“racism in britain has a long history – but so does anti-racism”

Danny Bird Your book opens with the story of a woman named Solitude on Guadaloupe. Why did you choose to start with her and what can she tell us about the wider history of resistance among enslaved pe

I REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE BBC ARCHIVES for stories of the first arrivals of South Asians in the postwar years, and being surprised at how little programming had been made documenting the experiences o

ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROADWATER FARM RIOTS, WE LOOK AT THE DARK HISTORY OF PUBLIC DISORDER IN THE UK

Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and ...

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

The strong social norms of Britain’s working class helped generations of immigrants integrate. But today’s fractured society makes that far harder, with worrying implications for the future