My sister the serial killer
I had been waiting to read this for a long time. Over the months we’ve been in lockdown, I’ve been buying a lot of books, but instead of reading them, I have been watching a lot of documentaries! Plus some…
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Crongton Knights – Alex Wheatle
In order to write my book, I read a lot of non fiction to get resources and background to the subjects that I wrote about… and I’m not going to lie, that stuff hurt my head sometimes. It felt like…
Children of Virtue and Vengeance – Tomi Adeyemi
The long awaited sequel to one of my favourite reads, Children of Blood and Bone. I don’t know if it was just me, but this book felt so short! Maybe it was because I could not put it down, and…
SAFE: Black Men Reclaiming Space – Derek Owusu
It really grinds my gears when I hear people question if Britain is racist, or if there is ‘still’ racism in Britain? There has always been racism in Britain. Before I was alive and no doubt when I’m gone too.…
Destined to Witness. Growing up Black in Nazi Germany
“None of them seemed to notice me – the living antithesis to their obsession with racial purity – as I peered into the meeting hall. Or so I thought. Suddenly, I was grabbed from behind by two large fists” I’m…
Mr Nice – Howard Marks
He was Britain’s most wanted man. He spent seven years in America’s penitentiary. You’ll like him What traits make a good international drug dealer? What does a typical international drug dealer look like? Everything that you’re thinking, picture the exact…
Great War to Race Riots – Madeline Heneghan
We’ll never understand the true nature of our country if we don’t know everything about it. I try to read as much on the British Empire so that I can truly understand the positives and the negatives. The fact of…