WATCH: Stormzy — A Modern Icon of Black British Britain
On a warm summer evening in 2019, Stormzy walked onto the Glastonbury Pyramid Stage wearing a stab-proof vest…
Hope From A Corrupt British Transport Police Cop’s Misdeeds
Jaydan Okunola. Photo by Kwaku Learning about 19-year-old Jaydan Okunola has been a revelation. Despite a turbulent adolescence…
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2026 Announces First Wave of Artists
The much-loved Love Supreme Jazz Festival will return to the rolling parkland of Glynde Place in East Sussex…
Becoming a Teacher: Why Black Teachers Are Needed More Than Ever in UK Classrooms
Across England, classrooms are alive with languages, cultures, identities and stories from every corner of the world. Children…
The Boardroom Needs You: A Call for More Black Non-Executive Directors
Walk into almost any boardroom across the UK and you will still find that the faces around the…
Africology: The Spirit of Inquiry
Hackney Archives hosts an evening with historian, playwright and musician Khareem Jamal as he presents his new book,…
Scattered: Beth Evans in Conversation with Aamna Mohdin
On Thursday 27 November 2025, Dalston CLR James Library hosts an in-person conversation between writer Beth Evans and…
WATCH: Nigerian Modernism – A New Lens on Art, History and Identity at Tate Modern
Tate Modern’s exhibition Nigerian Modernism, running from 8 October 2025 to 10 May 2026, offers a timely and…
Helping Older People Cope With Cold Weather This Winter
As winter draws in, concerns are rising for millions of older people across the UK. But for many…
Eighty Years On: The Fifth Pan-African Congress and the Global Struggle for Black Freedom
In October 1945, in the industrial heart of Manchester, a gathering took place that would help reshape the…
Marking 60 Years Since the Race Relations Act of 1965
In November 1965, Britain made history. For the first time, Parliament recognised that racism was not just a…
BMC Forum Marks First 25 Years Of C21st British Black Music History
BritishBlackMusic.com (BBM) presents the return of a Black Music Congress (BMC) forum to City University, now City St…
Bound Together: Northern Nigeria’s Hidden Leather Heritage Revealed in Cambridge
For over a century, the leathers of Northern Nigeria travelled across oceans, wrapping some of the world’s finest…
Standing Firm Against Populism’s War on Anti-Racism
Anti-racism has slipped out of fashion. In classrooms, conversations about race are smoothed over to avoid discomfort. On…
Experiences of racism continue to scar and disadvantage England’s Black Caribbean people in older age
A new report from Age UK, Ageing while Black: The Experiences of Older Black Caribbean People in England,…
Black History Month Magazine 2025: Standing Firm in Power and Pride
The Black History Month Magazine 2025 celebrates this year’s national theme, “Standing Firm in Power and Pride” —…
Black History Month Resource Pack 2026
Celebrate Black History Month 2026 with a comprehensive visual and educational resource designed to support meaningful engagement across…
Standing Firm in Power and Pride: Tributes to Lord Herman Ouseley
Lord Herman George Ouseley (1945–2024) was a pioneer of justice, equity, and inclusion whose vision helped reshape modern…
Big Black Bast*rd — My Story
At the heart of the book is my identity as a child of the Windrush generation. My parents’…
Malcolm X: Britain’s Forgotten Encounter and Its Enduring Legacy
This visit, though often overlooked by mainstream historical narratives, provided a critical reflection on the state of race…
