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RIP Margaret Thatcher

Whatever your views, Baroness Thatcher was the mother of two who today are now without her. I know she divided the country literally, and given my background don’t need any lessons. However, my view is that we should not speak ill of the dead because she can no longer defend herself. She is no more, let her…

40,000 Hits & Counting… THANKS

When I started my blog, I wrote that it was… A Brown Liverpudlian Orphaned Gay (blog) magazine. A VOICE for those who don’t have one. It’s inclusive not exclusive & my views are my own, & not those of My Mum or others unless stolen! It was meant to be ‘tongue-in-cheek’, not literally of course…

Happy 300 Posts… dedicated to Ethan!

It’s strange to think that 299 blog posts before, I’d never written anything public. I was thinking earlier what would my 300th post be about, and then it came to me. In the past three years, two of my closest friends have had children. Well most people do! No? What’s special about my two friends is that,…

Clive Bloom’s ‘Riot City’…

I was sitting having a coffee earlier minding my business, when I came across a book Riot City by Clive Bloom about protests and rebellion in the UK capital since 2000. It looks at the unprecedented unrest London has seen during recent times incorporating the new ideological standpoints, and the pressure of street politics and…

That’s what friends are for!

Fourteen years ago, I met one of my closest group of friends at university. This past week, one of them has been there for me when all seemed lost – my career, home and relationship – because, of discrimination within the police. Despite my difficulties in the workplace due to my race and sexuality, I’m…

Upfront with Ngunan Adamu

I mentioned earlier this week that, I’d been invited on to BBC Radio Merseyside with presenter Ngunan Adamu. Well, that is tonight. So, if you’ve got nothing better to do on a Sunday evening … listen to Ngunan and me chat from 8pm, on her Upfront show. You can catch us on BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8fm…

Upfront… with BBC Radio Merseyside

I can remember in my teens being on BBC Radio Merseyside twice, the local radio station for my hometown of Liverpool. One was as the St John Ambulance Cadet of the Year for the county, and the other to promote a children’s variety show I was producing at one of the city’s theatres. Well, time…