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You can find me here:

Tours of the Black presence in London Galleries http://imageoftheblackinlondongalleries.weebly.com

Henrys VII & VIII Black Trumpeter http://JohnBlanke.com

Black Presence in Renaissance Europe http://veronese1515.blogspot.co.uk

My take on Contemporary Art http://assistedreadymade.blogspot.co.uk

My views on Life, Universe & Everything http://therantsofmichael.blogspot.co.uk

My Radio Five in the Eye News Review Program on ColourfulRadio.com

Five in the Eye on all usual podcast download platforms or https://anchor.fm/five-in-the-eye

My family 1961 photograph http://ohajuru.weebly.com

Bringing Diversity to the Big Screen http://A2BFour.weebly.com

@michael1952 on all social media

Academic Background

Honorary Doctorate Open University (2024)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2022)

Senior Fellow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (2017)

BSc (Hons) 2.1 Physics University of Leeds 1974

BA (Hons) 2.1 Art History Open University 2008