I spent an unreasonable amount of time wondering if Selvon was named after Sam Selvon (he was) and a bit more wondering how genuine the slang sounded which was a bit distracting!  Gunaratne mentioned in an interview that his publishers tried to police the…

It was a good evening for this. One of those hot London days when Summer is happening properly and there’s actual cause for shorts. After walking up and down Bellendon Road and noting some shops I’d never seen before, I…

Two sets of young married couples in South London reaching that all or nothing point…….. With John Legend for theme music The breakdown of an apparently functional suburban home can be an eye opener when written correctly. The secret blaming…

21 young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers pen short essays on their experiences as immigrants in Britain You’re a Good Immigrant if you win an Olympic medal. You can be British that day. Until maybe you get caught stealing at…

Changing My Mind is an accidental collection of essays, in which Zadie Smith riffs about whatever she wants and we read it The first season of The Wire was some of the best TV I’d ever seen but it took…