Thompson recently gained attention when his amazing sestina “Triptych”, commenting on the installing of a plaque commemorating slave trader Thomas Phillips, was published by The Outposted Project (the plaque was shortly after torn down). Spanning generations of trauma across tightly woven stanzas, “Triptych” epitomises much of the skill Thompson shows in his debut collection Road Trip in his ability to thread his personal experiences of racism across the band of Britain’s post-war colonial legacy.