Somehow Leila Thomas convinced me to do three things I hate today and I 💕 loved 💖. it.I went a School, in Lewisham South London for 8am to be part of Urban Synergy Mentoring The idea was to take a whole year group, invite them to prepare cv’s, dress up and develop adult life skills through mock interviews with…

David Lammy has set the cat amongst the pigeons with his comments about Stacey Dooley’s social media post with a young black child for Comic Relief. By saying “The world does not need any more white saviours” he has wielded a giant sized Zombie knife to slice open a wound that was already in need…

I’ve spent hours trying to convince people to be interested in Brexit. It is the single most important decision in our lives. It Will impact the lives of our children’s children and will affect the way Brits are viewed and treated around the world.Before you fall asleep, this isn’t about Brexit. It’s about a 15…

I have just binge watched all 6 episodes of “Surviving R Kelly” and I am in shock. R Kelly is a disgrace and so is anyone who supports him… Let me be honest and tell you that I approached this in a really doubtful way and feel incredibly stupid and a bit embarrassed for my…

So Crossrail, the largest infrastructure project in Europe, is going to cost up to 2 billion pounds more than budgeted, with no end date in sight.I’m not sure how to view this other than a huge embarrassment. The problem is, nobody is prepared to carry the can. Department for Transport NOTFL NOMayor’s office NONo proper…

I’m told that Boris Johnson is especially clever. I remember after an “interesting” interview many years ago, when campaigning to be Mayor of London, he asked me why people were so upset that he had referred to people of colour as #pickeninnies with #watermelonsmiles.  I did try to explain it to him. He listened and nodded,…

My story of the month and maybe of the year is the one of the 12 boys stuck in a cave for more than two weeks with their coach. Every time I get near to despair when it comes to humans and how stupid we are, I see a story that makes me feel an…