It’s 6pm and it’s gloomy and raining outside, unlike Los Angeles, where Negga reminds me “the weather is always amazing”. I am a mixed, black, Irish woman who moved to London in my teens. “Black Irish people and black people in Ireland, we’re not going anywhere. Photograph: Nick BradshawI start to feel like I’m in a therapy session, or perhaps with one of the imaginary black Irish girlfriends I longed for, but never had growing up. “Having black voices being heard, black writers in the room, having black studio heads, having more black agents.

Source: The Irish Times July 04, 2020 05:00 UTC