Happy New Year folks! Welcome to the second week of 2016. I hope it has started calmly and fruitfully for you. I, personally, am still in holiday mode and wish to stay there for a good few more weeks. Perhaps months. Alas, try as I might, my Nigerian juju no get power reach - there are limits to my black-boy-magic and stopping time exceeds me.

On the subject of time-travel, I'd like to begin this year by taking you back to last year. I was interviewed for two different podcasts where I got to talk about art, poetry, politics, travel and The Midnight Run. 

The first was the inaugural episode for Diasporaphiles - a blog/meeting-place, discovering the common ground between people who feel in place out of place. (35:36min). 

As an artist who works across genre and forms, Inua Ellams is fascinated by movement. A poet, playwright, performer and graphic artist, he is used to inhabiting different worlds. In this conversation Inua takes us on a tour of his imagination. Exploring his views on art and migration, tales of his travels through Africa’s barbershops, and his journey into the hidden corners of the city, we try to find the roots of his restless creativity.

The second was in conversation with the incredible write and urban traveller, Iain Sinclair, for the British council before our trip to Mexico last year.

Check out all the other podcasts in the 'Writers in Conversation' series: soundcloud.com/britishcouncil/sets/writers-in-conversation Find out more on our literature site: http://literature.britishcouncil.org/

Hope you find some time to spend listening. Any questions you have, please do not hesitate to ask. Enjoy!

Inua

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