A Tribute to Andrea Levy, by Sir Lenny Henry
I wanted it to go on forever. That’s the thing about Andrea Levy’s work – when you’re dug…
WATCH: “I didn’t know what Windrush was!” Kenny Lynch
Evening all where do we start then. I was born in the East End of London in 1938….
Royal Albert Hall trains young creatives for next stage of their career
The Royal Albert Hall today announced it is giving 10 young people the chance to learn from experts…
Coventry graduate receives ‘Young Achievement Award’
Fatou Bah Bah, who graduated from Coventry University with a first class honours degree in International Leadership and…
RAF Careers – Sport & Fitness
RAF personnel can join a club for just about any sport – from skydiving and scuba diving to…
De Montfort University – Leading the way in Diversity and Equality
Last year DMU became the first higher education institution in the UK to have the prestigious Race Equality…
Kenny Lynch
Kenny grew up in Stepney, East London as one of 13 children; his sister Gladys (stage name Maxine…
Channel 5 teams up with The TV Collective to open doors to BAME-owned indies
Channel 5, part of Viacom International Media Networks, has today announced a new initiative, working in partnership with…
Plugging the gender gap in STEM
Tragically, despite the stereotype now being incredibly out dated, its presence still lingers. Manual labour, long working…
WATCH: Amazing Grace: Why Aretha Franklin movie lay hidden for 50 years
An unseen 1972 movie of Aretha Franklin recording the most successful gospel album to date was shelved and…
Leading Caribbean scholar appointed Director of UCL’s Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership
Leading scholar in Caribbean history, Professor Matthew Smith, has been appointed the new Director of UCL’s Centre for…
Charlie Williams – The first Black British comedian to experience mainstream success
Charles Adolphus Williams MBE (23 December 1927 – 2 September 2006) was an English professional footballer who was…
“We didn’t win the war for people like you to come here and take our homes and jobs.”
I was aware that I had a right to be here and an entitlement to exist. Now, I…
Margaret Busby: Doyenne of Black British Publishing
Born in Accra, Ghana to parents with roots in Barbados, Trinidad and Dominica, she became Britain’s youngest and…
Monument At Waterloo!
“On 22 June 2019, Theresa May, Britain’s acting Prime Minister, announced that London Waterloo Station had “been confirmed…
PRANCING ELITES FLY IN FOR PRIDE 2019!
26th June 2019 (Brighton) Brighton & Hove Pride are excited to announce that the seven-piece, male dance troupe…
The Ambassadors Youth Choir
The Jamaican Ambassadors Youth Choir is no exception and following on from the success of last year’s Independence…
POST WINDRUSH FEARS CONTINUE – Owen Haisley’s Story
Holstered in a van, he was minutes away from being put on a Virgin Atlantic flight to Jamaica…
PM confirms landmark location for new Windrush monument
The capital’s world-famous London Waterloo Station has been confirmed as the location for a permanent Windrush monument, the…
Windrush Day 2019 message from H. E. Seth George Ramocan, CD High Commissioner for Jamaica
At the same time, the anniversary is a time of mixed emotions and reflections. On the one hand,…
