90: Are rightwing politics affecting my sex life? w/ Dr Annabel Sowemimo
We’re in Manchester tonight (25 November) with Lanre Bakare, author of We Were There – final tickets available from Contact Theatre! Then EartH in East London on 16 December with Jordan Stephens – get tickets from Dice.
This week Moya and Ash talk to Dr Annabel Sowemimo about STI stigma, period-...
Your favorite musical artist may. be A.I. (yikes)
An AI-generated musician just topped the Christian and gospel charts. Should we be worried?
The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul (Kelsey Kramer McGinnis, Christianity Today, Nov 21, 2025)
An AI-generated band got 1m plays on Spotify. Now music insiders say listeners should be warned ...
95: Does British culture need saving? w/ Lanre Bakare
Culture writer Lanre Bakare joins Ash and Moya in Manchester to talk about the precarious state of arts and nightlife around the UK, Black cultural identity outside of London, and the rise of ‘cultural deserts’ – as well as the unofficial launch of the ‘BAMÉ Army’. Plus: a dilemma about a difficu...
Why the UK banned Kanye West
Lanre Bakare on the UK government’s decision to revoke Kanye West’s visa after Wireless festival booked him as a headliner. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>
The new Michael Jackson biopic. Why now?
A new blockbuster film about the controversial singer could make $1bn worldwide. Owen Myers and Lanre Bakare explain what it says about Jackson’s legacy. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>
The new Michael Jackson biopic. Why now?
A blockbuster film about the controversial singer could make US$1bn worldwide. Owen Myers, the deputy arts editor for Guardian US, tells Nosheen Iqbal about the biopic’s troubled history and why it is being made now. Lanre Bakare, the Guardian’s arts and culture correspondent, explains Michael Ja...
Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday
Jason Arday’s appointment as Cambridge’s youngest black professor made global headlines. Then questions about his meteoric rise began to snowball. Lanre Bakare reports.. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>
Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday
When the University of Cambridge appoints a new professor, it doesn’t usually make global headlines. But Jason Arday was different. He was just 37 in 2023 when he became Cambridge’s youngest black professor, specialising in the sociology of race and education. The achievement seemed all the more ...
What response does Jason Arday’s life, and death, morally demand?
It is hard to imagine a series of events more tragic, more unseemly, more emblematic of the performativity and polarisation that dominate our time, than the premature rise, sudden fall and untimely death of Jason Arday.
In 2023, the University of Cambridge announced that it had appointed Arday — ...
Lords of Serendipity, a campus novel with Randy Boyagoda
References and suggested readings:
Randy Boyagoda. 2026. Lords of Serendipity. Mariner Books.
Richard Adams and Lanre Bakare. August 5, 2026. Cambridge announces investigation into professor accused of plagiarism. The Guardian.
George Elliot. 1871. Middlemarch.
Ralph Ellison. 1952. Invisible Man...
