Service and Sacrifice

Pilots of the Madras Squadron. Group including Sgt. (later Flt. Lt.) Billy Strachan (extreme left). Billy’s plane was named Vizagapatam after the town in India which paid for it.

Billy Strachan (1921- 1998)

Born in Jamaica as William Arthur Watkin Strachan, Billy left school in December 1939 with a desire to…


Gilbert Clarke, who lives in Plaistow, shared his memories of D-Day as a young RAF recruit training in Britain.

Gilbert Clarke

Born in Jamaica, Gilbert, his brother and sister lost their father when Gilbert was three. A bright pupil…


The Kumasi Memorial which stands in the centre of town, commemorates 768 officers, troops & carriers of the Gold Coast Regiment who died during the First World War 1914-18.

Private Bai

Private Bai of the Gold Coast Regiment was the first confirmed Commonwealth casualty under fire in the First World War….


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Black History Month

2025 LISTINGS

Lambeth Saturday 5 July

Love’s Letter

Catch one of contemporary R&B’s most exciting and consistent artists, Shaé Universe, as she performs an R&B medley…

Nottingham Tuesday 1 July – Saturday 5 July

Kinky Boots The Musical

The Broadway and West End phenomenon, Kinky Boots The Musical, is strutting back into Nottingham in a brand-new production…

Manchester Saturday 5 July

THE HERDS: Pennington Flash

Public art meets climate action in THE HERDS—a monumental, continent-spanning migration of puppet animals making their way from…

Liverpool Friday 12 July 2025

Kinky Boots

After inheriting his family’s failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to…

Brixton Tuesday 8 July

Windmill to Windrush

Join local guide Diana for a captivating two-hour walking tour through the heart of Brixton, tracing over 2,000…