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A panel talk exploring how photography, music, and storytelling help preserve London’s cultural history and keep community voices alive for future generations.

Join Laura ‘Hyperfrank’ Brosnan (archivist and Executive Editor at TRENCH), author and music journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom, curator Dr Aleema Gray (‘Beyond The Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music’), and seminal photographer Eddie Otchere for a powerful conversation on the importance of documenting culture.

From photography and video to literature and music, everyday archivists have helped preserve London’s cultural legacies. But when scenes are criminalised, erased, or pushed to the margins, whose stories survive?

This panel explores authenticity, memory, and the role of the modern-day archivist in keeping the spirit of London alive for the next generation.

This talks programme is curated by Tobi Kyeremateng from Them Ones Presents.

Tagged with: Contemporary music Talks & events Rebel Radio

Age guidance: 14+
Running time: 1hr 30 mins

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Meet the panel

Laura ‘Hyperfrank’ Brosnan is a music journalist, documentary producer, and Executive Editor of TRENCH Magazine. They began in 2006 with the influential blog Hyperfrank—named one of Europe’s Top 25 music blogs—quickly becoming known for breaking new talent and capturing defining moments in UK underground music, from Skepta, Chip and Ghetts. 

Their writing has appeared in i-D, The Guardian, Time Out, Complex UK, and Notion, telling powerful stories that connect music, culture, and community. Since 2020, Laura has brought that same energy to television, producing award-winning series and music shows. Their debut documentary Together We Rise won Best Popular Factual Entertainment at the Broadcast Digital Awards, and they’ve since created for BBC, Mercury Studios, YouTube Originals, BET UK, and TikTok—pushing boundaries in music, storytelling and beyond. 

Aniefiok ‘Neef’ Ekpoudom is a writer from South London who documents & explores culture in contemporary Britain. In his work, Aniefiok tells stories about the people, voices and communities shaping the country as it exists today.  

His first book Where We Come From: Rap, Home & Hope in Modern Britain is a narrative driven social history of British Rap, spanning from the 60s to present day. It was released by Faber & Faber in  2024. 

He writes for, The Guardian, British GQ, Vogue and more. Elsewhere as a consultant and creative strategist he has worked on projects with Google, Nike, Netflix, adidas and more. He is a British Journalism Award winner and was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in Media & Marketing. 

Where We Come From is his first book. 

Dr Aleema Gray is a Jamaican-born curator, researcher and public historian based in London.  

She was awarded the Yesu Persaud Scholarship for her PhD entitled Bun Babylon; A community-engaged history of Rastafari in Britain. Aleema’s work focuses on documenting Black history in Britain through the perspective of lived experiences. Her practice is driven by a concern for more historically contingent ways of understanding the present, especially in relation to notions of belonging, memory, and contested heritage. She is the founding member of the Young Historians Project and is currently the Lead Curator for Black British Music Exhibition at the British Library. 

Eddie Otchere is a London-born British Ghanaian photographer celebrated for chronicling Black British youth culture and 1990s Drum & Bass scenes.  A traditional film advocate, his timeless images capture Hip-Hop's global impact. His work, exhibited worldwide, resides in collections like the National Portrait Gallery, solidifying his role in photography and Black cultural expression.