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TS Eliot prize winner Anthony Joseph: how poetry helped me love my absent father
by Sarah Shaffi
As a young man, Anthony Joseph dreamed of becoming a rock star, not a critically acclaimed poet. In fact, had it not been for a box of papers he brought to the UK from Trinidad, where he grew up, the 56-year-old might never have come to write Sonnets for Albert, the collection that on Monday won him this year’s TS Eliot prize.
read on…Don’t let the culture war bring down Notting Hill Carnival
by Inaya Folarin Iman
For most people, Notting Hill Carnival, London’s annual Caribbean-inspired street festival, is an opportunity to let loose, dance, grab some delicious food and take part in some wholesome or less-than-wholesome fun. But rather than simply enjoy the party, identitarians on both the left and the right have sought to fold it into Britain’s interminable culture wars.
Everything you never knew about Queen Elizabeth II
From her biggest regrets to her favourite cocktail, Archie Bland lists 70 little-known facts about the longest-reigning monarch.
1. Elizabeth’s birth in 1926 was attended by the home secretary. She became heir to the throne aged 10. She never went to school.
read on…The shadow of slavery hangs over the gilded life of Richard Drax
The hardline Tory Brexiter’s family made a fortune from their Caribbean plantations where thousands died. Now he faces urgent calls for reparations.
read on…Edward Colston, 2 november 1636 – 11 oktober 1721
Slavenhandelaar of filantroop? Sinds deze week ligt Edward Colston met een stuk sokkel op de bodem van zijn ooit zo florerende haven.
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