Black History Features

“I would definitely encourage others to consider adoption. I always knew I wanted children and I tried everything from IVF to surrogacy to have them. All of those journeys led to heartbreak, except adoption.

WATCH: In the midst of a pandemic, adoption is firmly in the hearts of our communities 

As we enter Black History Month, we and the world instinctively reflect and celebrate the positive things within black communities. It is widely known in black communities that…


Jacques Callot, The Slave Market, 1629. Picture: National Gallery of Art / CC0 - Credit: National Gallery of Art / CC0

The last slave owners of Islington

Islington in the 1830s was transforming from rural outskirts into a genteel suburb. Like today, bricks and mortar…


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Black History Month

2025 LISTINGS

Nottingham Friday 24 October

Ballet Black: SHADOWS

Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black makes its debut at the Theatre Royal Nottingham with the darkly comic adaptation of international bestselling…

York Friday 24th October

Black Flag   

Presented during Black History Month, Byron’s performance and earlier workshop with local young composers and musicians, explores the…

Camden Saturday 25 October

Billy Cobham

Is there a more influential drummer on the jazz circuit? Few would argue against the legendary status of…

Lambeth Saturday 25 October

Poetic Unity

Come and see some of the best poets in the UK from the Poetic Unity community perform live…

Manchester Saturday 25 October

Midday Plane to Georgia by David Yeates

David was born in 1971 and raised in Ashton-in-Makerfield. His African-American father was stationed at Burtonwood Airbase, one…