Giving evidence: Doctors and the Courts

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I'm featured on the front page of today's Sylter Rundschau, the beloved German daily newspaper for the island of Sylt, part of the sh:z group, Schleswig-Holstein's largest newspaper network. I write about my residency on the island of Sylt. 📰 🏝 https://t.co/N3IXfkiumR

I’m thrilled to share that my poetry collection Ceremony for the Nameless is joint winner of the 2025 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. https://t.co/mrCPlta5h6

Nigeria Always Had Cultural Swagger – Now It’s An International Art Capital | British Vogue

Akinwumi Adesokan is named editor-in-chief of BLACK CAMERA, the international journal of Black cinema. He succeeds founding editor Michael T. Martin, whose 17 years of leadership built the journal into a vital intellectual space 🎥🖋️ @BlackCamJournal https://t.co/cXqTYfGT6U

I am made of atoms. My elbow, which is resting on the table before me, is made of atoms. The table is made of atoms. But if atoms are so small and empty and the nuclei smaller still, why does the table hold me up? Why, as Arthur Eddington liked to ask, do the nuclei that comprise

Five (5) Nigerian Languages that are now Extinct! 1. Ajawa - Formerly spoken in Bauchi State. 2. Basa Gumna - Spoken in Niger + Nasarawa State. 3. Odut - Formerly spoken in Cross River State. 4. Auyokawa - Formerly spoken in Jigawa State. 5. Kpati - Formerly spoken in Taraba

Martin Scorsese spent nearly 30 years bringing Silence (2016) to life. A meditative, haunting masterpiece, it traces two priests in Japan confronting faith, doubt, and the unbearable weight of silence.

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@HistorySAZAR Miriam Makeba talked about the pain of losing her daughter Bongi on the #FeliciaShow. Bongi's daughter #Zenzi sang a song dedicated to her mother.

Throwback to when I discovered a River in Frankfurt and named it River Ayamatanga 🤭

Barack Obama’s Higher Ground Productions releases Fela Kuti; Fear No Man to coincide with Felabration 2025. It’s a 12-episode series. Two episodes out already. Opens new angles to the enigma of Fela. Available on most podcast streaming sites. You really should listen.

Marvin Gaye live with “I Want You” is pure seduction in musical form

I’m deeply moved to have been appointed to House of Lords. The NHS has shaped my life, work, & values. it’s where I learned what care, compassion, & public service truly mean. I hope to carry that spirit forward in this new role, speaking up for patients & health professionals

Excellent work.

‘Monwabisi’ — a spirited week, in New York, with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has officially begun… here is a rehearsal excerpt of Maestro @wyntonmarsalis solo on a Bab’uBheki Mseleku dedication to Bab’uWinston Mankunku — so much historical and cultural convergence in

This is Ronald McNair, who died during the space shuttle Challenger explosion. In 1959, he was denied checking out books in a segregated South Carolina Library. He later became one of the first Black NASA astronauts in history. Today, that same library was named in his honor.

I look forward to being in conversation with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Thursday as part of the London Literature Festival.

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