Farah Damji and Darcus Howe in explosive conversation

Farah Damji - who I hear emerged triumphant from a courthouse yesterday after a most peculiar allegation made against her was dismissed in a trice -  is one of the star turns at the Stoke Newington Literary Fest on June 5. Click here for details. She's appearing with ex-Black Panther, broadcaster and radical black rights campaigner Darcus Howe to discuss her autobiography Try Me, reviewed by Madame Arcati last July - click here. "Join them for a controversial conversation as they talk about the book and explain why they believe multiculturalism to be a myth," reads the invite. Those seeking the soporific balm of a Stephen Fry anecdote may want to give this one a miss.