Monday

Marques Toliver

It happened like this...

in the summer of last year my friend Emilyne Mondo  and I were ambling around in East London's Brick lane (after some ill advised casting which neither of us were particularly suitable for) when I heard something special. It seemed to be coming from underneath the bridge. Recognising the sound immediately, Emilyne (already a huge fan of his) started running towards the cobbled street area, crying 'Oh, Marques is here...Yrsa, you have got to listen to him!'

I believe that there is nothing I can say to describe how beautiful I consider his music, short of giving you a little sample here. So that is all I will do, letting this incredible talent speak for himself.

Here he is on Jules Holland.



they talked... caught up...and then I sat in the sun and listened. He made me cry.

N.B Have seen him at gigs since and he is always wonderful.

Thursday

Monday

African Timing.

Capetonians...prey tell, what is the difference between 'now now' and 'just now', and do any of them actually mean 'now' as in 'right now'?

Saturday

Memorable Work

I enjoy modeling. But I love books even more. So when award winning writer Andrea Levy asked me to be on the cover of her latest novel, The Long Song... it was the best thing ever.


I read this book in the summer in my little flat in London in just one sitting, before I knew that I was going to be on it! 

The Long Song is a story written in the form of a memoir of a slave in nineteenth century Jamaica and is a brilliant read. The lead character's haughty and mischievous tone and recollections are such that although it is a novel depicting the life and times of a slave and is certainly sad at times, the novel somehow manages to be hugely entertaining and in places, most amusing.  

I've been a fan of Andrea Levy's work ever since I read her award winning best seller 'Small Island'

Give them a read. She is wonderful.