Subject News; Sports; Football Description Manchester United supporters may associate the 2011-2012 football season with failure having not won a trophy for the first time since 2004. However, for United’s young striker Danny Welbeck, it will be remembered as a season of huge success. Following a string of […]
Subject News Description ‘Bernie Grant, Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Keith Vaz were four Obamas,’ says Dotun Adebayo. TWENTY-ONE years before President Obama made history by becoming the first president of the United States, Britain had its own ‘Obama moment’. But it didn’t get the props it deserved. […]
Subject News; Articles; Black History Celebration Description “What we all aim for is to make it more approachable, but that doesn’t mean low end,” said Edward Enninful, who, as style and fashion director of W, is a critical part of the international A-team that’s been tasked with transforming […]
Subject News; Articles; Film Description A HOLLYWOOD actor who grew up in Tilbury has written a film based on his experiences in the town. London-born Adewale Akinnuoye-agbaje, 44, who has starred in films such as G.I Joe, Mummy Returns and the Bourne Identity, was fostered with white working-class […]
Subject News; Articles; Fashion Description EDWARD ENNINFUL has a thing he likes to say on photo shoots: “I want her to look rich, rich, rich and chic, chic, chic.” That’s certainly what he went for with Viola Davis in the February issue of W Magazine, where Mr. Enninful […]
Subject News; Film; Interviews Description As an actor in Lost, he was watched worldwide. As a child, he was a ‘black Oliver Twist’, farmed out for fostering to a white family. Now Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is making a film of his extraordinary life story. The name Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is […]
Subject Entertainment Description THERE’S A certain irony about insulting the BBC whilst sitting in a BBC building. But it was, perhaps, inevitable that awkward questions would be raised at a panel discussion featuring the cast and crew of the Beeb’s much-loved sitcom, The Real McCoy. Held at BBC […]
Subject Interviews; Artists; Entertainment Description A big star in the UK, Ricky Whittle decided it was time to take a huge gamble with his career. He had been working steadily back home where he started as a model than transitioned to acting. He nabbed a starring role on […]
Subject News; Articles; Sports Description When the Chicago Cubs announced in March that on May 3, this Sunday, they will retire Ferguson Jenkins’ No. 31, it made my day. Adding Greg Maddux to share the honor embodies the legendary words of Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, “It’s a great […]
Subject News; Articles; Music Description Jazz pianist Oliver Jones has achieved international success as a jazz musician, and been recognized with the Order of Canada, The Order of Quebec, The Martin Luther King Jr. Award, and most recently, The Governor General’s Award. He will perform a program of […]
