Back in the 1970s it was a Sunday afternoon treat for black Londoners, a radio show just for them at a time when they lived life on the edge in more ways than one. Part news and part phone in with musical interludes, Black Londoners started out once a month but proved so popular that … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2016
‘We can beat breast cancer – but only with more investment’
Deaths from breast cancer could be eradicated by the middle of the century relegating the disease to that of a chronic illness, according to one of the country’s leading cancer charity campaigners. “We believe that if we act now, by 2050 anyone who develops breast cancer will live, even if it spreads to another part … Continue reading
Cleo Sylvestre – still going strong
When Cleo Sylvestre played truant that particular day in 1964, it was more a case of opportunity knocks than youthful defiance. Aged 17 and a pupil at Camden School for Girls in London, she bunked off A-level biology lessons to record ‘To Know Him Is To Love Him’ with little-known band the Rolling Stones, whom … Continue reading