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Nels Abbey

Nels Abbey is a writer, broadcaster and former banker, and the author of Think Like A White Man. His new book, The Hip-Hop MBA: Lessons in Cut-Throat Capitalism From The Moguls of Rap, is out in 2024

July 2024

  • A photo of Ed Davey from below, bungee jumping against a backdrop of blue sky and light cloud.

    Hop, skip, jump and enchant the electorate – the Ed Davey doctrine was a stroke of genius

    Nels Abbey
    The Lib Dems gained a record number of seats. That’s thanks to their leader’s fusing of policy with eye-catching, daring stunts, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey

June 2024

  • A superyacht moored on the River Thames in London.

    Britain’s millionaires are fleeing. Good night and good luck, I say

    Nels Abbey
  • Main media for Debate opinion piece

    The panel
    Starmer v Sunak: who came out top in the first leaders’ debate? Our panel’s verdict

    Nesrine Malik, Katy Balls, Owen Jones and Nels Abbey

May 2024

  • Kendrick Lamar performing at Glastonbury in 2022.

    Drake v Kendrick Lamar’s rap beef has turned very ugly – who is benefiting from such a spectacle?

    Nels Abbey
    This verbal boxing match is great entertainment, but the real winners are the artists and label executives getting rich off the spectacle, says the writer Nels Abbey

April 2024

  • J Cole performs at the Dreamville Music Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina on 7 April 2024

    What do you call rapper J Cole apologising to Kendrick Lamar? A modern business masterclass

    Nels Abbey
    The headlines around the top hip-hop artists focuses on spats and feuds, and obscures the fact that so many are capitalists of genius, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

March 2024

  • Kemi Badenoch speaks at Chatham House global trade conference on 7 March 2024.

    Kemi Badenoch should value diversity schemes. Attacking them does wonders for her career

    Nels Abbey
    The equalities minister knows the Tory anti-woke sweet spot, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

February 2024

  • BESTPIX: Coach Spring 2024 Runway Show and Dinner - Front Row<br>Edward Enninful, Jennifer Lopez and Anna Wintour at the COACH Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Runway Show and dinner event at the New York Public Library (NYPL) on September 7, 2023 in New York, New York. (Photo by Nina Westervelt/WWD via Getty Images)

    Take a bow, Edward Enninful – your Vogue changed the face of fashion

    Nels Abbey
  • Kwasi Kwarteng walks off stage after making a speech at the Conservative Party conference on 3 October 2022 in Birmingham

    Do I feel sorry for Kwasi Kwarteng as he departs frontline politics? No – and nor does anyone with a mortgage

    Nels Abbey

January 2024

  • Left to right, the Duchess and Duke of Sussex; the Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness and his wife, Juliet; and its culture minister, Olivia Grange, at the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love in Kingston on 23 January 2024.

    Harry and Meghan in Jamaica are soft-power dynamite. Britain is left with kryptonite William and Kate

    Nels Abbey
  • People rally against the French military in Niamey<br>epa10865348 Protesters display flags as they take to the streets during a rally against the French military in Niamey, Niger, 16 September 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron said while addressing reporters on 15 September that the French ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itte was 'literally being held hostage in the French Embassy' in Niger and living off 'military rations'. EPA/ISSIFOU DJIBO

    Moments of hope
    Success is contagious – so I’m rooting for the African countries throwing off European rule

    Nels Abbey

December 2023

  • The actors Hugh Bonneville and Sarah Parish with the writer Rufus Jones.

    Maybe we should be able to laugh at anything. But slavery?

    Nels Abbey
  • Benjamin Zephaniah pictured against a bright yellow background.

    Benjamin Zephaniah was a genuine radical – I’ll never forget the time I spent with him

    Nels Abbey

October 2023

  • Keir Starmer by Guardian Design

    The panel
    Keir Starmer’s conference speech: has he done enough to win the general election?

    Frances Ryan, Zoe Williams, Sahil Dutta, Nels Abbey, Fatima Ibrahim and Tom Belger
  • Conservative Party Conference, Day 2, Manchester, UK - 02 Oct 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gary Roberts Photography/Shutterstock (14134284z) Kemi Badenoch Secretary state for Business and Trade addresses the main hall on the second day of the Conservative Conference. Conservative Party Conference, Day 2, Manchester, UK - 02 Oct 2023

    Britain’s the best place to be Black, says Kemi Badenoch. But ask yourself: is it as good as being white?

    Nels Abbey

September 2023

  • Suella Braverman at the site of houses to be built for illegal migrants in Kigali, Rwanda, 19 March 2023.

    We need to talk about ‘racism laundering’: what it is, who benefits – and how to be vigilant

    Nels Abbey
    The row over claims of ghostwriting at the Daily Mail has sparked debate about how toxic policies are pursued, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey

August 2023

  • People dancing at a 50 Years of Hip-Hop celebration block party in New York on 5 August.

    Hip-hop gave us Public Enemy, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar: after 50 years, this music demands proper respect

    Nels Abbey
    The movement born in 1973 is now global, an instrument for learning and a weapon for protest, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

July 2023

  • A Black Lives Matter protest in London, June 2020

    Children need to understand the world around them. Why shouldn’t they know about white privilege?

    Nels Abbey
    Schools in Britain have been criticised by the right for wanting an honest debate. Instead, they should be applauded, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey

June 2023

  • Boris Johnson in Myanmar in 2017

    Dear white Britain: we hate to say we told you so about Boris Johnson – but we told you so

    Nels Abbey
    At the outset of his ascent in frontline politics, Black Britons warned that Johnson was immoral and unscrupulous, says author Nels Abbey

May 2023

  • Joe Biden delivers the 2023 Howard University commencement address on 13 May in Washington DC.

    It’s easy to see white supremacy as the thinking of extremists. We know that’s not true

    Nels Abbey
  • Nicholas Lyons, lord mayor of the City of London, and Floella Benjamin after the coronation.

    Brilliant Floella Benjamin and a not-very-gospel coronation choir. Is this as ‘diverse’ as Britain gets?

    Nels Abbey
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