Held at the West Indian Centre in Chapeltown, Leeds on March 31st 2008, this event was put together to raise awareness and to start a conversation with the community of Leeds about a permanent memorial to David Oluwale. Amongst the speakers were author Caryl Phillips, writers and performers from the ‘F Words’ Project and Leeds [...]
East Leeds FM and pupils from Brigshaw High School attended the Huddersfield Literature Festival on Saturday the 15th of March at the Lawrence Batley Theatre.
We had the unique opportunity to listen to Doreen Lawrence recount the impact of the murder of her son Stephen. She was joined by Kester Aspden, who discussed his powerful [...]
David Oluwale arrived in Hull as a stowaway from his native Nigeria in September 1949. He served 28 days in Leeds Prison for his crime. Twenty years later, in May 1969, he was pulled out of the River Aire, at Knostrop in Leeds, where he had drowned.
At the Huddersfield Literature Festival, on March 15th, Kester [...]
Again, I start on a food related topic – Al and Matt have just gone to order themselves a take-away while I slave over a hot computer screen.
Today’s show was called ‘Media Madness’ and, as you can guess, was about all things media! We also had Counsillor Brian Selby on talking to us about his [...]
Gareth Evans tells ELFM why he is such a massive fan of the American author and how James Patterson’s books where an inspiration for his own writing.
