Friday nights in Covent Garden are rarely dull and last Friday at the Poetry Café was no exception with the launch of BLAQUE, a collection of poetry by Ashley Scantlebury and photography by ShotbyDk. The collaboration explores themes of race, gender, beauty, gentrification, love and sex against a backdrop of black British identity. So what better way to spend our Friday night than speaking with the woman of the hour?

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