A Day Of Two Halves JUNE 14TH 2018 is a day I will never forget. From Buckingham Palace, talking music with the future King, to a mosque in the shadow of Grenfell Tower, interviewing a man who had lost the will to live after the death of his father, it brought tears to my eyes.  It…

I’m going to the palace this month for my MBE and haven’t even bothered to get a suit yet.  It’s a man thing I suppose, leaving stuff TIL the last minute Mrs Nestor though, has had dresses in a 6, 8 and 10. She has tried them in purple, blue and orange. Should she wrap,…

Greetings, I went for that test this week. I had been putting off for over a decade now.   So even though I have had cancer and have friends who’ve had prostate cancer and know that it kills a man every 45 minutes, particularly men from a black and ethnic minority community.   I am…

I earn my living by speaking, so words and their meaning are very important to me. Not just the word but how it is said, when it is said and how often it is said. This week’s word is desensitised. Now I don’t know what the dictionary says but I know what it means to…

As part of the MBE journey, I have decided to find out who I am and where I come from. Ancestry.co.uk have agreed to do the investigations and let me know, LIVE on my BBC Radio London Drivetime show. I am petrified. I know several mates who have changed their names after embarking on such a…

There has never been a film like Black Panther, of that there can be no doubt. It has broken so many box office records that no matter what you think of it, where it matters, [MONEY} it has been a huge success. I have been to see it twice (and yes, I did dress up)….

I am truly humbled by the response to the announcement that I was to be made an MBE in the Queen’s New Years Honours. Almost as humbled as I am to receive the honour itself. The question I have been asking myself is, What Now? What does it mean? I don’t know what the answer…

This week we have an historic event and most people don’t know and don’t care. It will affect where you live, how you live and how your children are educated. Doesn’t make sense does it? Well it’s true. Philip Hammond is The Chancellor of The Exchequer. He controls the country’s finances and we are BROKE…