Now that Jeremy Corbyn has been elected leader of the Labour Party, I very much hope that included in his government policies-to-oppose tray, is a memo to crank up the protests against the closures of public libraries. Following a short imprisonment in Wormwood Scrubs in 1981, the institution where I managed to educate myself and…
Posted on 21st May 2012
Brenton Brown
Like a doting parent, Alex Wheatle has always liked to keep tabs on the characters from his novels after the end of their personal narrative, often giving them walk-on parts in books other their own. This time, though, he goes back to the source, bringing us up to date on Brenton Brown, the troubled mixed-race…
