New York based Author and makeup Artist, Sam Fine has had a rich and exciting career, with various accolades including making history as the first black male spokesman for a major cosmetic line and working with clients such as Queen Latifah, Tyra Banks, Oprah, Beyoncé, Aretha Franklin, and Naomi Campbell to name a few. Specialising […]
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10 Ways to Be an Ally to Black LGBT People
By Stonewall’s Bame/POC Staff Network Black LGBT people have been severely affected by the global pandemic, as well as the trauma of systemic racism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia experienced by the entire community. Now more than ever, we need allies to step up and take action. We know that many people have looked to find […]
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Neon MUA
Otherwise known as Neon MUA, Darius Mckiver (he/him/his) is a makeup artists and content creator who works to spread awareness about the ways beauty is represented for black creators, especially within the queer community. We spoke to Darius about his career journey as well as asking for some hidden hacks and his favourite and least […]
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A Film of Firsts Starring Ki Griffin
KINDRED, the animated virtual reality story of the UK’s first openly non-binary parent to adopt a child, made its debut at the Venice Film Festival in September, so we got in touch with star Ki Griffin who plays lead role, Syd, to learn more about the project. Perhaps best known for their role as Ripley […]
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Review: The Mountaintop
Boni Adeliyi stands at the front of The Theatre Chipping Norton stage, reeling off a plethora of names from Black history. It’s possibly the most transfixing moment from Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, in which Adeliyi plays Camae, the maid who delivers Martin Luther King Jr’s room service on the last night of his life. It […]
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Celebrating Black History Month
This month is Black History Month, and it signifies a time of celebrations. It is the time of year when we shine additional light on Black achievements and on the Black talent that we have in our country. We use October to draw particulate focus to this, but it is something we should be immensely […]
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Cambridge University Press and Assessment
“History is everyone’s story” Cambridge University Press and Assessment help millions of people worldwide to unlock their potential. Our qualifications, assessments, academic publications, and original research spread knowledge, spark curiosity and aid understanding around the world. OCR is one of our UK exams boards, our syllabuses guide what children are taught from age 14 upwards. It’s a […]
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The Influence of Black Cinema
How 90’s Black Cinema and Its Subsequent Resurgence Influenced the World. It’s no secret that black representation within film has been known to be dubious. Racist or archaic caricatures, particularly within mainstream cinema, spurred a cinematic revolution during the ’90s that gave black cinema a long-overdue voice and a pedestal to direct the world’s gaze […]
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A Homotopian Rent Party
Sam Bennett During the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, poor African Americans – paid low wages yet asked for disproportionately high rent – would host house parties and collect money from guests in order to keep a roof over their heads. These bashes, which have inspired the Darren Pritchard-directed Rent Party, would see the likes of jazz […]
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“If I Sound Angry…”
Linda Bellos OBE talks racism, Thatcher and trans with Sam Bennett “My growing-up years were spent as a socialist and not-very-good musician,” Linda Bellos tells me. Though “very much into classical music”, she realised by the end of the sixties she wasn’t going to make it as a professional clarinettist. “It was a rational recognition […]
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