In Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell
We talked his new book, “Talking to Strangers”, how to run better election debates (talk to friends and exes, rather than leaders – genius! – and black hair…
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The manhandling of a blind man shows the Oxford Union still has a race problem
The debating society felt like a hostile environment when I was studying at the university. Shockingly, it still is
In Defence of Meghan – Tatler (310 Year Anniversary!) Cover, December 2019
Not that she in any way needs defending….
#OscarsSoWhite. Part 2.
An Oscars ban for a Nigerian film shows the Academy still doesn’t get it on race
The Rise and Rise of Elaine Welteroth, and why grown ass people started reading Teen Vogue
Read moreBritain was built on the backs of slaves. A memorial is the least they deserve
It’s remarkable to me that Britain continues to ignore and deny the role people of African heritage played in building the nation. That must change now. Read my latest Guardian column here.
Judging the Booker Prize
Read moreHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi review – a brilliantly simple argument
We are either racist or antiracist, there is nothing in between, argues this powerful memoir and political guide
What I learned from my year of reading outside the box
As a Booker prize judge, I encountered stories I would never have consciously sought out, and it was wonderful