Conversations

On art, creativity and culture…

  • The inconvenient beauty of being different

    The inconvenient beauty of being different

    Deficit. Disorder. Two words I’ve grown increasingly uncomfortable with in my thinking around ADHD of late. To be clear, I don’t have Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, but over the last several months I have had the opportunity to interview a number of experts on this unexpectedly contentious but endlessly intriguing topic. I’ve spoken with award-winning…… Read more

  • ‘Music is For People’: An Interview With UK Soul Singer, Samm Henshaw

    ‘Music is For People’: An Interview With UK Soul Singer, Samm Henshaw

    So you may recall that I’d mentioned interviewing Samm Henshaw a while back for The Nubian Times, which, on a personal level, was a very fun experience. I mean, the guy’s arguably the most talented soul artist to emerge from these shores in the last two decades. Not only that, he was a seriously fascinating…… Read more

  • ‘When We Write Well, We Bear Witness to the Times’: An Interview With Poet & Author, Peter Kalu

    ‘When We Write Well, We Bear Witness to the Times’: An Interview With Poet & Author, Peter Kalu

    So I recently had the good fortune to meet and then later interview playwright, poet and novelist, Peter Kalu. As well as publishing multiple short stories and several novels, Kalu has worked with the BBC and also been involved in a variety of initiatives to support young writers through his work at Commonword; a community project to promote and…… Read more

  • ‘Finding new ways to find new ideas’: An Interview with Songwriter & Recording Artist, Josephine Oniyama

    ‘Finding new ways to find new ideas’: An Interview with Songwriter & Recording Artist, Josephine Oniyama

    Josephine Oniyama’s debut album, Portrait, is described by The Daily Mirror as ‘musically abundant’ and by The Times as ‘stunning’ whilst she herself has been described by none other than Elbow’s Guy Garvey as ‘an old soul singer in a beautiful young girl.’ She’s been featured in The Guardian, she’s performed on Later With Jools Holland, and alongside being…… Read more

  • ‘Popular Culture is No Longer a Marketplace of ideas’: An Interview with American Novelist, Bill Campbell

    ‘Popular Culture is No Longer a Marketplace of ideas’: An Interview with American Novelist, Bill Campbell

    Bill Campbell is the author of several science-fiction novels and the founder of Rosarium Publishing. I had the chance recently to interview him for online magazine, Media Diversified, which, for me, was just all kinds of fun. We talk everything from writing, to creativity, to his thoughts on science-fiction, afrofuturism, popular culture and the media. It was a great conversation…… Read more