


An apology is required – a good one, at that – and her words when she turns up at his house to beg for forgiveness are ones we could all do to take on board. She decides to join the protest, but when things turn ugly and Callum gets attacked by other white people, a slip of the tongue sees Sephy instinctively call his attackers “blankers”.

When we meet Sephy, she’s living in blissful ignorance of the abuse white people face, until Callum explains to her how his friend was beaten into a coma by police officers. At its core, Noughts + Crosses is a Romeo And Juliet-style love story, the star-crossed lovers being Callum and the home secretary’s daughter, Sephy.
