Summer in the city is the season for BBQ’s, festivals, and day parties. As the invitational messages alert on our smartphones and DM’s slide in, we caught up with Joe Pilgrim, 1/3 of Island Social Club who are bringing in the festival vibes to North London this weekend..
Read MoreWith brunches replacing dinners, we were excited to hear of Brunch on the Bloc, organised by The Social Bloc; a lifestyle brand that exists to create pop up social events, highlighting the arts, music, food and drink of the African culture..
Read MoreCreativity is often a means of self-expression and escape. It has the ability to provide places of safety when the curveballs of life are hurled in our direction. Adopting an outlet is an important element of a balanced life, and with Mental Health on the rise within our community, we caught with Digital Artist, Kirzart, who has turned her private dealings with Mental Health into a public conversation..
Read MoreA musician whose repertoire moves us every time is Jazz Pianist, Niji Adeleye. After having previewed his latest record, Late Nights Early Mornings, we caught up with the man behind the keys ahead of his live launch..
Read MoreAs the popular African Proverb says ‘it takes a village to raise a child’. The uprising of the village in the UK is displaying the importance of improving our economy and being catalysts for change. We met up with Khalia Ismain who is running with this message; introducing The Jamii card..
Read MoreOur last #MarchOnMen contender is Multi Camera TV director and Founder of J Genesis Media, Jan Genesis. With Big Brother, I’m A Celebrity and Sky Sports News under his belt, we had to get a peak behind the scenes..
Read MoreSuccess Talks is one of the UK’s most prestigious platforms for highlighting the brightest, most acclaimed and influential individuals in the world. They run regular events with inspirational professionals openly sharing their journeys..
Read MoreAfter being assigned to create a print magazine for his journalism degree final year project in 2012, Tahi Gichigi believed that publishing something digital was a more authentic way for him to fulfil the task.
His lecturer reluctantly agreed and there he started his experimental startup project, Globe; an e-Reading app that provides free, unlimited access to some of the greatest books. Always..
Read MoreLife is all about balance and finding ways to fuse your strengths with your passions. This week, we met with Finance Manager, Yemi Awopetu who is doing just that. Although his 9-5 involves him working for one of the largest Credit Card companies in the world, he has begun volunteering his financial acumen in his 5pm-9pm to help others get their money right!
Read MoreBlack men make up some of the greatest sports men in the world but we fail to see their dominance in one triathlon sport – swimming!
The historical fear that black people have of the water is one of the longest running stereotypes in the community, however Swim Dem Crew exist to challenge that, and we met with ½ of the Crew, Nathaniel Cole, to dive right in..
Read MoreAs the saying goes, "behind every successful man, is a successful woman" so to merge our #MarchOnMen series and International Women's Day, iON are highlighting 5 incredible women behind some of the men we’ve grown to know and love..
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