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‘I want to be a role model,’ says ernardine Evaristo emphatically. ‘And an inspiration. Because my background, it’s not, you know, a white background. It’s not upper-class; it’s not privileged; it’s not Oxbridge. I come from a large, working-class, mixed-race family growing up in suburbia. The things that have happened to my career this last year have been absolutely wonderful, but people shouldn’t forget that it’s been a very, very long journey.’
The 61-year-old winner of the 2019 Booker Prize sits at a 10-seat distance from me (it’s before the latest lockdown), in the front row of the theatre-in-the-round of Rose Bruford College. Evaristo has just begun a five-year term as president of the Kent drama school. There is a satisfying circularity to this alumna appointment. These days Evaristo thinks of herself, with occasional amusement, as part of the establishment: a professor of literature at Brunel University; an honorary fellow of St Anne’s College, O
What does the story of a black British convict have to do with a white male who grew up in Ponders Corner? Nothing . . . and everything.
I’ve never been to Great Britain, and never been convicted of anything. but I believe that we are all related and should be treated equally. The story of Alex Wheatle is part four of the Prime series Small Axe. This is my third review of the series. I reviewed Part One – Mangrove, and Part Three – Red, White, and Blue, and although I watched Part Two – Lovers Rock, I did not review it. My mind often walks back on its own to that episode. The Suburban Times reader GG, suggested it was a “fly on the wall” opportunity to see the lives of young Black men and the younger Black women at an all night party. I should have said women, but girls seems closer age-wise. I have the same feeling about Alex Wheatle, the Black British convict who is the central figure in the film “Alex Wheatle.” – imdb.com/title/tt10551104/