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To be young, Bipolar and black: Why Nina Simone’s story matters in the wake of #MeToo

Emma Yapp19 March 2018

Emma Yapp looks back at Nina Simone's life and how #MeToo could do better by black and mentally ill women...

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Black History Month playlist

Joanna Whitehead2 October 2017

A playlist to celebrate Black History Month...

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The ‘firsts’ are often hidden

Alessia Galatini10 April 2017

Alessia Galatini is impressed with how the intersections of race and gender are explored in Hidden Figures...

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The power of a loving couple

Emily Chudy8 March 2017

Emily Chudy reviews touching civil-rights drama Loving, exploring the lessons that still need to be learnt from one marriage that changed the course of history...

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Anarchy and activism

Helen G6 July 2015

Helen G finds musical solace and affirmation in The Selecter’s new release Subculture...

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Girlhood: just add a glimmer of hope

Huma Munshi8 May 2015

Huma Munshi is happy to see four black Parisian girls in a film devoted entirely to their experiences but would like to see them flourishing, not just struggling to get by ...

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