In 1981 Alex Wheatle served time in prison in London following ... and Grave Digger Jones Himes was born into a middle-class family in Missouri in 1909. He died in 1984 - not long after Wheatle ...

Writer Alex Wheatle and the first National Black Police ... of how he grew up in a care home and was never visited by family, but found his identity through his love for reading, music and his ...

CRONGTON is an adaptation of the modern classic book series by Alex Wheatle, adding to the BBC’s established legacy of backing the best of British storytelling. CRONGTON KNIGHTS, the second book ...