Multi-award-winning journalist, moderator and presenter 🎤 @BAFTA Connect member 🎞️ Mixed-race newsletter @mixedmsgsletter 💌
Joined November 2009
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Jun 11
Looking for an events venue space in London for a panel talk! 60-100 people seated, panel talk style. Budget <£1k. Any leads? #JournoRequest
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This is how I got all my news growing up
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Jun 8
RT @EyeonPalestine: Heartbreaking farewell moments.. Fahd Abu Heikal carries the body of his infant son, Sam, who was killed yesterday even…
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Jun 1
This week's newsletter is with @CatBlackChoc – get your fill of historical fiction, chat about race and more here now @mixedmsgsletter: mixedmessages.substack.com/p…
"I don’t like the idea that I need to be explained" This week's newsletter speaks to artist and Feast author @CatBlackChoc about being a citizen of the world, unconventional women and why modern society isn't made for us. Read her story here now: mixedmessages.substack.com/p…
ALT Catherine Kurtz sits on a sofa with her legs crossed. She wears a white shirt and blue jeans. She looks out of a window, out of frame.
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May 31
Loved speaking to man of the moment @sufiyaansalam for @ShortList about his favourite road trip stories – Wimmy Road Boyz is a novel like no other, part narrative fiction / screenplay / music video. Get your copy now! @MerkyBooks
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Mixed Media: Get your copy of @AHicksonLovence's About To Fall Apart. Based on the story of Ashley's uncle, the story follows Aidy, a mixed-heritage man struggling to keep his cool, meet his deadlines, reconnect with his children and find his birth mother amzn.to/3S8vg3r
ALT The front cover of About To Fall Apart by Ashley Hickson-Lovence
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"For ease, I wanted to be white. Now, I’m Black and proud" This week's newsletter speaks to author and poet @AHicksonLovence about storytelling, the histories in our skin and finding Ireland. Read his story here now: mixedmessages.substack.com/p…
ALT Headshot of Ashley Hickson-Lovence, taken by Anna Davidson
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May 18
What are you doing on Friday night? Come see me speak to author and influencer @StephanieYeboah and actor @jessiemeisli about desire, autonomy, masculinity and more. Get your tickets via @sohotheatre now: sohotheatre.com/events/tende…
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May 17
Couldn’t watch @Eurovision last night, and I haven’t for the past couple of years. I wrote about the contest’s double standards for @MetroOpinion yesterday - read it here metro.co.uk/2026/05/16/love-…
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May 15
Mixed-race does NOT simply mean Black and white. Mixed-race categories do NOT accurately encompass all mixes. Black women are NOT pushing for "mixed race girls" to be called Black. Can mixed people define themselves, for once?
May 15
Black Women in the U.K. are pushing for mixed race girls to be called Black? As in the United Kingdom where the one drop rule doesn’t exist, where forms have been amended to accurately include mix origin as its own category? Abeg just cuss the Black women without this story time
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May 10
Loved sitting down with @ben_cajee five years after our first interview to celebrate his debut children's book! Watch the full interview here on @mixedmsgsletter now: mixedmessages.substack.com/p…
📹 MIXED MESSAGES EXTRA 📹 I sat down with @CBeebiesHQ presenter and author @ben_cajee to talk the reaction to his viral videos, leaning into change and his new children's book, The Panda-Badger 🐼📚 See the interview here now: mixedmessages.substack.com/p…
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May 6
Looking for fashion buyers on toes being OUT this summer in terms of footwear - think peep-toe loafers, the Chanel sole-less shoes, mesh flats and jelly shoes. Also need stats from trend forecasters. Email me isabella.mk.silvers@gmail.com #JournoRequest
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Apr 27
.@Argos_Online you have some of the WORST customer service I have ever experienced in my entire life. Who can I call DIRECTLY to fix an issue with you not giving me my money back who will not just read a script back to me and will actually respond when I say something?
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Apr 27
South Asian authors! After a little delay, I am once again asking for recommendations for South Asian authors (UK based or can get to the London in May/ June/ July) with book releases up to December 2026. Pubs plz EMAIL isabella.mk.silvers@gmail.com #JournoRequest
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Apr 26
People want anybody to be able to do interviews but a JOURNALIST would have done basic research to know Raven Symone had a sibling who passed away, and when she said “I did” that should have told you something!
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Apr 26
An award-winning Black bookshop is facing a “critical moment” to sell 1,000 books before the end of April so that Black authors ‘don’t lose a platform for their books.’ Afrori Books in Brighton has only four days left to reach its goal. thecommunityreporter.co.uk/p…
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Afrori, a Brighton bookshop and the UK’s largest supplier of books by Black authors, is facing closure. They need to sell 1,000 books by next week. Please support if you can: afroribooks.co.uk
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Apr 20
Annie is a ray of light! I loved speaking to her for @mixedmsgsletter this week – read her story here now: mixedmessages.substack.com/p…
"Being mixed is simple to me – other people make it feel uneasy" This week's newsletter speaks to The Great British Sewing Bee winner Annie Phillips about feeling at home, getting into percentages and her rich upbringing. Read her story here now: mixedmessages.substack.com/p…
ALT Annie Phillips wearing a white dress with colourful floral prints and a pink cap. She is sitting at a table, leaning on one elbow.
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whenever you tell someone at a party you’re a journalist and they clamor to clarify that they’re “off the record” it’s like. you just told me a story about your cat throwing up after eating funfetti cake batter. should we call the new york times? should we invite bella hadid ?
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