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For Walter Borden it’s a role for which he’s been preparing his entire life. Author of the article: Joe Belanger Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021 • March 12, 2021 • 4 minute read • Renowned Canadian actor Walter Borden will perform Londoner Jeff Culbert s new play about London native Richard B. Harrison, son of escaped slaves, who starred on Broadway in the 1930s. Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content For Walter Borden it’s a role for which he’s been preparing his entire life. In fact, the 78-year-old award-winning actor who’s performed on stages across Canada including Stratford Festival and who is a member of the Order of Canada said he couldn’t believe it when he read Londoner Jeff Culbert’s script, Elocution: The Life of Richard Berry Harrison. ....
Jeffrey Boakye , March 2nd, 2021 09:25 It was only when Jeffrey Boakye moved out of London that he realised his sense of Black British identity was overly-rooted on the capital. Here, he explores two very different stories of Black life in Hull to argue that we need to look less to America while looking toward a deeper understanding of Black life at home Truth be told, when I started researching this article, I had to double-check the stats. It sounds almost implausible: that out of the 1.9 million people classified as ‘Black’ currently living in the UK, over 1.1 million happen to live in London. That leaves 800,000 or so Black people spread out across the rest of the country. To put that into perspective, Piers Morgan has more followers on Instagram than there are Black people in the entire British Isles, and he has over nine times more twitter followers than there are Black people outside of London. ....