Joining the racist gang that tormented me

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British-Nigerian actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was raised by a white family in an area where racism was a huge problem. As a teenager, he joined a skinhead gang that had tormented him for protection. Adewale has directed a film about his experiences called Farming. He spoke to Outlook’s Emily Webb. Environmentalist Nate Madsen lived in a tree he named Mariah to prevent it from being felled. Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato are an Italian couple on a quest to trace Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA. Picture: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Credit: Allan Amato