Charlie Brinkurst Cuff is a journalist and head of editorial at gal-dem. She is a Guardian freelancer, former weekend editor and writer at Dazed, and has written columns for the likes of the Observer, ipaper and Metro. She is the editor of the book ‘Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children, a leading exploration of the Windrush Generation. Charlie is also Scott Trust Bursary alumnus, and winner of the 2016 Georgina Henry Award for Innovation in Journalism. 

Her word of the day is GOOD. 

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AnthemsBlack is a collection of 31 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional UK Black contributors. It was created, executive produced and sound designed by Hana Walker-Brown with producers Bea Duncan and Jaja Muhammad. The artwork is by Mars West.

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