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Should art ever be destroyed? I debate that question with Mary Beard in the latest issue of the RA Magazine.
Tomiwa Owolade
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Tomiwa Owolade
@tomowolade
Assistant Comment Editor at the Telegraph. Author of This is Not America.
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- This tweet has received stinging criticism from many African, West Indian, and black British people - who point out that black Americans do not have a monopoly on the experience of black people around the world. Who knew?No one. Absolutely not a fucking soul. Nary a person. Adele:
- This is appalling, and has made me lose all interest in reading her latest novel.
- Black British people have more in common with white British people than they do with black people across the rest of the world. My 'take' on the Ngozi Fulani / Lady Susan Hussey affair (with a bit of Harry and Meghan mixed in). thetimes.co.uk/article/our-ob…
- Written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Wow. She went in. chimamanda.com/news_items/it-…
- Replying to @Nigel_FarageHi Nigel. My six year old son Garibaldi would like to write letters to politicians too, but he is too busy translating The Upanishads into English and finalising his PhD thesis at Cambridge.
- For @unherd today, I have written a piece in defence of Philip Larkin and Seamus Heaney, and against decolonising the curriculum:
- There's something profoundly wrong with a list of 100 Great Black Britons that doesn't include Trevor Phillips, CLR James, Zadie Smith, Shirley Bassey, Trevor McDonald, any black footballers, a few others. Yet includes Munroe Bergdorf and Kehinde Andrews.
- This is my favourite piece of writing from Judith Butler. So beautifully written. It inspires me every day.
- I've written a piece about white feminism for @unherd
- It is starting to look real
- I'm delighted that my debut book This is Not America has been named as a @thetimes book of the year!
- I'm delighted to announce that from next month I'll be a contributing writer at the @NewStatesman. I'll be writing columns, book reviews, and essays.
