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Marcia Hutchinson Talks The Mercy Step, Rejection and Finding...
Marcia Hutchinson is a British Jamaican author whose debut novel The Mercy Step...
TBB’S LIT LIST August/September 2026
Check out our recommended reads for the month of August & September … This month...
(Partnership Announcement) UKBT Institute x Black in Academia
Exploring the knowledge, discoveries and technologies shaping what comes next. London,...
Opportunity: Take your tech expertise into the boardroom
Digital Trustees and UKBT Institute are partnering to develop a new programme for...
Tech Speeds Up Cure for Sickle Cell Disease as London Leads...
For decades, sickle cell disease has been treated largely as a lifelong condition...
Eric Shango Talks Trigger Point, Four Seasons In and What...
Eric Shango is a British Congolese actor whose career has grown alongside one of...
Deep Dive: AI Learned From What We Created. Is It Now Learning...
Something strange is happening in the AI mosh pit, for most of the generative AI...
What “vibe coding” actually is
Vibe coding is the practice of generating large amounts of code by prompting AI...
Developers confront an identity crisis as AI takes over...
Software engineers who once defined themselves by their ability to write elegant...
Could the Tech Jobs Slowdown Help Solve England’s Computing...
For more than a decade, England has struggled to recruit enough computing teachers....
Lara Grace Ilori Talks … Runner Girl @ THE HOUSEMATES...
This month, the Housemates Festival returns to Brixton House inviting artists to...
Daniel Bailey Talks … Pressure @ THE HOUSEMATES FESTIVAL
This month, the Housemates Festival returns to Brixton House inviting artists to...
Razak Osman Talks … Tube Chronicles @ THE HOUSEMATES FESTIVAL
This month, the Housemates Festival returns to Brixton House inviting artists to...
The Uncomfortable Truth About Running A Tech Start-Up
Your Great Idea Is Not Evidence That Anyone Wants It Every founder has a story....
England Is Running Out of Water. Could This Be the Next...
Turn on a tap in England and water appears almost instantly. That reliability makes...
The Rhythm of the Market: Does Grime Follow the Bitcoin...
On a rainy Tuesday in east London, a local data scientist tracks a digital line...
Out Of Africa: Nnedi Okorafor’s “Death Of The Author” Shortlisted...
Goldsboro Books has unveiled the shortlist for its Glass Bell Award 2026, with Nigerian-American...
Out Of Africa: Nigeria’s Ayra Starr To Headline Halftime...
The National Football League (NFL) has announced that global Afrobeats superstar...
Out Of Africa: Abebi AfroNonfiction Foundation Invites...
The Abebi AfroNonfiction Foundation is delighted to invite applications for the...
D’yani Talks Live Life and Prosper, Jamaican Music and...
D’yani is a Jamaican singer and songwriter from Spanish Town whose sound moves across...
Out Of The Caribbean: From Caribbean Music Traditions to...
Caribbean culture is known for many, many things around the world, but its musical...
Out Of The Caribbean: Adrian Clarke Takes the Crop Over...
Barbados spent July burying a national hero, but that didn’t stop the staunch calypsonians...
Out Of Africa: Ivorian-American Filmmaker Dominic Yarabe...
The Locarno Residency, a year-long screenwriting and development programme for directors...
Out Of Africa: Angelique Kidjo Becomes First Black African...
Five-time Grammy Award winner Angelique Kidjo has become the first Black African...
Out Of Africa: MultiChoice Group And FAME Week Africa Launch...
FAME Week Africa has announced an exciting new opportunity for African producers...
Professor Jason Arday and the anatomy of a digital pile-on
There is an old saying, often attributed to Mark Twain, that history does not repeat...
Meditations on Life and Logic(s)
This essay is part memoir, quarterly report, love letter and mourning.
Key Findings For Black Londoners
New Report The Workforce Integration Network (WIN) published its research report,...
Can Data Vis Help Understand UK Music Trends
Do Music Genres Rise & Fall Like Crypto? What if Grime’s trajectory follows the...
Applications open for Edition Two of No Password Required,...
Applications open for Edition Two of No Password Required, supported by the BFI...
Storm Saulter Talks Possession, Tropical Noir and the Spirit...
Storm Saulter is a Jamaican film and television director and multidisciplinary artist...
What To watch W/C Monday 10th August
This week’s What to Watch brings together some of the biggest new releases, returning...
Asha Soetan Talks Harry Potter, Odd Squad and the Next...
Asha Soetan is a young British actor whose career is already taking her onto some...
Out Of Africa: Entertainment Week Africa Marks 5th Anniversary...
Entertainment Week Africa (EWA) will return to Lagos from 17 to 22 November 2026...
what to watch on stage August 2026
Theatre highlights this month include The Story, written by Tracey Scott Wilson...
What To Watch In Cinemas August 2026
August’s has something for every kind of cinema goer, from family adventures and...
What To Watch W/C Monday 3rd August
This week’s What to Watch is short and sweet… With Mo Gilligan’s eye-opening food...
Largest ever crowd show out at London Trans+ Pride 2026
See images from London Trans+ Pride march shot by photographer Alex Murphy. The...
TBB’s July Lit List – Fantasy & Mythology Special
Discover the Best Black British Fantasy Books Inspired by African and Caribbean...
Laura Henry-Allain Talks Maya & Marley, Black Childhood...
Laura Henry-Allain is an author, educationalist, producer and consultant whose work...
What To Watch W/C Monday 20th July
This week’s What to Watch brings together some of the biggest new releases and returning...
Out Of The Caribbean: RIP Fantan Mojah
Owen Lennox Moncrieffe, the Jamaican Reggae singer known to the world as Fantan...
Out Of The Caribbean: Greensleeves: The First 100 Covers
A new exhibition at the Museum of Youth Culture in Camden, the world’s first museum...
Out Of The Caribbean: 75 Years of the Steel pan
From the Streets of Trinidad to the World Stage Next week, Trinidad and Tobago celebrates...
Kosar Ali Talks Are You Watching?, Online Culture and Finding...
Kosar Ali is a British Somali actor, writer, director and producer whose work is...
Remmie Milner Talks Silo, Shirley’s Evolution and Finding...
Remmie Milner is a British actor best known for her performances in His Dark Materials,...
What To Watch W/C Monday 13th July
This week’s What to Watch list is packed with action, romance and edge-of-your-seat...
‘Queer, playful, chaotic and sweaty’: Photos from east...
These pictures document the alternative Pride party that took over Hackney Wick...
Out Of The Caribbean: Storm Saulter’s Possession Screens...
Storm Saulter and Karla Crome’s Possession premieres in Jamaica, putting Jamaican...
Out Of The Caribbean: Harlesden Celebrates Its Reggae Legacy...
Harlesden celebrates International Reggae Day by honouring the artists, labels and...
Out of Africa: Congolese author Fiston Mwanza Mujila wins...
Congolese author Fiston Mwanza Mujila has been named the 2026 recipient of the Erich...
Out of Africa: AuthenticA Series Lab Invites Applications...
The AuthenticA Series Lab, a screenwriting programme powered by South Africa-based...
What’s On Stage July 2026
Theatre highlights this Month include I’m Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical starring...
Nii Ayikwei Parkes Appointed Chief Executive of Cultureword
Award-winning writer, publisher and cultural leader Nii Ayikwei Parkes FRSL has...
Patrice Lawrence named new Waterstones Children’s Laureate
Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence has been named Waterstones Children’s Laureate...
Orísun Productions Launches The Windrush Prize for British...
The first major prize of its kind in 30 years dedicated to British-Caribbean playwrights...
Alexandria Riley Talks Silo, Power, Morality and the Before...
Alexandria Riley is a Welsh actor whose work across television and theatre has established...
Sky’s £1.6 Billion ITV Takeover Set to Transform British...
British television is entering a new era. Sky has agreed a £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion)...
What To Watch W/C Monday 6th July
This weeks what to watch list is short but sweet … Including a new documentary with...
Out Of The Caribbean: St Kitts Music Festival 2026
Reggae, soca, dancehall and R&B unite at the St. Kitts Music Festival 2026 in Basseterre....
Out Of Africa: New York Black And African Literature Festival...
The New York Black and African Literature Festival returns to Harlem from 18–20...
Out Of Africa: Caleb Azumah Nelson Joins Judging Panel...
Caleb Azumah Nelson joins the judging panel for the 2027 Bukhman International Booker...
Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) Set To Mark 16th Anniversary...
Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) will celebrate its milestone 16th anniversary...
Where Deer Stroll Peacefully Past Computers
Moments of social mobilization enliven and expand our political imagination. Among...
Comcast’s Universal Ads Launches in the UK with Channel...
New self-service platform aims to make premium TV advertising more accessible for...
WHAT TO WATCH IN CINEMAS JULY 2026
July’s film line-up offers epic adventures, and the return of one of Marvel’s biggest...
What To Watch W/C 29th June
This week’s TV and streaming picks celebrate hip-hop history, iconic cultural figures...
Windrush Day Special: The Jamaican Sound System pipeline...
According to the landmark Black Music Means Business report published by UK Music,...
TBB’s WINDRUSH LIT LIST June 26
Explore our Windrush reading list, featuring 37 books that celebrate the stories,...
Three Black-Led Organisations Launch Groundbreaking Framework...
Three Black-led organisations have joined forces to introduce a bold new framework...
Catherine Joy White Talks Driftwood, Inheritance and Belonging
Catherine Joy White is an actor, filmmaker, author and advocate whose work explores...
Karla Crome Talks Possession, Slavery’s Legacy, Jamaican...
Karla Crome is a writer and actor whose work has spanned some of British television’s...
Kojo Attah Talks Masters of the Universe, In The Grey and...
Kojo Attah is a British Ghanaian actor whose career continues to gather momentum...
What To Watch W/C Monday 22nd June: Celebrating The Windrush...
From Small Axe to Sitting in Limbo, explore the stories, resilience and legacy of...