Pauline Swaby writes: ‘Hallam is the oldest black person we know to have come to Bath in the early 1950s. Sadly, Hallam couldn’t be with us but we are delighted to be joined by Pauline Swaby-Wallace, manager of Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizen Association (BEMSCA), and Shawn Sobers, associate Professor of Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice at the University of the West of England and trustee of Fairfield House, to discuss Hallam’s huge impact on the community in Bath. Hallam Ifill was nominated by the trustees of Fairfield House. In this episode, we will be discussing the incredible contributions of Hallam Ifill, the leader of Rainbow Steel Band, one of the longest-running steel pan bands in the country, based in Hallam’s home town of Bath.
#Sleepless town 1988 series
It is a production for the Museum of Colour music in this series is by Soweto Kinch. This episode is presented by Samenua Sesher and produced by Stella Sabin. BESEA.N is a grassroots movement, created to shine a light on Britain's East and South East Asians. She continues to advocate for adoptee rights today. Lucy was born in Hong Kong but was brought to the UK in the 1960s as part of the ‘Hong Kong Project’ - the first official programme of transracial adoption. She is also a writer and activist, campaigning for better representation of British East and South East Asian people in the creative industries. She has performed in some of the UK’s most prestigious theatres: the National, the RSC and the Bristol Old Vic, to name but a few.
#Sleepless town 1988 professional
Her first major professional acting role was the lead in the groundbreaking British feature film Ping Pong (1986), directed by Po-Chih Leong.
#Sleepless town 1988 tv
Samenua Sesher speaks with the incomparable Lucy Sheen. Lucy is an actor in film, TV and theatre. It is a production for the Museum of Colour The music in this series is by Soweto Kinch.
It is the endurance of writers of that generation, who persisted with great literary skill and often with insufficient recognition or support, which made it possible for others to come after them, even as they built on the legacy of those who came before.’ He has been doing this from a time when terms like "institutional racism" were rarely uttered, let alone understood, and "British" was assumed to be synonymous with "white". Gary writes: ‘Ferdinand is an elegant writer, both in fiction and non-fiction, who deftly weaves the tales of the diaspora into his work. Ferdinand was a fellow at Birkbeck, University of London and taught both in Nigeria and at Middlesex University London.įerdinand Dennis was nominated by Gary Younge: author, broadcaster, journalist and sociology professor at the University of Manchester. His non-fiction works were accompanied by radio documentary series on BBC Radio 4. All deal with themes of African, British and Afro-British culture. Samenua Sesher speaks to the multi-talented author and broadcaster Ferdinand Dennis.įerdinand has written three novels - Sleepless Summer (1989), The Last Blues Dance (1996) and Duppy Conqueror (1998) - and two non-fiction books - Behind the Frontlines: Journey into Afro-Britain (1988) and Back to Africa: A Journey (1992).
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