Windrush Generation
Jahnavi Inniss Uses Quilting to Address the Gaps in Black British History
“I wanted to dismantle the ‘single story’ that suggests that Black people had only arrived in Britain after the Second World War, in the late-1940s, during the Windrush period.”
How Politicians Fooled the World Into Believing in Nations
National identities make us believe in ideas like democracy, money, and laws. The trouble is they are stories that can all too easily be manipulated for political power. Take Brexit...
A Month After Going Viral, Grime MC Marci Phonix Has More to Say
As a guest on a news segment about the Windrush deportation crisis, he made a Conservative politician look ridiculous. But Marci isn't done.
The Windrush Generation Is Still Inspiring Today’s British Caribbean Chefs
“Our mum and grandma taught us the process of how to make the food, prepare it, marinate it overnight, and how to blend different spices and flavours together to compliment each dish.”
Everything you need to know about why British Home Secretary Amber Rudd just quit
“I wasn't aware of specific removal targets. I accept I should have been and I'm sorry that I wasn't.”
This Is the Next Windrush-Style Scandal Waiting to Happen
The Home Office is trying to get out of having to share data with migrants about their immigration status.
British Food Wouldn’t Be the Same without the Windrush Generation
Early Caribbean migrants helped rebuild Post-War Britain’s healthcare and transport systems, but they also revolutionised its food scene. Now, this pioneering generation faces deportation due to newly tightened immigration policy.
Photographing the Black British Experience
A new exhibition in London celebrates the contributions of black Britons to British culture.
The Jazz Chauffeur Who Kicked Off a Political Scandal in 1960s Britain
Johnny Edgecombe, known to his friends as “the Edge,” was a hustler, a chauffeur for the biggest names in England's jazz scene, and an odd figure in a major political scandal that ended up sending him to prison for seven years.