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Paterson Joseph and Niellah Arboine
BBC Radio Includes
Each week, over 36 million people listen to BBC Radio. The BBC offers a portfolio of services aimed at offering listeners the highest quality programmes, whatever their interest or mood.
• Music radio on Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, 6 Music and Asian Network.
• Speech, drama, analysis and the arts on Radio 4
• Classical music and jazz on Radio 3
• News and sport on 5 live and 5 live sports extra
• Local programming from 40 stations in England
• 6 dedicated radio service...
Paterson Joseph and Niellah Arboine
BBC Radio Includes
Each week, over 36 million people listen to BBC Radio. The BBC offers a portfolio of services aimed at offering listeners the highest quality programmes, whatever their interest or mood.
• Music radio on Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, 6 Music and Asian Network.
• Speech, drama, analysis and the arts on Radio 4
• Classical music and jazz on Radio 3
• News and sport on 5 live and 5 live sports extra
• Local programming from 40 stations in England
• 6 dedicated radio service...
Lady Phyll On Talking The Talk, Doing The Work, & UK Black Pride
“I know what my purpose is. I know what I'm here for.”
One year on from the Black Lives Matter movement, where are we now?
Twelve months on from the death of George Floyd and the worldwide BLM protests, we ask: what has been achieved for Black lives?
‘I just didn't see myself represented in the travel industry’: Ella Paradis of the Black Explorer
I was around seven or eight years old, sitting in my plane seat as a giddy, unaccompanied minor.
From judo moves to grip-breaking: how TikTok taught me self-defence
When England headed into its second lockdown, I felt that this time round I knew how to make staying indoors work for me. Back in spring, the only things that stopped me from gormlessly walking around my flat and sinking into a TV binge-hole were staying active and fostering a thirst for entertaining new hobbies.
LEARNING TO LOVE MY HAIR HAS BEEN A RADICAL ACT OF SELF-LOVE
gal-dem’s Niellah Arboine shares her hair journey—from grappling with the natural hair movement to learning to love the versatility of her locks.
I'm a Black journalist in the UK. That simple fact still makes me unusual
I always say I sort of fell into journalism. But in reality, I’ve adored writing and storytelling for as long as I can remember, and I knew I was good at it, even though I was scared to admit that it was what I wanted to do with my life.
My Name is Niellah
Journalist Niellah Arboine asks why Black journalists are so underrepresented in Britain’s newsrooms.
The Crouch Hill youth club that’s making stars
The number of youth clubs in London has nearly halved since 2011, yet their historical importance in providing a safe space for young people is still unmatched.
Comedian Munya Chawawa Wants To Help You Laugh, Think & Most Of All, Get It Right
“If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry,” 27-year-old comedian Munya Chawawa says over our video chat. “If you acknowledge the crushing weight of inequality, which does exist and is all around us, as a Black person, you think, why do I even bother?”
Beyonce’s Black Is King is an ode to Black people and the diaspora in all its glory
One of the things Beyoncé does best is collaborate – unafraid to share her platform to get the best results.
I May Destroy You’s Weruche Opia on Black joy, struggle, and triumph on TV
On Michaela Coel’s chaotic and caustic millennial drama, the British-Nigerian actress shines as the vivacious Terry – here, she discusses Black friendship, consent on screen, and researching MDMA for those wild party scenes
‘I couldn’t believe the brutality’ – actor Pippa Bennett-Warner on new Windrush scandal drama
I speak to the actor Pippa Bennett-Warner, on a video call set to the backdrop of a pandemic that is killing black people more than any other ethnicity in the UK and the day after protests break out in Minnesota after yet another black person is murdered.
Why ‘I May Destroy You’s Imperfect Black Characters Are So Important
Yet, as a Black British woman, I rarely get to see any representations of those small, often emb...