This is Not a Movie
Here I am in my sixth decade on earth feeling new-born and kickin' as I hit the high street - Fore Street, rather - of my new village, my [...]
Marisse’s story: Growing up in Devon as a biracial British Filipina
Beautiful North Devon is where I was born and where I have spent most of my life. I am proud to call this place home now, but that wasn’t [...]
Meet Nina, from Torbay
I’m Nina and I’m mixed race. I was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria to a white Jewish teenage mother and (absent) Jamaican father, and went on to have a somewhat [...]
Meet Nick from Buckfastleigh: The family moves out of London
My maternal grandfather was a white, working-class, London man made good. He was born in 1901; patriotic, racist, paternal, homophobic and sexist. He voted Conservative. But he was also [...]
Meet Lee-Ann, who’s mixed race and lives in Exeter
Lee-Ann was born in Malawi, Africa. She is of mixed Asian, European and African heritage. Both her parents are from Malawi. On her mum’s side her grandmother was of [...]
Meet Yvonne*, who is Black British and lives in Devon
Yvonne was born in London and her family is from Jamaica. As well as Devon, she has also lived in Lancaster. She moved to Devon as an adult in [...]
Meet Yukiko (Yuki) from Japan and Devon
Yuki was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father is from Fukushima, Japan and her mother is from Kyoto, Japan. Although she is Japanese, Yuki feels as though she is [...]