The first black woman to win the Booker recounts her lengthy journey from grotty London flats to an audience with the Queen in her eventful hymn to perseveranceBernardine Evaristo always fancied winning the Booker prize. When Lara, her semi-autobiograp…
Rita Keegan: the return of black British art’s forgotten pioneer
She was a crucial part of a cultural movement in the 1980s. Now a first solo exhibition in 15 years will allow her work to shineFrom the 1980s to the early 2000s, artist and archivist Rita Keegan fervently collected and preserved newsletters, leaflets,…
Dave: We’re All Alone in This Together review – a rival to his classic debut
(Neighbourhood)With introspective but operatic rap, Dave paints pictures on an album that’s part confessional, part social critique In 2019, Dave’s Mercury prize- and Brit award-winning debut, Psychodrama, became a classic overnight; now it has a riva…