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Edinburgh peeps: good pubs, bars and breakfast places pleaaaase!

I spoke to Steve McQueen ahead of the premiere of Blitz at LFF next week. It's a departure for him and for our ideas of what the "Blitz Spirit" actually was: theguardian.com/culture/2024/o…

I had a look at the art market ahead of Frieze this week theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

New: Lisa Nandy vows to move national art collection ‘into communities’ theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Goodnight everyone I hope you all have a beautiful sleep Remember whatever your going through You smashed it before and you will again Just like a great big bulldozer nothing can stop you Keep going You are getting there 100% ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💙

Book people: any recommendations for great biographies / biographers? I love Nick Tosches and Roger Lewis, writers who experiment with form and use speculation in an entertaining way. Anything in that style gratefully received!

Out on the street with DJ AG, 'the most important DJ in the UK' with thoughts from Elijah theguardian.com/music/2024/oct…

New mugs, link below. RT’s appreciated 💙

I think we need a 🧵about why Britain REALLY abolish slavery in 1833, because people supported the measure for very different reasons … 1/

Went to Leicester, spoke to David Shrigley, met his green praying mantis theguardian.com/education/2024…

James Massiah kept getting messages asking if "Charlie" in Coco Mellors' best-selling second novel Blue Sisters was in fact him. When the poet investigated what he found shocked him theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/n…

Excited to share the cover for my debut non-fiction book WE WERE THERE, which is out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head + is a cultural history of Black Britain in the Thatcher era. I’ll be banging on about it more soon while, but for now please pre-order it via the bio link!

Got the badge in with Carlo Rivetti. Thanks to Morwenna Ferrier for the commish, Sam Diss, Professor Andrew Groves and Magnetic Book. The original Massimo Osti years for their thoughts and stellar research theguardian.com/fashion/2024/n…

New from me: late last night the British Museum confirmed there had been another security breach leading to a massive IT outage, allegedly caused by a former contractor theguardian.com/culture/2025/j…

PASSION , DÉTERMINATION, DESIRE 💙🔥 GOODISON PARK 🔥💙💙

Out today: WE WERE THERE by Lanre Bakare Lanre Bakare Vintage Books ‘We Were There bridges the gaps to missing links and admirably achieves what it sets out to provide: further evidence of “Black people’s influence on the UK”’ Colin Grant, Observer

Had a blast on 6Music chatting to Zakia Sewell about my new book WE WERE THERE, which is all about Black British culture in the 70s and 80s. We talked Northern Soul, Bleep’n’Bass and a whole lot of other stuff! Listen back here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

'Bradford, the sleeping textile giant, was at the centre of this story' Thanks to Lanre Bakare for this article on his powerful new book thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/25097465.…