In 24 hours I'll be hosting A tribute to Gil Scott Heron at Brighton Festival. Is there a message for Gil that you would like me to say from the stage?  This is an open request to everyone for your stories Read more [...]

Just got this. It was a short complete residency earlier this year and as good as a residency gets.  It surrounded the making of one poem thoroughly researched with the people of Thanet. Originally Read more [...]

The Emperor's Watchmaker is my one and only children’s book. It’s inspired by Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat.   Kapuscinski  transcribes interviews with the workers of Read more [...]

In 1999  Emma Mathewson of   Bloomsbury Children's Books and Daniella Bernadette a literary agent  from David Higham Associates  conspired to offer me the opportunity of writing a children’s book Read more [...]

Tonight I saw Black T-Shirt Collection at National Theatre.  It is  a brilliant  piece of work by poet playwright and performer Inua Ellams and now on tour.  I haven’t seen a poet's one person show Read more [...]

I arrive in England from South Africa at 10am.  At 7pm I am chatting to Author Andrea Levy while Master of Ceremonies Hardeep Singh Kholi paces the green room throwing out quips like they weren’t  gold Read more [...]

I was the first artist in residence on Robben Island amongst a group of South African poets and musicians.  We slept in the homes of vacated prison officers and rehearsed in their community hall then Read more [...]