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SPOTLIGHT ANTHONY JOSEPH

There’s a problem on the London Underground and I’m late. Emerging onto Leicester Square, into heavy rain, I see people rushing to find shelter from the downpour. A bus has broken down, causing chaos, the cars behind blaring their horns. Then I spot him, wearing his signature natty hat, standing quite still, cool as you please, just liming.*

Born to a teenage mother in Trinidad, Anthony Joseph was raised from seven months by

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