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FIVE YEARS AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER.

Posted on June 3, 2020 by lemn sissay
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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 [...]
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When a birthday is the worst day of your life.

Posted on May 15, 2020 by lemn sissay
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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 [...]
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May was to be the most exciting month of my career.

Posted on May 3, 2020 by lemn sissay
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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 [...]
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David Olusoga, Emilia Clarke, Dame Helen Mirren & myself on TV.

Posted on May 1, 2020 by lemn sissay
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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 [...]
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After ten years my morning messages have come to an end.

Posted on April 27, 2020 by lemn sissay
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“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 [...]
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Ground Control to Major Tom.

Posted on March 29, 2020 by lemn sissay
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"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 [...]
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Sathianath. It means truth

Posted on February 4, 2020 by lemn sissay
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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 [...]
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One hundred days of Solipsism.

Posted on January 5, 2020 by lemn sissay
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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 [...]
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Desperately Seeking Suzi

Posted on December 18, 2019 by lemn sissay
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Will you help me find “Suzi”?  Her Ethiopian siblings have been searching for her for years. They want to fulfil their late parents dearest wishes to find their beloved daughter. It started just Read more [...]
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The Hard Way or The Easway.

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Lemn Sissay
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For once in life the Easyway is the best way. Even better than the hardway.  In this blogpost  I will skim through events from  Sunday 3rd November until this  exact moment. Sunday November  3rd. Read more [...]
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