Ten Lessons from Heart & Hustle

I’ve followed The Britpop Princess for years and have watched her evolve into the brand, businesswoman, wife and mother that is Patricia Bright. And now…

Book Review | Heart & Hustle

I have been itching to post this review as I’ve followed The Britpop Princess for years and have watched her evolve into the brand, businesswoman,…

Book Review | Girl, Woman, Other

As someone who lives in a predominantly ‘African’ area of London, I get to see black women every day. Just by venturing out to the…

Book Review | +234 – An Awkward Guide to Being Nigerian

What’s the hype about? When I first came across this book, I was unsure about what kind of a book it was going to be.…

Madeline’s 2020 Must-Read List

It’s that time of year again, where I share with you my best intentions for the new year by giving you a cross-section of the…

Sickle Cell Awareness | Jenica’s Story & ‘My Friend Jen’

Our series on sickle cell awareness continues. Honestly, I couldn’t be more grateful to the women who have willingly opened up their lives for us…

Book Review | My Sister The Serial Killer

  My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, is a morbid comedy set in Lagos, Nigeria which follows the story of sisters Ayoola and…

We Need to Talk About Plaigiarism

If you spend even just a little bit of time on Twitter the constantly changing drama willbe very well known to you. Last week was…

Twenty Practical Lessons From Little Black Book

Ladies, the writer’s block has been real! I’ve been feeling quite uninspired, and the continued travelling for work is not helping much either! Anyhoo, I…

Five Inspirational Books by Black Women to Help you Get …

I was speaking to a friend this weekend  about some of the latest happenings in her office.  “Madeline, last week was a strange week at…

Book & Event Review | Don’t Touch My Hair

One evening last month, I was sat in the basement of  Waterstones in London’s Gower Street, having been invited to hear Emma Dabiri speak about…

Book Review | Queenie

Meet Queenie Jenkins, the heroine and protagonist of the self-titled, Queenie. She’s black British, twenty-something, and hails from South London. She’s from a Jamaican family,…