like this again. A fantastic team of brave folks made this possible. I am deeply proud of this, still it's crazy that it took 104 years for a black man to shoot the British Vogue cover. This one picture changed my life forever.

An urgent update on Sudan. I beg you all to share this far and wide. Across Sudan, acute malnutrition is expected to worsen in 2026 according to the alert, with a 13.5% increase in cases of acute malnutrition in children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women – from 3.7

On this day in 1945, legendary reggae artiste Nesta Robert Marley a.k.a Bob Marley, was born.

Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille, in front of the Sphinx, Egypt, 1961.