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Fill the dam. Water is needed for electricity, for hope, for freedom.
July 7th, 2020
https://twitter.com/BilleneSeyoum/status/1277466587491192833
This poem was written and read by Billene Aster Seyoum from the Office of the Prime Minister Press Secretariat Unit on the present plight Read more [...]
My Name Is Why Not.
June 17th, 2020
News just in from Bookseller: My name Is Why is on the Gordon Burn Prize Longlist.
Wherever you are in the world please come to the online event. on Saturday 20th I will be at Emirates Literature Read more [...]
FIVE YEARS AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER.
June 3rd, 2020
Before I begin, just a quick note: Racism is learned behaviour and racism kills. It is deeply personal because death is the end game. Leading up to death are an identifiable set of behaviours Read more [...]
When a birthday is the worst day of your life.
May 15th, 2020
From childhood and in adulthood Birthdays and Christmas Days were the most torturous days of the year for me. One in the heart of summer one in the bowls of winter. Each struck like a sickness whose symptoms Read more [...]
May was to be the most exciting month of my career.
May 3rd, 2020
Stop right there. The blog has been public for 10 minutes and your responses have been generous and kind. This one touched me because anything I say about my losses (in the ensuing blog post) pale Read more [...]
David Olusoga, Emilia Clarke, Dame Helen Mirren & myself on TV.
May 1st, 2020
I am in good health. I hope you are too. I’m sharing a bit of news on four online appearances over the next week. All are free and easy to access. Shall we begin.
Iggy Pop, Tilda Swinton Jeremy Irons, Read more [...]
After ten years my morning messages have come to an end.
April 27th, 2020
“Soon dawn appeared and touched the sky with roses” – From Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer's “The Odyssey”.
For ten years between 6am and 10am I have created epithets to dawn Read more [...]
Ground Control to Major Tom.
March 29th, 2020
"Ground control to Major Tom.
Yes Major Tom quite a few of us at Ground Control have been quarantined. Best you stay up there. This is an illustration by Sarah McIntyre on 24th March. That's my Read more [...]
Sathianath. It means truth
February 4th, 2020
Thankyou for your generous and frankly heart warming responses to my previous post. I sent it from India. I have been at Jaipur Literature festival and then Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters Read more [...]
One hundred days of Solipsism.
January 5th, 2020
It’s December 7th 2019, exactly 100 days since the launch of My Name Is Why at The Edinburgh Book Festival. I have just arrived at Heathrow Airport from a few days filming and performing in Ethiopia. Read more [...]