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Paul Boakye
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Writer & content strategist. Published by Bloomsbury, Methuen Drama & others. Supporting brands and nonprofits with strategic storytelling. Health & rights advocate. London/Ghana.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I first saw Sesame Street in Jamaica as a boy of seven. When I moved back to England three years later, it was the one familiar show on British TV that helped me acclimate to the country of my birth, which I’d left at three. I can still recite ‘Who are the people in your neighbourhood?’ 54 years on.
August 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
July 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Miss Myrtle’s fighting to keep her garden, her home, and the fading past, while her grandson and his mate dream of anything but roots upstairs. ★★★★ A tender, funny new play about love, loss, and letting go 🌱 @bushtheatre.bsky.social. #theatresky

🎟️ Book now: www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/miss-m...
July 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎥🎬 One of my favourite films of all time is The Return by renowned Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev. I also appreciated his more understated 2011 film, Elena, which portrays the lengths a woman will go to protect her beloved son. ★★★☆☆ #MovieSky
June 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
On June 16, 2025, U.S. District Judge William Young (a Reagan appointee) held that former President Trump’s NIH cuts, specifically targeting diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), LGBTQ+, and racial disparity research—were “void and illegal” and amounted to racial and anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
June 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“Be selective in your battles. For sometimes peace is better than being right.”
June 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
First Black Premier League referee Uriah Rennie dies aged 65. Rest in peace with the ancestors, big man! 👏🏾
June 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Looking like Britain's #BlueIvy, 17-year-old Mia performs ‘Sinner, Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass’ and Florence Price’s ‘Fantasie Nègre No.1 in E minor’ in the final of The Piano (S03E07) on channel4.bsky.social. #musicsky #musiciansky #classicalmusic #blacksky
May 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
You never get used to that slow descent, watching the landscape emerge below, feeling the terror and excitement of coming down to land in a new country. Can you guess where we are?

✈️🗺️ #Travel #TravelLovers
#WindowSeat #AerialView
May 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
They say pigs are filthy creatures. But this family of three would rather splash about in the sea like holidaymakers with nothing on their minds but bathing, sun and saltwater. #animals #nature
May 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#AmWriting a literary #nonfiction book about migration and memory.

Connecting with #readers, #writers, #editors, and #publishers who care about the layered, lived stuff.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #BVM #QueerBookSky #AmEditing #Memoir #LitNonfiction #CreativeNonfiction
May 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Set for May 23–25 in the scenic community of Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, Calabash 2025 will unfold under the vibrant theme “Bless Up“—a celebration of gratitude, resilience, and the enduring power of #stories. #BookSky #litfic #JamaicanSky #BVM #JamaicaSky

www.treasurebeach.com/2025/04/24/b...
May 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Visiting the Statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington with one of the only other two princesses I recognise as such.
May 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The 2025 4th Write Prize, a competition open to Black, Asian, and minority ethnic writers living in the UK or Ireland, is now open. Good luck, everybody.

#writingcommunity #writers #BlackSky #booksky #blackbooksky #blackwriters
#bvm 🖤✏️

www.4thestate.co.uk/prize/
May 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Little Birdie singing like no one’s listening. But let’s be real — she’s probably telling her hubby to bring home some grub.

#SpringVibes #Birdsong #NatureLovers #Wildlife
April 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This kid (Marcus) talking about composing ‘Blue Haze’, inspired by Australia’s Blue Mountains, on The Piano is as extraordinary as watching him play it. If Chet Baker had played piano at 12, this is how it would sound — and look. I’m as excited as Jon Batiste to share it.
#Music #Jazz #ThePiano #C4
April 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Steel, sand, and surveillance. Man’s best friend is a machine. The baby in the pram is watching.

#Dystopia
#FutureShock
#AIvsHuman
#RobotDog
#SurveillanceState
#TechTakeover
#DubaiDreams
#TheFutureIsNow
#BlackMirrorVibes
#WatchingYou
April 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#HANDSOFF: A group of king penguins protest 10% tariffs on the shores of Corinthian Bay in the Australian territory of Heard Island in the Southern Ocean.

#TradeJustice #AntiTariff #GlobalProtest #PenguinPower #HandsOffHIMI
April 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Has #ChatGPT gone into cuteness overdrive on its mission to put copywriters and graphic designers out of work?
April 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Just bagged £3 on Thunderball—for the second time in eight weeks! Beating the odds, one small win at a time. ✊ 😊 #LuckyStreak #Thunderball
March 31, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Finished watching #Adolescence, and honestly, it was a bit of a snooze 😴. The only scene that got to me was this one between Katie's best friend, Jane, and her teacher. Everything else seemed to sympathise with the killer. ⭐️⭐️✨☆☆ (2.5/5 stars) #DramaTalk #TVShows #KillerSympathy #LetsDiscuss
March 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Alterations by Michael Abbensetts at the National Theatre is a poignant comedy set in 1970s London, following Guyanese tailor Walker Holt as he chases his dream of owning a shop, navigating ambition and personal sacrifices along the way. Worth seeing—still very relevant in today’s Britain. ★★★½☆
March 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It took me a week to finish the first episode of #Adolescence. Then I somehow sat through two more in one go (still bored). I’ll get to the finale eventually, but honestly… I don’t get the hype. 🥱 #Netflix #TVReview #Overhyped #Bored
March 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
According to the UK government’s website, “major immigration legislation in 1962, 1968 and 1971 was designed to reduce the proportion of people living in the United Kingdom who did not have white skin.” So the Windrush Scandal is not a conspiracy, it’s not an accident, it's by design. #BlackSky
March 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM