Meet Daniel, from London, Boston and Rowhedege
The recent focus on the Black Lives Matter movement and the terrible murder of George Floyd in the USA has brought back memories of racial abuse, injustice and inequality. [...]
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 Fin, from Cornwall
(Fin’s story as told by himself and his mum, Colleen to Louisa Adjoa Parker) Fin is 8 years old and lives near St Austell, Cornwall. He defines himself as [...]
Meet Sethina, who is mixed Ghanaian and British
I was born in Accra, Ghana, and lived there until I was 3. My mother is from Bristol and the south west, as were my grandparents Hugh and Sonia. [...]
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 Martha, from the Cotswolds
I’ve lived in London for ten years but I am from a small village in the Cotswolds. I would say that I’m mixed race or Black. I use brown [...]
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 Dan’s mum Dareth, who’s black British and lives in Stroud
I live in Stroud, Gloucestershire, which is a rural town about 10 miles from Gloucester. I define myself as black, born in England to black Jamaican parents. I was [...]
Meet Helen*, a British-Caribbean in Taunton
Helen is a British-Caribbean 45 year-old freelance writer. She was born in London and now lives in Taunton. She’s also lived in the West Midlands and the Netherlands. Her [...]