Black British Lives Matter with Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder Faber & Faber Ltd

This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –
What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain.
This week we discuss why Black British Art Matters with Ashton Attzs and Rianna Jade Parker.
Ashton Attz, is a Black non-binary painter and illustrator who won the coveted Evening
Standard Art Prize in 2018 for the painting of transgender swimmers, “Don’t Stay In Ya Lane”,
and Rianna Jade Parker is a leading a critic, curator and researcher whose first book ‘A Brief
History of Black British Art’ was published by Tate in 2021. Art can both define a culture, shape
it, and articulate the thoughts and feelings of a community. From Chris Ofili to Lynette Yiadom-
Boakye we explores exactly what art says about Black British Live and why it matters.
Find out more about the hosts and guests:
Ashton Attzs
Instagram: @attzs
Rianna Jade Parker
Twitter: @xaymacans
http://www.riannajadeparker.com/
Marcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryder
Lenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenry
https://lennyhenry.net/
Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/
Podcast art by Faber
Music by The Lethargees
This podcast is a Faber & Faber production

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This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter – 
What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain.
 
This week we discuss why Black British Disabled People Matter with Michelle Daley and Katouche Goll, both leading campaigners for Black disability rights for people in Britain. Daley and Goll explain why we cannot properly address racism in Britain today unless Black disabled people are front and centre of any struggle. Estimated to make up 22 percent of the Black British population we explore exactly why Black British disabled people’s lives matter.
 
 Find out more about the hosts and guests:
 
Michelle Daley
http://www.daleymichelle.co.uk/
Twitter: @michedaley
 
 Katouche Goll
Twitter: @itsKatouche
Instagram: @itskatouche
 
Marcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryder
 
Lenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenry
https://lennyhenry.net/
 
Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/
 
Podcast art by Faber
Music by The Lethargees
This podcast is a Faber & Faber production
 
 
 
 
 

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This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain.
 
This week we discuss why Black British Food Matters with Zoe Adjonyoh, founder of Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen and award-winning food journalist Melissa Thompson. Food plays a central role in any society. It carries our culture across generations and holds secrets about our history. We also ask if the food wider society values contains racist overtones, for example why is French cuisine regularly seen as the height of “good cooking” while West African food is rarely mentioned?
 
Find out more about the hosts and guests:
 
Zoe Adjonyoh
https://www.zoesghanakitchen.com/
Twitter: @zoeadjonyoh
Instagram: @zoeadjonyoh
Melissa Thompson
https://www.fowlmouths.co.uk/
Twitter: @FowlMouthsFood
Instagram: @fowlmouthsfood
Marcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryder
Lenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenry
https://lennyhenry.net/
 
Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/
 
Podcast art by Faber
Music by The Lethargees
This podcast is a Faber & Faber production
 

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This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain.


This week we discuss why Black British Mental Health Matters with the highly acclaimed actor David Harewood and journalist and documentary maker Marverine Cole. With Black Britons four times more likely to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act this is one of the most pressing issues affecting our communities. Our guests talk about the reality behind the shocking stats, their own personal mental health experiences and whether living in Britain is bad for our mental health.
Find out more about the hosts and guests:
 
David Harewood
https://davidharewood.co.uk/
Twitter: @DavidHarewood
Instagram: @davidharewood
David Harewood’s BBC Two documentary is ‘Psychosis and Me’
Marverine Cole
https://www.marverinecole.co.uk/
Twitter: @TVMarv
Instagram: @tvmarv
Marverine Cole’s BBC Radio 4 documentary is ‘Black Girls Don’t Cry’
Marcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryder
Lenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenry
https://lennyhenry.net/
 
Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/
 
Podcast art by Faber
Music by The Lethargees
This podcast is a Faber & Faber production
 

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This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain.
This week we discuss one big idea - reparations - paying Black British people, and Black people around the world, for the slavery and colonialism they suffered. Could reparations solve racism once and for all, and how would it eve work? Professor Kehinde Andrews and activist and lawyer, Esther Stanford Xosei join Lenny and Marcus to discuss.
Additional reading about reparations recommended in the podcast:
Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century by Kehinde Andrews
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams
Slavery Reparations: The Time is Now by Nora Whitman
Esther Stanford Xosei’s chapter ‘The long road of Pan-African liberation to reparatory justice’ is in Black British History: New Perspectives edited by Hakim Adi
 
Find out more about the hosts and guests:
 
Kehinde Andrews
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/social-sciences/about-us/staff/criminology-and-sociology/kehinde-andrews
Twitter: @kehinde_andrews
Instagram: @kehindeandrews
Esther Stanford-Xosei
https://roape.net/2022/03/10/afrika-and-reparations-activism-in-the-uk-an-interview-with-esther-stanford-xosei/
Twitter: @Xosei
Instagram: @mzxosei
Marcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryder
Lenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenry
https://lennyhenry.net/
 
Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/
 
Podcast art by Faber
Music by The Lethargees
This podcast is a Faber & Faber production

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This is the podcast where we explore why and how Black British lives matter –What it means to be Black and British, our culture, our joy and our pain.
 
This week we discuss why Black British Hair Matters with activist Stephanie Cohen from the Halo Collective, and filmmaker Kevin Morosky.
 
From dreadlocks to weaves, we look at what our hair says about our Black identity. We explore the politics and racism around hair, from "Black is beautiful" afros to discrimination in the workplace. Black barbershops and hair salons play a central role in our communities. We discuss what we love about our hair and what can sometimes make us want to pull it out! 
 
Find out more about the hosts and guests:
 
Stephanie Cohen
https://halocollective.co.uk/
Twitter @TheHaloCode
Instagram: @thehalocode
 
Kevin Morosky
http://www.kevinmorosky.com/
Instagram: @kevinmorosky
Twitter: @kevinmorosky
 
Marcus Ryder is on Twitter @marcusryder
Lenny Henry is also on Twitter @LennyHenry
https://lennyhenry.net/
 
Our book: Black British Lives Matter by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder is published by Faber & Faber and is available to purchase here:
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571368518-black-british-lives-matter/
 
Podcast art by Faber
Music by The Lethargees
This podcast is a Faber & Faber production
 

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