THE PAST TEN DAYS: From The Rich List to The Scholarship.

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

May 7th Sunday. Within The Sunday Times Rich List is The Alternative Rich List. I am honoured to be included. Click here for alternative Rich List Others includ David Attenborough, Vivienne Read more [...]

THE PAST TEN DAYS.

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

"If I tree falls in the forest and nobody blogs about it then did it fall?" So says Stik. Here's some highlights of the past ten days. Manchester Wednesday 26th April 8am. Whenever a student Read more [...]

Lemn Sissay’s Origin Stories BBC Radio (Episodes 1 to 4)

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

On BBC Radio 4 I take a look at foster children and children in care in popular culture, contrasting their treatment with those in the real world. I'm interested in what you think. My favourites are Read more [...]

News just in.

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

Tonight in London (24th April) The Moth Podcast launch ALL THESE WONDERS. It is a book of Moth Podcast stories with a forward by yours truly. The previous Moth included a forward by Neil Gaiman so Read more [...]

BBC Radio 4. “LEMN SISSAY’S HOMECOMING”. Episode 1 in Addis and episode 2 in London

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

Four Days in Addis.

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

A seven hour flight on Ethiopian Airlines. I am here in Addis for four days. It's MONDAY.. Meseret meets me at the airport. Meseret iis my friend from The ECA. The first thing to do is check Read more [...]

We Are Many.

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

The artists in this blog have all been fostered adopted or in children's homes. I know them all. Their success, I believe, is in spite of what happened to them and not because of it. Read more [...]

The Report. Sold Out. Few hidden tickets left.

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

The report will be at The Royal Court on April 30th. It came about because of my blog on March 20th. In 18 days a team came together: a director, a producer, an actor and a theatre. Tickets Read more [...]

THE EVIDENCE. THE REPORT.

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

Every three months since the day I was born and for the subsequent 18 years my every movement was recorded. As my friend Jenni Fagan wrote in Panopticon “I was an experiment”. I received the files Read more [...]

The Ceramic Mountain and me

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Lemn Sissay

Thankyou for your kind responses to my last blog. By the end of the coming week I'll be able to share the venue, the time and the date. The director is John McGrath . I am in Hull right Read more [...]