TRIBUTES have poured in for an award-winning writer whose life inspired a hit BBC series following his death aged 62. Alex ...

He was also known for being part of the 1981 Brixton riot – which inspired Sir Steve McQueen to direct the movie Alex Wheatle ...

Alex Wheatle, the “Brixton Bard” who wrote the Crongton Knights books and inspired a film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series ...

Award-winning writer Alex Wheatle MBE – whose life inspired a hit BBC series – has died aged 62. Wheatle, who was known as ...

In March 1944, 76 officers broke out of a German prisoner-of-war camp. In 1977, a key member of the escape team talked to the ...

Alex Wheatle, the “Brixton Bard” who wrote the Crongton Knights books and inspired a film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, has died aged 62. Alex’s family shared a statement confirming ...

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Alex Wheatle, who wrote a string of books about life on London’s streets ... and inspired Sir Steve McQueen to direct the film Alex Wheatle about the writer’s life for the anthology series ...