On my radar: Pauline Black’s cultural highlights

The Queen of Ska on James Baldwin, punk tailoring – and her musical contemporary Debbie HarryBorn Belinda Magnus in Romford, London, then renamed Pauline Vickers by her adoptive parents, Pauline Black chose her stage name when she co-founded 2-Tone ska band the Selecter in 1979. Soon the band had a hit with On My Radio, and Black earned the nickname Queen of Ska. The group split in 1982 after making two albums, but have re-formed a number of times. Black has acted in films, TV and theatre;