31/12/2021

All the best wishes... To a better world in 2022

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  For everyone, 2021 has been full of ups and downs, and probably a lot of disappointments, losses, frustrations... It's also been a tim...
17/12/2021

#StopNABB: Remove Clause 9 from the Nationality and Borders Bill

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  I've been posting about this for over a week on Twitter: #UK #StopNABB - The Nationality & Borders Bill could strip people of colo...
15/12/2021

‘Babylon’ - M.I.A.

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 If you follow this blog, you might know how much I love her music and art! M.I.A. shared a new song a month ago, ‘Babylon’, with a very per...
12/12/2021

TIMES OF REINVENTIONS: HOW BRISTOL MUSIC SCENE EVOLVED IN THE 1990’S

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 My latest article, for BIMM (the British & Irish Institute for Modern Music), excerpt from my first book:  #MUSICMADEUS TIMES OF REINVE...
05/12/2021

Bristol Palestinian Film Festival

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 To beat the insanely cold weather of these early days of December, I've been focusing on cinema and theatre. Here in Bristol has starte...
30/11/2021

James Baldwin filmed in Paris

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  What an incredible example of challenging the 'white gaze'!!  "I think you think I'm an exotic surviver..." James Ba...

Bristol Palestinian Film Festival: 4-12 December 2021

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27/11/2021

On BBC Radio 4's 'Soul Music'

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  I was at the band's homecoming show on The Downs in Bristol, and I remember crossing paths with Giles Duley Photographer in the mud, ...
25/11/2021

New Music Column

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 Hello everyone. Pardon my absence, I have much more work outside of writing now that I'm teaching 4 days a week this year... Meanwhile,...