Windrush Legacy Publications, Black History, Free Magazines & Newsletters: Original, Innovating, Challenging Perceptions… Always One Step Ahead!
By Joy Sigaud Editions Lifestyle remembers the Black children of Victorian England. Many were biracial, often abandoned by their parents on account of their colour. Others who were not intentionally abandoned were often from extremely poor families who could not be maintained by their parents, who sometimes committed themselves to the notorious workhouses out […]
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have once again launched the 2020 fund, created in 2018 to support community groups who wish to apply for funding to celebrate National Windrush Day. The first National Windrush Day 2019 was a great success following the immense inaugural celebrations of 2018 and opened up dialogue and […]
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Black History Month is over but Black History matters all year ’round and it is time to reflect and remember those who have made an impact on the quality of our lives in both an historical and contemporary context. Who should be the greatest Black Briton of 2020? Nominations are being accepted now. To register […]
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…For Black History Month 2019 and Beyond. As we approach the end of Black History Month 2019 Editions Lifestyle recognises the story doesn’t end here. There is so much to say and so much to learn, as we learn about ourselves, those who have gone before us and share it with the population at large. […]
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We know that much of our history is hidden, sometimes deliberately because of atrocities committed that no one wishes to acknowledge and other times simply through circumstances. Not everyone wants to be at the forefront, ready to document their lives or pose for a camera yet as Afro-Caribbeans/Africans in the UK research their own past […]
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For Black History Month 2019 Editions Lifestyle Black History Matters list just some of the wonderful array of activities and events. There’s more than enough around to fill any diary, whatever your preference: Africa: Did You Know? A Hip-Hop Musical. Music4Causes is a hip-hop musical theatre featuring rapper Kimba. Followed by Q&A + […]
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To celebrate the launch of Editions Lifestyle Black History Month Magazine 2019, Founder and Editor Joy Sigaud hosted a reception sponsored by the Design Museum in Kensington London of Friday 4th October. H.E High Commissioner Seth Ramocan and Head of Communications at 10 Downing Street Rachel Brown each gave excellent heart warming speeches. Here are […]
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Head of BME Communications Rachel Brown at No. 10 introduced a new theme to the 2019 Black History Month reception. There was a wonderful array of stalls displaying a variety of products from the manufacturing, catering, music and fashion sectors with an impressive number of young entrepreneurs from the BME community attending as well as […]
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When I first made contact with Jim Grover for the Windrush celebrations we had no idea of the impact his photo essays of the descendants of the Windrush Generation would have, although their historical value was at the forefront of his thinking. He had spent 11 months with families, their friends and associates immersing himself […]
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Black History Month is here and it is a time to reflect and remember those who have made an impact on the quality of our lives in both an historical and contemporary context. Who should be the greatest Black Briton of 2020? Nominations are being accepted now. To register your nomination, click here. http://100greatblackbritons.co.uk Anyone […]
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It is my honour and pleasure to warmly greet the readers of this Black History Month magazine as we celebrate and highlight Black History Month 2019. The month of October is also observed in Jamaica as National Heritage Month, when we pay homage to our six national heroes and one heroine, whose rich contributions […]
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Welcome! Get a copy of the first, original concept, content and design, souvenir issue of Editions Lifestyle Black History Month Magazine 2019 on 1st October free with the Evening Standard at Oxford Circus and 11 other tube stations around London. It is also be available from selected leading Sainsbury Stores, Tesco and Asda in and […]
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Bob Marley Awarded English Heritage Blue Plaque & Nubian Jak Plaque in One Week. New plaques marks London base of Jamaican singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our time Jamaican born Bob Marley has been honoured with an English Heritage blue today, joining the likes of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, George Frideric Handel […]
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Having edited two of the foremost magazines for Black History in the UK, editor Joy Sigaud recognised there was no publication representing the general black population that was neither politically motivated nor constantly justifying and proving the mere existence of the African, Afro-Caribbean and mixed Afro population in the UK. Historically there were one or […]
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Windrush Day is the 22nd June and it is now celebrated every year in recognition of the thousands who came from the Caribbean, beginning with the first post war arrivals who docked on the SS Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks on 22nd June 1948. To hear Joy’s radio commentaries see details below and to read […]
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