How South Africa’s ‘Ramaphoria’ turned into ‘Ramageddon’
Jason Burke in Johannesburg
President Cyril Ramaphosa uses exercise regime to boost local activism in his fight to free country from graft and poverty
February 2015
Meet the author
William Nicholson: ‘In Hollywood, people push you to produce work you didn’t know you had in you’
The screenwriter and novelist talks to Stephanie Merritt about his love of Emily Dickinson, and the power of great storytelling
November 2014
Idris Elba: ‘My music is more truthful about me than my acting is’
Caspar Llewellyn Smith: The actor’s debut album is a place where his acting career, his childhood and his “pan-African” identity all converge – but can he escape the actor-turned-musician curse?
October 2014
Idris Elba hints that Mi Mandela could be first in a line of role-based albums
Actor says Mi Mandela is part of a series of ‘character albums’, with potential Luther and Stringer Bell records on the way
September 2014
Idris Elba to release album inspired by Nelson Mandela
Actor has enlisted the help of artists such as James Blake, Mumford & Sons, Mr Hudson and Nothembi Mkhwebane for album Mi Mandela
June 2014
Mandela film failed because 12 Years a Slave 'sucked up all the guilt about black people', says writer
William Nicholson, who spent 15 years writing Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, says audiences were 'exhausted feeling guilty about slavery' after watching Steve McQueen's Oscar-winner
