The Duke and I
My dad called me from Nigeria the other night to reminisce about the time I met Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. I was invited to...
Be The Change You Wish to See
As many of you might be aware, I just returned from an epic trip to Australia and New Zealand. Even though I did a fun tour, I was...
Tom Earl’s Online Expression Session Free Write : Self-Love and Royalty
Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory. Now and forever. KINGDOM - I need to remember that - we run our kingdoms, we occupy our...
Tom Earl’s Online Expression Session Free Write : Introspection
An inward inspection - an investigation. Ideally like Sherlock Holmes sifting through the clues in microscopic detail, ascertaining...
Tom Earl’s Online Expression Session Free Write : Status Quo
I struggle to think of people I know who are living their lives on their own terms. I can think of people who say they are - people like...
Resistors
I think I came naturally to resisting because my mother, Uzo, is an up stander. She is ready to fight for those she loves, in every...
Tom Earl’s Online Expression Session Free Write : Growth
You don’t always mean to grow You say yes to something, thinking it will be a certain way And even when its not you think it will be okay...
Tom Earl’s Online Expression Session Free Write : Ally
Are you being gangsta’d into solidarity? Is this your truth? Have you asked yourself enough questions about it? Is this honestly your...
Tom Earl Expression Session Free Write : One True Thing
One thing I know to be true - my family loves me, I love my family The idea of love can be so abstract bell hooks says love is an action...
Coming to Americana - Accent
The last in this five-part series of sketches that give a taste of encounters I've had as an Afro Briton in the US. Featuring: Adaora...