Black History Month

It's Black History Month here in the UK. For now, I don't think I'll be producing any radio relating to it though: I haven't come up with any leads for London Chinese Radio (well, there is one, short fun piece, but it needs someone who speaks both Swahili and Cantonese or Mandarin, and I haven't found one yet!).

As for whatever stuff I might do myself (on occasion!), I don't have quite enough really!

The most promising – and disturbing – lead comes from my surname. Am I descended from Anthony/Antoine Walsh, this guy, a man who made his fortune and was honoured, for dealing in slaves, out of Nantes.

The little investigations I've made say I'm unlikely to find out without a lot of work – maybe as much as working out 300 years worth of family tree. I'll not get that done this month then!

What I do know is that Antoine Walsh is a "Kilkenny Walsh", as am I.

The way that man made his money was deeply immoral. For some reason, I feel the need to tell people about it. But I still haven't found something terribly interesting to say about it on the radio.


My other ideas for this month are a whole lot lighter… but I'll type them up some other time.