Mamie Mboob
The 2021 MOBO Awards Were… OK
It wasn’t amazing, but it wasn’t rubbish. It was great to see the post-Covid awards go live again on 5 December 2021. But the...
East London Showcase For New Musical Talent
Despite their nerves and anxiety, young musicians from the University of East London (UEL) managed to generate a magical atmosphere at East London’s latest...
Ear 4 Music Episode 2: Music News Roundup
For the second episode of Ear 4 music reporter Mamie Mboob will shares an update on recent music news including the latest on the...
East London’s BackRoad Gee Wins Award
The video for My Family, featuring East London artist BackRoad Gee, has won best hip hop/grime/rap video at the recent UK Video Music Awards...
Ear 4 Music Episode 1: Rocco’s New EP
For the first episode of her Ear 4 Music podcast, Mamie Mboob interviews East London independent music artist Rocco, who speaks about his musical...
It’s Not All Glitz And Glamour For Black Musicians
In spite of continued racism within the music industry highlighted by this week’s Black Lives in Music (BLiM) report, most young artists are determined...
London Assembly Labour Candidate Calls For The Spirit of 1945
On the eve of the London Assembly elections Mamie Mboob talks to Labour's candidate Unmesh Desai, who will be standing for the City and East...
John The Binman Wants Your Vote
John Cronin is in his first election campaign ever, and he’s nervous. John works as a refuse operative in Lambeth – you know, he...
‘We Are Who We Serve’ – Hackney Teenagers Making A Difference
A group of remarkable young teenagers have been delivering food to those who need it throughout the pandemic on the Kingsmead Estate in Hackney....
What The Posters Say No. 4: TV Coverage of Prince Philip’s Death
The BBC received 109,741 complaints about its coverage of the death of Prince Philip on the day that he died. Many of them were...
Shadowy Theories Stalk The Playground?
According to an interview in the East London Advertiser, some of the students allowed to go back to school on March 8th may have...
Beware Anything With The Word ‘Royal’ In It
Royal Mail has issued the latest in a spate of warnings about fake emails, texts and social media messages. The scam takes many forms,...
Time To Put An End To Nigerian Police Brutality
Last Wednesday’s protesters marched from the Nigerian high commission in Westminster to Parliament Square to protest against the killing of as many as twelve protesters...
Pushed Into Child Marriage By Pandemic
An urgent appeal has been made to government bodies, world leaders and humanitarian actors to intervene to reduce the rise in child marriage, especially...