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  • Long Read: “Who are these Grace Jones looking chicks?” Black Panther: a review

    Iggy Pop, remarking on his early Michigan days in The Stooges circa 1967,  suggested American bands could not get arrested at home until the so-called British invasion happened. As Iggy put it, The endorsement of indigenous African American music(s) – the Blues, Southern Soul – by the “parent culture,” in the guise of The Beatles…

  • #BlackGaySlay: Leon Lopez Doing What I Want To Do

    BlackGaySlay continues with the incomparable Leon Lopez; actor, director, musician, and proud Scouser.  With talent to spare and eyes that penetrate, Leon first appeared on the national stage in 1998 as Jerome Johnson in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. Since, he has demonstrated versatility as an artist that enables him to cross genres, from television to…

  • Event: Yance Ford’s ‘Strong Island’ Tues 13th Feb

    We are so excited to be working with our friends at the ICA and Doc Society to welcome film-maker, Yance Ford, to London for a special screening of his Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Strong Island’ on Tues 13th Feb at 6.15.

  • Read: Are you Black Panther ready?

    The release of Marvel’s Black Panther in the UK in less than 10 days is shaping up to be the pop cultural event of 2018, and possibly the black cultural event of the decade. What do you mean you hadn’t noticed? You’ve got just over a week to get Black Panther ready. . . don’t…