As Radio 4 broadcasts Clarke Peters's reading of the fantastical novel, we take a look at the facts behind the fiction. What was the Underground Railroad? Ex- slave and founder of the ...

"They're going where the work is," said Clarke Peters, who played detective Lester Freamon in the TV crime drama. "When Britain decides to build up its film industry and compete, then those cats ...

Clarke Peters draws on a rare collection of archive recordings to explore a forgotten musical history. Received wisdom has it that black popular music arrived in Europe with the Empire Windrush in ...