WINDRUSH 2022 NEWSLETTER
Celebrating Windrush Day 2022 Print version available in selected supermarkets whilst stocks last.
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WINDRUSH DAY 2022 CELEBRATIONS – GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FUNDS
From today community groups can bid for funds to celebrate the Windrush Generation and their contribution to British society. The government has funded more than 130 Windrush Day projects since 2019 and this year’s scheme encourages proposals that tell the Windrush story in unique and exciting ways Community projects celebrating the Windrush generation will be […]
Read MoreBlack Design Company in John Lewis
Karen Hamilton-Bannis founder of AK-Wilde has designed a range of soft furnishings in honour of the Windrush Generation pioneers capturing some of the essence of their heritage. These will be available this month for a limited period. AK-Wilde’s range of bespoke printed accessories is thoughtfully hand designed by the artist and print designer Karen Hamilton-Bannis. […]
Read MoreMeet The Rap Artists Competing for BBC’s £20,000 Prize – The Rap Game UK
The Rap Game UK is a BBC Three success story with many viral moments across the last couple of series. The next series will begin later this month. Award wins for previous series include The Edinburgh TV Awards – Best Entertainment Series, Broadcast Digital Awards – Best Entertainment Programme, and RTS Midlands Awards – […]
Read MoreWindrush Generation Up Close! Interview with Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin MBE
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin MBE QHC chats frankly with Primrose Granville OBE in UP ClOSE! UP CLOSE! Is a series of exclusive monthly interviews produced and scripted by Joy Sigaud of Editions Media with the Jamaican High Commission team as host. Each month we have a different co-host alongside His Excellency Seth George Ramocan. Here […]
Read MoreWindrush Generation Up Close! Interview with Professor Sir Geoff Palmer OBE
Bishop Dr Joe Aldred interviews world-renowned scientist/ inventor Sir Geoff Palmer. UP CLOSE! Click here to watch Sir Geoff Palmer, Caroll Thompson, Miss World and more celebrated hosts and guest interviews UP CLOSE! Is a series of exclusive monthly interviews produced and scripted by Joy Sigaud founder and editor of Editions Media with […]
Read MoreMargaret Busby Book Publisher to Receive The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2021
The London Book Fair will present the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 to Margaret Busby, co-founder of the publishing company Allison & Busby. The Lifetime Achievement Award committee selected Margaret Busby from a shortlist of leading international publishing figures. Margaret Busby OBE, Hon. FRSL (Nana Akua Ackon) was born in Ghana and educated in […]
Read MoreSteve McQueen – back on our television screens with a brand new series
BBC ONE ANNOUNCES “UPRISING” A BRAND NEW SERIES FROM ACCLAIMED MULTI-AWARD WINNING ARTIST AND FILMMAKER SIR STEVE MCQUEEN Uprising is a vivid and visceral three-part series which has been commissioned by the BBC. It will examine three major events that took place during 1981. In January 1981, the New Cross Fire which killed 13 Black […]
Read MoreBallet Black Junior Associates – Virtual Auditions
Award winning Ballet Black is a professional ballet company which was created to inspire young people of Black or Asian descent in classical music. The Ballet Black (BB) Junior Associates is aimed at exceptional young women aged 12-16 years with ballet experience who are considering a career in dance. Ballet Black has a strong focus […]
Read MoreSir David Adjaye on Architecture, Black Lives Matter and the Cherry Groce Memorial
Sir David Adjaye OBE RA Interview By Joy Sigaud His illustrative answers are inspirational. The British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye’s views on overcoming racism, the Black Lives Matter movement and the ultimate sacrifice of Cherry Groce representing so many victims come to the forefront as his latest monument – a lasting memorial to her, […]
Read MoreHackney’s New Square: Tribute to its Hidden African Caribbean History – Live Aid 1985 Reggae Artistes Famine Appeal
A new square at the entrance to Britannia Leisure Centre is to be named BRAFA Square after a fascinating, yet forgotten, part of Hackney’s African Caribbean history. The name reveals the story of the British Reggae Artists Famine Appeal (BRAFA) which became Hackney’s own answer to Live Aid in 1985. When Band Aid was […]
Read MoreDr Tres-Ann Kremer on the International Stage of Political Relations within the Commonwealth
By Wyvolyn Gager When one reads of Dr Tres-Ann Kremer’s career strides, it’s easy to be overcome by a feeling of job envy. As head of Good Offices for Peace and the Lead Political advisor to the Caribbean of the London-based Commonwealth’s Secretariat’s Good Offices Section, Tres-Ann earns a living while travelling to most of […]
Read MoreAfrican-American Artist Jennifer Packer Captures the Times
THE EYE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH SEEING… New York-based painter Jennifer Packer recalibrates art historical approaches to portraiture and still life, casting these enduring genres in a fresh political and contemporary light, while keeping them rooted in a deeply personal context. Combining observation, improvisation and memory, Packer’s intimate portraits of friends and family members and […]
Read MoreChild Prodigy – Omari McQueen Wins Several Awards, has a TV Show and a Published Cookbook
Omari McQueen, at just 12 years old, is the youngest award winning vegan chef in the UK and the CEO of Dipalicious. He has published a new cookbook, Best Bites, has his own TV show and sells his culinary creations on his website. He has won several awards for his achievements and… at such a […]
Read MoreClint Dyer Appointed as Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre
The National Theatre has announced that Clint Dyer has been appointed Deputy Artistic Director. He will work closely with Rufus Norris, Director and Joint Chief Executive, and Emily McLaughlin, Director of New Work to support and shape the NT’s creative output. Over the course of his award-winning career Clint has worked across theatre, film and […]
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