Journal

We Are Bess: Telling A Tudor Woman’s story through the Prism of Modern Women

Bess of Hardwick was an extraordinary success. In the late sixteenth century, she became the second richest woman in the country after Elizabeth I. She built four houses, married four times, and overcame all the century’s obstacles to female ownership and achievement. Along the way she experienced great loss and hardship – two children and […]

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New Daughters of Africa at Wimbledon Book Fest

On Saturday 12th October 2019, I chaired the literary legend Margaret Busby and writers Leone Ross and Irenosen Okojie to celebrate the remarkable range of creativity from the African diaspora, and the incredible future that lies ahead for black women writers.

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Black @ Uber

Kicking off Black History Month with the beautiful folks at Uber UK who have formed a black network. And the jollof rice was on point….

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