Rommi Smith News Today

John Newton’s famous words are inextricably fused with one of the world’s most iconic tunes. How do you celebrate Amazing Grace with a new composition? And, should we be celebrating it at all? Composer Roderick Williams on how he wrote Forever?

250 voices were used for a special afternoon, celebrating 250 years of one famous hymn

How amazing that 250 years later, the words written by a former slave trader, turned cleric, have uplifted generations of people around the world, regardless of their faith or creed, during some...

Black orchestra celebrates song first heard on New Year’s Day 1773 when repentant former slave trader declaimed verses in church

Profile speaks to Warda Yassin and Rommi Smith about their bodies of poetic works, cultural inspiration and their contribution to an anthology of powerful black voices.

Lee Brennan, head of creative learning and engagement at Leeds 2023, reveals details about a roadshow designed to get the whole city excited about the upcoming year of culture.

Changing the Story brings to light a neglected strand in British history, through a series of striking photographs dating from 1917 to 1962, interpret

Striding hopefully towards a new future, a couple from the Caribbean arrive in Britain, the day before a crackdown on immigration begins