My family values: Don Letts

The DJ and film-maker talks about his familyMy dad's baptismal name was St Leger Letts – the name of a horse race, which tells you a lot about Jamaicans. He was part of the Windrush generation and a DJ under the name of Duke Letts, with Superstonic Sound [sic]. It was rocksteady and bluebeat, and people with Bibles under their arms. He did it after church on Sunday – it was a focal point when people could get together and discuss the problems of being strangers in a strange land.My father's ...

Read full article Share article