I want to focus on possibilities, on young, emerging talent

The artist and film-maker introduces his special issue of the Observer New Review, coinciding with the premiere of his Small Axe anthology on BBC One Steve McQueen answers questions from celebrity admirersI often find myself asking: “What’s it all about, Alfie?” I am a son, brother, husband, father, uncle, cousin and friend. I am a Londoner, who grew up in a working-class environment on the White City estate in Shepherd’s Bush, but I live in Amsterdam. Again, what’s