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George the Poet

July 2024

  • George the Poet

    Audiobook of the week
    Track Record by George the Poet audiobook review – a heartfelt blend of the personal and political

    The British-Ugandan writer looks back at his creative journey into a social landscape still defined by colonialism and inequality

May 2024

  • george the poet, hands together, looking up

    Track Record by George the Poet review – Black artistry and home truths

    The spoken word artist and podcaster’s hybrid of social history and rallying cry is heartfelt, if occasionally hectoring

April 2024

  • George the Poet

    George the Poet: ‘Poetry is the artistic wing of politics’

    He performed at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding and was offered an MBE before he turned 30 – but the writer is ready to head in a more radical direction

October 2023

  • George the Poet photographed at the Royal Festival Hall, London, October 2023.

    George the Poet: ‘These Tories will get what’s coming to them. They are not the British people’

    The podcaster and yes, poet, on fatherhood, writing for the royal wedding and why spoken word has stormed the mainstream
  • George the Poet portrait photo

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in radio: Have You Heard George’s Podcast?; The News Agents Investigates; Sidetracked with Annie and Nick; Uncanny – review

    George the Poet began a creative journey through African history, Lewis Goodall probed people-smuggling – and Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw launched a ramble-chat about music
  • Russell and Nikki Eatly celebrate after winning a Mercedes-Benz van for their poem The Work Wife.

    Anthology of poems by van drivers celebrates life on the road

    Nikki and Russell Eatly’s poem The Work Wife wins competition in Poetry in Motion collection

July 2023

  • George the Poet photographed at Cutz Barbershop in Harlesden, West London. George Mpanga better known by his stage name George the Poet, is a British spoken-word artist with an interest in social and political issues.

    The Guardian view on spoken word poets: powerful voices that are needed today

    Editorial: Traditionally looked down on by the poetry establishment, those specialising in performance deserve their new chance to shine

November 2021

  • George the Poet.

    There's a podcast for that
    Rhyme, reggae, interviews and bantz: five great Black British podcasts

  • George the Poet

    George the Poet: ‘It’s easier to change the lives of offenders in prison than it is outside’

July 2021

  • Head shot of spoken word artist George the Poet

    The Q&A
    George the Poet: ‘Who would play me in the film of my life? Me’

  • George The Poet

    George the Poet edits the Guide
    From Jay-Z to Britain: George the Poet on the themes that inspire him

  • George&Munya

    George the Poet edits the Guide
    George the Poet meets Munya Chawawa: ‘Poetry isn’t perceived as being masculine’

  • Donald Glover in Atlanta.

    George the Poet edits the Guide
    From Zadie Smith to Donald Glover: the best storytellers in all of culture

March 2021

  • Sir Lenny Henry smiling

    Lenny Henry tells black Britons: get Covid jab to avoid being left behind

    Open letter by comic and other black cultural figures encourages wider vaccine take-up

January 2021

  • Johny Pitts, photographed in the streets of Peckham. Johny Pitts has a new book called “Afropean”, a book that chrenocles Pitts’ journeys into the places that Europeans of African Descent live. Johny Pitts is a writer, photographer and broadcast Journalist.

    'Hip-hop was a gateway': Johny Pitts on tuning in to books as a minority author

    The new host of BBC Radio Four’s Open Book considers how best to reach neglected minorities with literature

July 2020

  • George the Poet and Benjamin Zephaniah for Today in Focus

    Today in Focus
    In conversation with Benjamin Zephaniah and George the Poet

    Benjamin Zephaniah and George the Poet are two of Britain’s most successful contemporary poets. They discuss why, despite being born a generation apart, their work is still exposing racial injustice

December 2019

  • Best Podcasts 2019

    Best podcasts of the week
    The 20 best podcasts of 2019

    From a foodie Desert Island Discs to sex-industry exposés, sisterly chat and true-crime chillers, here are our picks from a fascinating year’s listening

November 2019

  • Rebecca Nicholson

    Names in the news
    John Boyega: I’m not sure forgetfulness was in the Star Wars script

    Rebecca Nicholson
    That’s the last thing studio heads wanted – the script of the film turning up on eBay
  • George the Poet

    George the Poet: 'If I accepted an MBE, what would my descendants think?'

    The poet, rapper and podcaster says he rejected an MBE as the British Empire’s actions were ‘pure evil’
  • George the Poet, whose real name is George Mpanga

    George the Poet: I rejected MBE over 'pure evil' of British empire

    Spoken word artist says UK must take steps to mitigate consequences of colonial era
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