Some of my more political writing and art...
17 Oct 2021 4 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
I have been unusually silent on here this month, in regards to it being Black History Month here in the UK. Where do we start really? I've said most of what I could say before and to varying degrees it makes me feel angry that BHM still needs to be a...
19 Sep 2021 1 minute read 6 comments (S)llew la Wulf
Buena Vista Social Club is an album (and film) that has influenced not only a wealth of contemporary artists, but also had a profound effect upon myself and my contemporaries over the years. I grew up in a house full of music. My father was, is, à...
9 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment (S)llew la Wulf
CLOSE TO PARADISE . I'm almost finished in my first week working in a teaching capacity, after a tough year of training last year (in the year that fucked most people à new asshole)... It's been a soft landing. But has still worn me out... So, I...
21 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment (S)llew la Wulf
On one hand, this is just a nice snapshot of me and my fine self taking a dip, to cool myself off in the summer heat (I hope everyone out there has found a way to stay chilled in these high temperatures). The song (slowed down edit of Sunset Lover by...
15 Jul 2021 8 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
And still I rise I am unclear of how to start this, as there are a multitude of ideas, thoughts, feelings, whirring through my mind. I suppose I should begin by saying that I have qualified as a teacher! After one of the most difficult years of...
31 Mar 2021 6 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf
So... I can go to sleep tonight warm, comfortable and safe in the knowledge that Britain is officially NOT institutionally racist. I imagine most Black, Asian and non-white, European folk feel the same. Because, regardless of the overwhelming and...
18 Mar 2021 5 minute read 3 comments (S)llew la Wulf
I had colleague at work express to me her horror and fear in the light Sarah Everard's brutal and violent death. How unsafe it made her feel and how it could have been anyone; she was just your average everyday woman, afterall. This much is true....
5 Mar 2021 2 minute read 5 comments (S)llew la Wulf
This was me aged 19... If I could go back in time and give myself one piece of advice, it would have been pointless really because I doubt I would have listened 😊. But it might have been something along the lines of; know your own worth. Unders...
17 Feb 2021 14 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf
It's Black History Month in the States currently and although I'm UK based, BHM should never just be a one off month in my mind, it is consistently a point to reflect upon, because the reason we have it is a really boiled down to the prevailing raci...
6 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
February is here and January, the two faced little b***h that he is, has gone. Yes, I feel in some senses like I, we, can all breathe a sigh of relief. As I've said in many of my posts from last month, January has got to be the shittiest month of the...
