Ben Onwukwe
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The true story of London's toughest, deadliest street gangs: the events, the rules and the real top boys.
Are the streets of London some of the deadliest in the world?
What's the truth behind the headlines?
And who are the real top boys?
The Real Top Boys reveals the lives of the street gangs who have taken over, and now rule, dozens of corners of the UK's capital.
Bestselling true crime author Wensley Clarkson takes us on a tour of the housing...
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When First Lady Michelle Obama approached the podium at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, nobody could have predicted that her rousing and emotional When they go low, we go high speech would go on to become the motto for the political left and an anthem for opponents of oppression worldwide. It was a speech with the kind of emotional pull rarely heard these days, joining a long list of addresses that have made history. But what about Obamas...
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The extraordinary inside story of the UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic from the country’s most reputable investigative journalist unit at The Sunday Times.
Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle with Coronavirus recalls in detail the extraordinary political decisions taken at the heart of Boris Johnson’s team during the global pandemic. Liaising with a government whistle-blower and corroborated by a host of inside...
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In 1948 the former troop ship made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the first generation of Caribbean migrants in the UK, was the initial step in the formation of a new identity: the black Briton. Fifty years later, Mike and Trevor Phillips spoke to those on the itself, as well as those who followed, to tell the story of Britain in the second half of the twentieth century through the eyes of the...
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Abdul is just 7 years old when his parents are killed before his eyes.
As a brutal war sweeps Sudan, Abdul and his 3-year-old brother are forced to flee. Their grueling journey across the Sahara to a refugee camp in Chad is fraught with danger, and every day is a struggle against hunger and disease. Until one day Abdul is offered a chance to escape. A chance that could save him, but will force him to make the most heartbreaking decision of his life....
26) The New Guv'nor
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Picture a man, he's tall, not excessively so, yet as wide as he is high. This man is a spitting and growling street brawler, a tank full of ready-to-blow, muscle-fuelled aggression. Imagine, if you will, the comic-book style Bulldog of Great British stamp. Well, there you have him! The prototypical face taken from the terraces of an '80s football fan's rolled-up newspaper cosh, a poster-boy of malevolence left over from Thatcher's post-punk Britain.
Stormin'...
27) The tempest
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.