UK Event: SO Live Festival 2017 (Podcast Festival)
On Saturday (August 5) I attended the highly anticipated SO Live podcast festival which featured Off The Cuff hosted by @folsforever and @mrvans7, How To […]
UK TV: Kanye West Performs At The BRIT Awards 2015 (Video) / My Thoughts
So this happened last night at The BRITS… Questions…. 1) What is Taylor Swift doing? 2) ITV, why agree to Kanye performing […]
THE I’MPOSSIBLE CONVERSATION (AUTUMN EDITION – SEPTEMBER 11)
On September 11 the brilliant and inspirational autumn edition of the I’mPOSSIBLE conversation took place at L’Oreal headquarters in front of a sold out audience. BBC London host Brenda Emmanus presided over proceedings while panelists Bola Agbaje (Award winning playwright), Stephanie Busari Akamba (Digital Producer CNN), Ruth Butah (Head of UK celebrity PR for Dolce and Gabbana) and Lukwesa Burak (Sky News International anchor) spoke openly and frankly about their personal lives, juggling motherhood with demanding careers, overcoming prejudices in the work […]
THE HACKNEY WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL – IT’S A WRAP!
The BBC Radio Hackney Weekend music festival took place this past weekend and judging from the feedback it was a huge success. I didn’t attend but watched some of the performances on BBC 3. The build-up to headliner Jay-Z’s performance was ridiculously stupid and over the top (LOL). Anyone would have thought that Michael Jackson (Rest In Peace) was about to hit the stage. You also had people (men) on Twitter getting their knickers in a twist and screaming blue murder at […]
UK FILM: THE NAKED POET REVIEW
The screening of the independent full-length feature The Naked Poet took place in London at BAFTA headquarters last night and is written and directed by actor Jason Barrett. Barrett also stars in the film alongside Aml Ameen, Michelle Gayle, Mohammed George, Michael Harvey, Kelle Bryan, Petra Letang, Kyla Frye and Fabrisio Santino. The film centres on the naked poet Lazarus (Jason Barrett) and explores the relationships between his friends, family, lovers, dubious acquaintances and his fight to overcome past demons. It also poses the following questions, -Can […]