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UNCOVERED: Linton kwesi johnson - The Untold Story

‘A cauldron of people with their tops off!’ Goldie, Estelle, Courtney Pine, Flo and more pick great moments in Black British music

For its inaugural show, the V&A’s east London outpost is celebrating 125 years of Black music-making in Britain. We asked top performers to pick their favourite exhibit

The Guardian - UK

Hans Ulrich Obrist's guide to London: the River Cafe and the Zoo's aviary

The Serpentine boss on the best meal he’s ever had and the capital’s best book shops

Evening Standard

Benjamin Zephaniah obituary

Poet, performer and actor hailed as one of Britain’s most outspoken and original literary voices

The Guardian - UK

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Time Come by Linton Kwesi Johnson audiobook review – effortless prose from the radical poet

Johnson narrates his collection of essays about racial injustice, the Black British experience, and reggae as a potent force

The Guardian - UK

Windrush generation brought iconic jazz and reggae to UK and changed British music forever

The Windrush generation brought with them their jazz, reggae, soca and all styles of music to Britain. Here are some of the top songs that inspired generations long after, and still influences Britain's music scene

Daily Mirror

Time Come: Selected Prose by Linton Kwesi Johnson review – voice of a generation

A collection of the radical poet’s writing charts a groundbreaking career chronicling the black British experience

The Guardian - UK

Time Come by Linton Kwesi Johnson review – 50 years of rhyme and rage

The poet’s collection of essays, an archive of social and racial flashpoints, pay tribute to the Caribbean artists whose radicalism shaped his verse

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Liverpool's longest running writing festival returns for 23rd year

Celebrating and exploring people, culture and social issues at this year's festival

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Black History Month 2022 event highlights calendar

Stories of tragedy, triumph, invention, success and more as Liverpool celebrates black contributions to local, British and World history this October

Liverpool Echo

Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘I certainly did not see myself as an angry young black poet’

The poet and activist’s life in verse has chronicled black British history. He talks about remaining hopeful, integrity, and taking 20 years to find his voice

The Guardian - UK

Linton Kwesi Johnson interview: ‘Racism’s still very much in the DNA of the United Kingdom’

The legendary dub poet reflects on five decades at the heart of Black activism – and how he’s still fighting now

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