• 1Xtra's been travelling the country to meet the UK's best young spoken word artists

    Henry Stone, a 20-year-old poet who uses spoken word to draw attention to mental health and social issues. He has performed poetry across the country, worked with Channel 4 and was invited to Google Campus over the summer.

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  • Black History Month Next Gen Trailblazers: The full list of people making a difference

    The Duke and Duchess’s list of trailblazers, recognised for challenging prejudice and their positive contribution to British life. Writer and poet Henry Stone nominated by George The Poet…

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  • Wordplay Magazine Review: Black Inferno (A Spoken Word Film)

    Multi-talented artist Henry Stone has just released an amazingly powerful spoken word piece Black Inferno. Against the incredibly poetic lyricism we’re a little lost for words so who better to explain the motivations and processes behind the track than the man himself…

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  • Bn1 Magazine Review: Black Inferno

    With a balance of accessibility and potency reminiscent of George the Poet, Henry Stone’s Black Inferno is a raw, urgent encapsulation of the Black Lives Matter movement…

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