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Collected: The PodcastIshy Din, playwright and screenwriterPresenter Juliet Gilkes Romero is joined by playwright and screenwriter Ishy Din, who reflects on how his upbringing on Teesside and work as a cab driver shaped his instinct for storytelling. You can find more of Ishy's work on WritersMosaic. © Royal Literary Fund. All rights reserved. www.rlf.org.uk2025-04-1346 min
Collected: The PodcastColin Grant, author, Writers Mosaic director and historianPresenter Juliet Gilkes Romero is joined in the studio by WritersMosaic director, author, historian and former BBC radio producer Colin Grant. They delve into the RLF archives and explore one of Grant's favourite clips from Collected’s sister platform. Music by Andy Glen. Research by Nicola Baldwin. Post-production by James Robertson. Produced by Ann Morgan. © Royal Literary Fund. All rights reserved. www.rlf.org.uk2025-03-021h 02
London Review Bookshop PodcastJason Allen-Paisant & Colin Grant on Aimé CésaireAimé Césaire’s masterpiece of exile and homecoming, Return to my Native Land – beautifully translated by John Berger – is now a Penguin Classic. To celebrate, Jason Allen-Paisant (who has written the introduction for the new edition) and Colin Grant discuss the poem. Allen-Paisant’s most recent poetry collection, Self-Portrait as Othello (Carcanet), won both the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection; Colin Grant is director of WritersMosaic, a division of the Royal Literary Fund, his most recent book is a memoir, I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be (Jonathan Cape). Hosted on Acast...2024-11-2759 min
Southbank CentreSathnam Sanghera: EmpireworldJournalist and author Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of the British empire around the world, drawing on his book Empireland: How Modern Britain is Shaped by its Imperial Past, in conversation with Colin Grant.
This conversation was recorded live in our Queen Elizabeth Hall on Sunday 14 July 2024, as part of You Belong Here, our summer programme of events inspired by the unsung stories and forgotten trailblazers celebrated in our Hayward Gallery exhibition Tavares Strachan: There Is Light Somewhere.
Sathnam Sanghera is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Empireland: How Modern Britain is Shaped by its Imperial Past, memoir The Boy...2024-07-301h 13
My Words: Response ExhibitionJohn SiddiqueJohn Siddique is the author of Signposts of The Spiritual Journey and SO and is a much-loved spiritual teacher, writer, and poet, best known for his authenticity, humour, and ‘feet on the ground’ wisdom. His profound, accessible teachings have helped millions of people worldwide find greater peace and fulfilment in their lives. Yet his work is not about gathering followers or preaching a particular spirituality. Instead, his deepest wish is that his teachings are a space for transformation for you so that you may know and live life from your soul.John is also the creator of t...2023-05-1010 minLondon Review Bookshop PodcastColin Grant & Michael Rosen: I'm Black So You Don't Have to BeIn I’m Black So You Don’t Have to Be (Cape) Colin Grant, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, director of WritersMosaic and author of Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation, A Smell of Burning: A Memoir of Epilepsy and Bageye at the Wheel, evokes the experience of growing up in Britain as the child of Jamaican parents. In the words of Bernardine Evaristo ‘Colin Grant writes about the characters in his family with the mischievous, dramatic flair of a natural storyteller. This is a compelling and charming read.’ Grant was in conversation with author, poet, presenter, political columnist...2023-03-2255 min
Arts & IdeasGhosts of Caribbean HistoryHungry Ghosts is the new novel set in colonial Trinidad by Kevin Jared Hosein. Colin Grant has written a memoir about his Jamaican family. A new art project, Windrush Portraits, is a collaboration between Mary Evans and Michael Elliott with communities in both Kingston, Jamaica, and Southampton, UK. Shahidha Bari looks at the way ghosts of history haunt these artworks.Producer: Robyn ReadHungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein is out now.
Colin Grant's memoir I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be is out now and you can find out more about his work...2023-02-2444 min