On my radar: Winsome Pinnock’s cultural highlights

Winsome Pinnock is an award‑winning British playwright. Born in Islington in 1961 to Jamaican parents, she studied English and drama at Goldsmiths followed by an MA in modern literature at Birkbeck. Dubbed the “godmother of black British playwrights”, she was the first black woman to have a play staged at the National Theatre. Her new play, Rockets and Blue Lights, examines the legacy of Britain’s part in the transatlantic slave trade, and is playing at the Royal Exchange in Manchester until 4 April.