Author Archives: gabrielgbadamosi
SKINT: Regeneration (BBC Four)
As the developers close in, mushroom seller Gary remembers being cleared out of a slum when he was a child. Watch
A Golden Age in UK Literature
Cultural diversity and global reach.
I’ve come to believe that we’re living through a golden age of English literature in the UK. The present cultural diversity of our writers – and that includes those who are white British – gives to our literature a multiplicity of perspectives, a newness, an energy, an unpredictability and a global reach that is unique in our lifetimes and our history. More
Review – Fly in League with the Night
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Fly in League with the Night (Tate Britain, 2 December 2020 – 31 May 2021) Review
Summer of Soul – Review
Review – Bridgerton’s Queen of Afros
WritersMosaic – founding editor
A three year project to create and build WritersMosaic, a platform for all UK writers of colour (and none)… I couldn’t be more proud to have done it! https://writersmosaic.org.uk/
The Future of Literature
Hear tell of the psychopathology of answering machines… Listen
A Yoruba Horseman rides into London
My Talisman as a writer is the Yoruba Horseman I picked up in a London junk shop, because we recognised each other at once. Watch
The Great Dipo speaks…!
Dipo Agboluage – the great British-Nigerian satirical playwright tells all. An irrepressible rebel who lost his courage, but gained his humanity…. Enjoy. Listen:
