Steve Mcqueen

The 12 Years A Slave director is filming an artwork as a 'lasting memorial' to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.

The director of 12 Years A Slave said he was 'thrilled' to have received the British Film Institute's most prestigious accolade.

US star Paul Robeson often visited the South Wales valleys and in 1940 starred in 'The Proud Valley' about a black American miner.