Still Breathing

Saturday 31 July 2021 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Launch of a collection of essays by 100 Black British people about racism. The book is edited by Suzanne Packer, better known for her role in Casualty, and Suzette Llewellyn, for her role in EastEnders. Still Breathing is published by HarperCollins

The writers highlight what it means to be Black and British in the UK. The book features a foreword from Sir Geoff Palmer who, in 1989, became the first Black Professor in Scotland.

Speakers include:
Suzette Llewellyn and Suzanne Packer.
Also WWII RAF serviceman Allan Wilmot and Arthur Torrington.

Contributors to Still Breathing include:
Kwame Kwei-Armah, immunologist Dr Faith Uwadiae, David Lammy MP, Dawn Butler MP, and Lord Paul Boateng.