Shaping Tomorrow becomes the first deaf-led video podcast featured at a UK podcast festival live at London Podcast Festival 2025.

Excited to be hosting for the first time at this year’s Wimbledon BookFest, in conversation with two poets I deeply admire, Raymond Antrobus and James Massiah. It’s an honour to be part of a festival I have long enjoyed and to work with Fiona Razvi and her brilliant team.

This year’s Shine exhibition, Community Trailblazers, showcasing portraits taken by children aged 8–10 from Mitcham. It celebrates local change-makers across Merton and is currently on display at Elys, Wimbledon with support from The Wimbledon Championships Learning Programme.

I'm thrilled to announce that "Don't Buy A Bomb," a short documentary I produced, received the Social Impact Award!

Shaping Tomorrow: A new vodcast spotlights deaf professionals breaking barriers in diverse fields. Read more here.

As a huge fan of hip hop in the '80s and '90s, the scene profoundly influenced how I saw life, how I dressed and it deepened my...

On July 29th, 2024, THAMES visited Shine Saturday School to skate and unveil Mark Gonzales scarf designed by the children at Shine Merton.

Blondey collaborated with Shine Merton to customise Mark Gonzales' drawings, creating limited-edition silk scarves sold through Thames.

Shaping Tomorrow Podcast Set Last year, Hear Art secured its first funding which left me considering the best way how to use the funds...

This year's exhibition, curated by the talented Juanita Richards, features captivating action shots and portraits taken by children at Tooti

An exciting exhibition called Punk, Rage & Revolution will be launching at Leceister Museum and Art Gallery, celebrating the story of...

Excited to announce our Shine Camera Club exhibition, curated by Fiona Freund! See stunning black-and-white photos by the children at Elys.

The Shine Camera Club children teamed up with Tangerine Press to create a photo book showcasing their photography from a fresh perspective.

This year, I launched Shine Camera Club at Shine Saturday School in Mitcham, teaching children photography with analogue cameras. What start

In 2020, I had the privilege of judging the British Short Film Awards alongside Aimee Lou Wood, Elizabeth Lail, Samuel Adewunmi and other industry professionals, celebrating diverse and powerful short films. The following year, I was honoured to receive the Founders Award with Rachel Shenton for our work with Hear Art, championing deaf talent in film.