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Birmingham Thursday 8th October 2026

Margaret Busby: Part of the Story

Pioneering publisher, editor, writer and cultural campaigner Margaret Busby comes to Birmingham Literature Festival to reflect on more…

Birmingham Thursday 8th October 2026

African Soul Rebels

African Soul Rebels returns for a new generation, bringing some of the most adventurous voices in contemporary African…

Gateshead Thursday 8th October 2026

The Drifters

The Drifters bring decades of rhythm and blues and soul history to Gateshead. One of the most celebrated…

Newcastle Upon Tyne Thursday 8th October 2026

Windows of Displacement

Migration, colonialism, identity and the meaning of home come together in Akeim Toussaint Buck’s Windows of Displacement at…

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ARY1E8 paul boateng labour mp portrait at the labour conference bournemouth uk 2004. Image shot 2004. Exact date unknown.

Paul Boateng: Breaking Barriers, Building Legacies

There are moments in history when the course shifts, when a figure emerges who doesn’t just walk through…


1986: Diane Abbott, the new labour MP for Hackney and Stoke Newington makes history today (12/6/87). Miss Abbott, 32, a Cambridge graduate and a member of Labour's hard left, becomes the country's first black woman MP. Picture taken 18/2/86 when she was an equality officer for the union ACTT.

Diane Abbott: A Legacy of Courage, Change, and Endurance

In a political landscape that often marginalises those who dare to be different, Diane Abbott has stood tall…


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