Alex Wheatle, who has died aged 62, rose to become Britain’s pre-eminent black novelist after a difficult and inauspicious upbringing; his early story, which involved unhappy years in care and a spell ...

When British novelist Alex Wheatle started work in the writers’ room for director Steve McQueen’s new project Small Axe, he had no idea that his own life experiences would end up as the inspiration ...

The fourth film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology series, Alex Wheatle is named after the award-winning author who in 1981 was imprisoned for participating in the 1981 Brixton Uprising. Moving ...

Steve McQueen continues his 'Small Axe' anthology about London's West Indian community with 'Alex Wheatle,' a portrait of the eponymous writer’s formative years during the period of the 1981 Brixton ...

See an exclusive first-look photo from the Steve McQueen film 'Alex Wheatle,' part of his 'Small Axe' anthology series for the BBC and Amazon. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent The series explores ...

The title of fourth of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films, Alex Wheatle, practically begs of an addendum: It could just as well start with The Miseducation Of. Or, rather, reeducation. The Alex Wheatle ...

“You can’t look forward without looking back.” That’s a valuable piece of advice given to the protagonist of “Alex Wheatle,” but it’s also a summation of what director and co-writer Steve McQueen is ...

In “Alex Wheatle,” the fourth of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films, we meet a young man who seems, quite literally, to have come from nothing. Alex (Sheyi Cole), born to Jamaican parents in 1963, was ...

Amazon Prime Video has premiered the trailer for Small Axe: Alex Wheatle, the fourth and penultimate film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology series for the streaming platform. Alex Wheatle will ...

A February hospital visit with an asthma attack resulted in an unexpected diagnosis for award-winning author Alex Wheatle: he has prostate cancer. Now, the 60-year-old says he is determined to raise ...