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News just in: WORLDWIDE documentary film this weekend.

Posted on October 9, 2020 by lemn sissay
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I can't reach out to all the people I know around the world - friends, family and  fans - in time so this is the best way.  On BBC World News channel this weekend  part one of two documentaries on my Read more [...]

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64 Million Artists and you. The arts are alive!

Posted on October 8, 2020 by lemn sissay
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There is no lockdown in the imagination. We dream in quarantine with no limitations. https://twitter.com/i/status/1303259002785103873 News Just in https://twitter.com/bbcstudios/status/1314514543402528769 Here's Read more [...]

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My playlist for Hold Still: 100 portraits at The National Portrait Gallery.

Posted on September 14, 2020 by lemn sissay
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https://youtu.be/-lRu9HC3_7o  "Hold Still"  launched today at The National Portrait Gallery online.   Here's my spotify playlist to go with it. You can create your own too. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7JoL2ECIr4nxnw7k1e1vgY?si=e_0HCRBuSZ-ColrMfIOxrQ   Read more [...]

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Class Sissay

Posted on September 12, 2020 by lemn sissay
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On  Thursday night  I was eating with Anna at Venerdi (it means Friday in Italian) on Chatsworth Road in Hackney.  The pavement table  was a  perfect match for enjoyable conversation and fantastic Read more [...]

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The pilot. September 11th 1972.

Posted on September 11, 2020 by lemn sissay
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My father  in Italy (above) and  on left   celebrating 24 years of Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa. And  below: "The first accident in the airlines 26 year history of schedule flights took the Read more [...]

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How I stopped smoking the easy way. The secret revealed.

Posted on September 7, 2020 by lemn sissay
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"Allen Carr was an accountant who smoked 100 cigarettes a day until he discovered EASYWAY and went on to write a series of bestselling books, most famously The Easy Way to Stop Smoking. Now, over 13 million Read more [...]

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Hold Still

Posted on August 30, 2020 by lemn sissay
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Here is everything you need  know about the most moving project I have been a part of throughout lockdown.  I'd say it's the most inspirational and moving project of this century. I know. Superlatives. Read more [...]

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The portrait photographer and the poet.

Posted on August 25, 2020 by lemn sissay
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Out of the blue I received this message:   “My name is David Vintiner and I am photographer based in London. I am about to start a new body of work exploring connection. Over the last few months Read more [...]

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The 2020 Booker Prize saved my life.

Posted on August 23, 2020 by lemn sissay
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Listen to the waves before reading this blog.  It's 4am. I am juxtaposed on the edge of a moonless night dangling my feet in the sea. Listen..... Thank you for all your kind and heartfelt messages Read more [...]

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“Is This thing on?” Some Thoughts About Zoom Events “Can you hear me?”

Posted on August 10, 2020 by lemn sissay
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As a born traveller you might think I. feel caged in by the pandemic. Far from it. I am zooming like a bad boy and if there is one thing I have learned from  lense-life  it's that  I need to get Read more [...]

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