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Should we confront the toxic legacy of blackface … or just forget it?

Racist 19th-century minstrelsy survived into 1970s Britain. David Olusoga has developed a TV show on its long, shameful history but wonders if he should have

The Guardian - UK

‘Now I need to earn my MBE’, says Rachel Riley after receiving honour

The TV presenter was recognised for services to Holocaust education and fighting antisemitism.

The Independent UK

Rachel Riley to receive royal honour for Holocaust and antisemitism awareness

David Harewood and Sir Alok Sharma are also among those set to collect accolades.

The Independent UK

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Who is in the Royal Box on the eighth day of Wimbledon?

The Royal Box is usually occupied by members of the royal family, celebrities and public figures

The Independent UK

BAFTAs 2023: Bristol's David Olusoga OBE awarded Special Award for outstanding contribution to TV

The award is one of the BAFTAs highest honours and recognises an outstanding contribution to film, games or television

Bristol Post

TV tonight: Lily Allen’s first TV role in comedy-drama Dreamland

Secrets unravel beside the seaside in this new series. Plus: the second part of David Harewood’s look at Black US pop culture. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America review – David Harewood’s interviews are puzzlingly shallow

This look at the icons of Black creativity in the US sees the actor on infectious form. But he fails to offer any insight on complex issues – leaving this documentary feeling jolly, but bland

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TV tonight: David Harewood’s great US tour of Black pop culture

In the first of a two-parter, the actor shines a light on Sammy Davis Jr and Gloria Hendry. Plus, the return of Taskmaster. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

UK government and royals called on to investigate slavery links after Guardian apology

UN experts lead calls for public and private bodies to take steps toward restorative justice

The Guardian - UK

‘This celebrates a coming of age’: David Harewood on how Black American culture took over the world

The actor’s new documentary series salutes 50 years of African American creativity, from Sidney Poitier and Stevie Wonder to Beyoncé and Black Panther

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: BBC 5 Live; Shock and War; Countered Terrorism; The Trust Race; Movers and Shakers

Even the Lineker row couldn’t stop Stephen Nolan; Gordon Corera launched an insightful look back at the Iraq war; and Rory Cellan-Jones talked to others about the trials of Parkinson’s Disease

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: The man who robbed 12 banks to pay for IVF, in his own words

In this week’s newsletter: Hear the whole story of how a British man turned bank robber looted a dozen San Diego banks in Time with Mr Reed. Plus: five of the best podcasts for indie music fans

The Guardian - UK

A Private Spy audiobook review – the letters of John le Carré

David Harewood and Florence Pugh narrate this incisive collection, edited by the author’s son

The Guardian - UK

David Harewood to be honoured at country house funded by his family being kept as slaves

Actor and author David Harewood previously visited 18th Century Harewood House as part of Channel 5 series 1000 Years A Slave and now artwork of the 57-year-old has been commissioned

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The Guardian - UK

‘Complex emotions’: Harewood House commissions portrait of David Harewood

The work will be part of the estate’s Missing Portraits series, while the actor’s lineage traces back to people enslaved on Harewood property in the Caribbean

Daily Mirror

The Night Manager 'to return with Tom Hiddleston' for second season in South America

The Night Manager first hit screens in 2016, with Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine starring opposite acting heavyweights Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki and Olivia Coleman

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman accused of 'dangerously flirting with ideologues' over Windrush

Actor David Harewood today said the decision to drop three key reforms brought in following the Windrush scandal was 'awful', while Baroness Floella Benjamin said the move would cause 'even more pain and hurt'

AFP

UK under fire over retreat from Windrush scandal reforms

London (AFP) - Britain's government came under withering criticism Friday after retreating from reforms it had promised to prevent a repeat of the "Windrush" scandal affecting black immigrants.

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Evening Standard

Criticism mounts over Braverman’s ‘awful’ dropping of Windrush pledges

Baroness Floella Benjamin and actor David Harewood branded the decision ‘cruel’ and ‘dangerous’

The Independent UK

David Harewood: I accept my OBE for people whose work has gone unnoticed

The Homeland actor has been honoured for his services to drama and charity.

Daily Mirror

New Year Honours list: Stephen Graham, Rachel Riley and Queen guitarist Brian May honoured

Among the 1,107 recipients of honours this year, This Is England actor Stephen Graham became an OBE for services to drama and Countdown star Rachel Riley has been made an MBE for her efforts to raise awareness of the Holocaust and combat antisemitism

Daily Mirror

New Year Honours 2023 list in full as Brian May and Lionesses get top gongs

In the first New Year Honours List rubber-stamped by King Charles, over 1,100 individuals receive awards, including artist Grayson Perry, England women's captain Leah Williamson, and heptathlete and TV presenter Denise Lewis

Chronicle Live

Famous faces from the Lionesses to Brian May and Grayson Perry honoured in King Charles' first New Year's Honours list

Brian May, David Harewood and Virginia McKenna are just three of the celebs to earn New Year's Honours - not to mention the Lionesses...

The Guardian - UK

Prominent black and Asian Britons warn against BBC local radio cuts plan

David Harewood, Doreen Lawrence and others express concern at potential impact on shows aimed at BAME audiences

The Guardian - UK

Best of Enemies review – stylish staging of a landmark TV clash

The 1968 debate between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley Jr is depicted with verve and feels uncomfortably up-to-date

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