More Blacks More Dogs More Irish T-Shirt

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We also use our printing expertise to put our designs onto other clothing - in fact, we can print designs on an amazing variety of things. He revealed: "As a director, I wanted for people to feel like they were in the room with Phil, not just watching an actor play him.

Most boarding houses were ran by single women, often middle aged or elderly widows, who were trying to make ends meet.We are just beginning, but we aim to work with all the communities in Luton to grow a authentic and representative social history. I read every book and online piece I could on him, and even came over to the Vibe for Philo [an annual commemoration of all aspects of Lynott’s career] to try and understand his background better, and ended up in the graveyard where he’s buried. Rhian: That was something that we did consciously examine; how to merge the stories together without there being "sides". As I came to terms with my sexuality, I became more comfortable and I realised what happened to me in my past wasn't normal.

The show explores how systems of oppression can wear away at our spirits whilst alone, but when we come together we are able to overcome our differences and empower each other to self-love and change the world! Richard first printed the T-shirts six years ago andwaspictured wearing it with DJ Swiss from So Solid Crew. The black and white image is Phil look-a-like Brighton actor Miles Mlambo, 34, who staged his one-man play Dancing In the Moonlight at the Edinburgh Fringe last year.The piece from SoreSlap Theatre will run at the Newcastle upon Tyne venue from 15 November – 3 December 2022. The narrative follows Ailish and Marcus, both incarcerated and reflecting on what brought them to their current situation. With his girlfriend of Jamaican descent, Taurayne McKen, 28, the two were pictured donning the tops on Instagram and the image has since been shared allaround the world. When Rhian spoke about the prison and what the dream was about, one of the questions we asked was "if I was arrested what do you think I would have done? We chose the slogan for this project as communities were inspired by its empowering and unifying message, with one participant saying, “It says it all”.

The shirts bear the words, “More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish,” a twist on the racist messages said to have been posted up by landlords in Britain in the 1960s. A poet has tackled his own experiences of racism, Instagram girls "blacking up for likes" and the Black Lives Matter movement in his latest work. Discrimination comes in many forms some blatantly obvious and some under the cloak of measly excuse for not being able to accommodate our wishes. In the performance, shot at The Shoe Factory Social Club in Norwich, he states: "I know if this video is viewed enough times I will get racially abused online, all the comments will whine with whataboutery and crime, and they'll miss the point every single time. Rhian, you spoke to me the other day about not having to give the audience a sense of a conclusion or happy ending.An Irish-Jamaican couple living in South London have the best response for all the post-Brexit race hate. Director] Rosie Bowden was in the audience checking the sightlines and making sure it said what we wanted it to say - asking brilliant questions that helped us to clarify this. Jim said: “The Black Panther on that Thin Lizzy sleeve was meant to symbolise the Black Panthers across America but we waited fifteen years before we made it public. Rosie Bowden's direction expertly contains the multi-faceted staging, which is simple in terms of the set, yet complicated in physical movement and the staging of the intricacies of the script.

According to the Post, the couple is also keen to “raise awareness of the problems caused by gentrification [their neighborhood of Brixton] and the impact this is having on both black and Irish communities, acknowledging the close bond forged between the two due to years of shared discrimination in the past. We liked this idea, thinking about whether we are really guilty, or if the world makes people do things to make them guilty.Writing in the Guardian, Professor Steve Bruce from the University of Aberdeen issued a plea to readers: “If No Irish signs were as common as is asserted, there should be plenty of them remaining in private collections, local archives and the like. The couple said they will donate a percentage of the sales to the Camden Irish community centre and the Black Cultural Archive in Brixton. Richy O’Gorman and Taurayne McKen, an Irish-Jamaican couple living in South London, have made a t-shirt that is the perfect antidote to the “No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish,” signs seen in boarding houses and bars around London decades ago.