Korks Talks

Review of Picador's 50th anniversary event, with the Royal Society of Literature (200 Years), celebrating the re-publication of Jamaica Kincaid's works, hosted at the Black Cultural Archives (BCA).

Over the past week, I've watched 2 independent films: one at Southbank called My Old School which featured Alan Cumming; the other at Castle Cinema in Hackey featuring Nana Mensah who also wrote and directed the film. I also attended BrightLand Exhibition on Sunday afternoon. Here's my review!

Jam-packed review of 'Everything, Everywhere, All at Once' film; Ekow Eshun's curation of the 'In The Black Fantastic' at the Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre; and Stuart Semple's 'Festival of Happiness' at Dulwich Picture/Art Gallery.

Good news and job offers and chasing new highs!

Too many topics.

Digital Activism and Online Communites

More book themes and a timeline of what I hope will happen for the book.

This episode is the second in the 'My Writing Process' diaries.

A review of the sold-out show "For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy" and is informed by the landmark 1976 theatre piece by Ntozake Shange "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf" https://blackballad.co.uk/views-voices/playwright-director-ryan-calais-cameron-for-black-boys-who-have-considered-suicide-when-the-hue-gets-too-heavy?listI...

A play written by babirye bukilwa and directed by Malakai Sargeant that evaluates themes of diet culture, antiBlackness, fatphobia and misogyny. Podcast with Stratford East: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tkQAJQHgRCsojYrpLhBEk?si=0bd115fbac47488f Ruby Tandoh articles:  https://ruby-tandoh.medium.com/empire-of-seeds-ee4308a529c4 https://heated.medium.com/your-hands-are-your-greatest-kitchen...

How I write.

Review: Small Island at the Olivier Theatre at National Theatre

In this episode, I review the Waterstone Piccadilly event featuring Oliver Bullough in conversation with Serena Kutchinsky where he talks about his new book: 'Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals - drawing connections with the Suez Canal crisis as the origin of the financial industry which later came to become attractive for oligarc...

Review of exhibition of Caribbean-British art at Tate Britain, ending on April 3rd.

This episode is a mixture and politlcs, hopscotching a variety of shows I've watched and articles and books I've read, including but not limited to: Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy - BBCTwo - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0bncnd5/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-series-1-1-naples-and-the-amalfi-coast The Dropout - DisneyPlus - https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/the-dropout/5C0gjG...

Review of BBC drama: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/01/mood-review-songs-sorrow-and-sex-work-in-nicole-leckys-bold-fresh-drama

This episode includes a mini-review of Stanley Tucci's new series: Searching For Italy https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bncl3n , engaging with different cultural views on death, the impact of cultural forces like Jamal Edwards, Andre Leon Talley and Virgil Abloh before they passed, and the role of mental health in the Black community. Catapult Magazine extract by Eloghosa Osunde https://catapult...

This episode includes a tribute to award-winning cultural entrepreneur and SB.TV founder Jamal Edwards who passed away at 31 last week. Around this tribute, I talk about the importance and cultural impact of entertainment and sport in the Black community. I also talk about education and learning - how changes to terms of student loans - in terms of entitlement and repayment, hinders young people's...

https://www.netflix.com/title/81168503 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0014jmn/imagine-2022-2-labi-siffre-this-is-my-song

Review of Netflix show: https://www.netflix.com/title/81426972 , thoughts on service provisions as participants of capitalism, the alleviating effects of socialism in the professional services economy and how to make yourself happy. Article mentioned: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/13/too-close-for-comfort-the-pitfalls-of-parasocial-relationships

Day after Valentines.

This episode explores love and its ramifications. Starting off with a review of the Netflix shows 'The Tindler Swindler' and 'Inventing Anna' which were about scamming on social media, I talk about how the failure to meet Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs leaves people vulnerable to exploitation - and how we must reframe our understanding of love into a framework for care.

A review of the 2 recently released miniseries 'Chloe' (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0b69pn6/chloe-series-1-episode-1) and 'This Is Going To Hurt' (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b6k5gx) - both are dramas of which I talk about their form, storylines and cultural relevance. I also talk about how we navigate our lives with routines and finding purpose within and beyond our careers.

Happy new month.

A review of some films and docu-series I watched and a link the "Posting for Posterity" article by Terry Nguyen that I really enjoyed: https://genyeet.substack.com/p/posting-for-posterity