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The late Michael Abbensetts gives wonderful advice to writers

7/3/2017

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Michael Abbensetts sadly died in November 2016. The Octavia Foundation's young people met the esteemed writer in 2011 and interviewed him for the Margins to Mainstream project. He spoke passionately about breaking into the arts as a black writer, the challenges he faced and his motivations for becoming a playwright. He was a humorous and wonderfully warm man, who welcomed the team into his house and shared his personal story with us. We are very sad to hear of his passing and have made this film  and paid tribute to him in the app to remember him and pay our respects. Rest in peace Michael. 
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  • Home
  • The Project
    • The App
    • The Short Films
    • St Thomas Primary School Heritage Work
    • Oral History Recordings
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Key Figures
    • Andrew Ducrow
    • Anthony Perry
    • Anthony Trollope
    • Baron Baker
    • Charles Babbage
    • Count Suckle
    • Duke Vin
    • James Barry, Dr
    • Feargus O'Connor
    • Frank Critchlow
    • Harold Pinter
    • Howard Staunton
    • Isambard Kingdom Brunel & Marc Isambard Brunel
    • George Bridgetower
    • Jind Kaur
    • Joe Strummer
    • Kate Meyrick
    • Kelso Cochrane
    • Michael Abbensetts
    • Pearl Connor
    • Russ Henderson
    • Thomas Wakley
    • Wilkie Collins
    • William Makepeace Thackeray
    • The Reformers Memorial
    • The Dissenters' Chapel
  • The Exhibition
  • Gallery
    • Archive Images
  • Waking the Dead Blog
  • Contact
  • Links