Obituaries

2SXGA55 Roberta Flack at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. October 1981 Credit: Walter McBride/MediaPunch

Remembering Roberta Flack (1937–2025)

The world has lost one of its greatest musical voices, Roberta Flack, who passed away on February 24,…


Acclaimed author George Lamming (L) with his first Caribbean publisher Lasana M. Sekou at a bookstore in Coral Gables, Florida, 1993. (Photo © House of Nehesi Publishers)

George Lamming (1927 – 2022) … Tribute

When we lose one of our greatest writers, we are thrown into mourning but when a publisher loses…


Malaika Rose Stanley drew on her own experiences of motherhood in her books for children

Malaika Rose Stanley

My friend Malaika Rose Stanley, who has died of cancer aged 65, was a pioneering children’s author, educator…


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Black History Month

2026 LISTINGS

Sheffield Tuesday 19th May – Saturday 23rd May 2026

Noughts & Crosses

Malorie Blackman’s acclaimed novel Noughts & Crosses comes to the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield in a powerful stage…

Westminster Thursday 21st May 2026

Sly5thAve – Live at Ronnie Scott’s

Join Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Sly5thAve for a dynamic live performance blending jazz, hip hop, soul and electronica at…

Hackney Thursday 21st – Saturday 23rd May 2026

Ballet Black at 25

Celebrate 25 years of groundbreaking dance with Ballet Black at 25, a powerful anniversary production from one of…

Whitney: Queen Of The Night
Bedford Friday 22 May

Whitney – Queen Of The Night

Direct from the West End, The London Palladium, and the iconic Royal Albert Hall, Whitney – Queen of…

Greenwich Friday 22 May 2026 – Doors 6.30pm

Black Coffee – Live with Orchestra

Black Coffee, one of the most influential and internationally celebrated DJs of his generation, brings his groundbreaking Live…