Mary Seacole
I would never have heard of Mary Seacole were it not for Black History Month, the one time in the year when black achievement is given centre stage.
Read More »Why do we use the term ‘openly gay’?
A recent twitter exchange with a well-regarded science writer, who had asked the hive mind for help in figuring out how many heads of state
Read More »Blurring the lines between fact and fiction
Rebecca Skloot begins her non-fiction book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a true story about a woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge
Read More »Tweeting for success – part one
The tweeting for success seminar at last year’s London Book Fair was hugely popular and I made it into the room by the skin of my teeth.
Read More »Social Media Explained
The people at Three Ships Media came up with this. Simple, clever, funny and spot on.
Read More »Diane Abbott and racism
But for one word, the twitter storm surrounding Diane Abbott would have come to nothing. If she had just qualified her tweet
Read More »Playing the race card
The term ‘playing the race card’ is often used to minimise the experience and consequences of racism,
Read More »Sepp Blatter and racism
Everyone’s lining up to give Sepp Blatter a kicking, with good cause.
Read More »What caused the riots?
One of the first initiatives from the coalition government was to start a conversation about fairness. “What is it?” they asked. “And what does it really mean?”
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