My soul is from the sea
By Gurpreet Kaur My soul is from the sea, my body from my mother, and her body from my grandmother, carrying us back to our ancestral shores in northern [...]
Stories: A poem by Saili Katebe
We build galleries down the local, fill them with punters and pictures, hoping to watch our neighbourhoods grow culture. At home, we sit together, weaving something to last [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Meet Leon, who’s mixed race and lives near Bridport
Hi, I am Leon. I live a few miles north of Bridport. Ethnically I am mixed race – my father is from Trinidad and my mother is from Kent. [...]
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 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 Emily, who is mixed heritage, from Cornwall
I was born in Cornwall. My mother was from London, although she was born in South Africa, and my father was from Cornwall. I define my ethnicity as mixed [...]
Meet Michelle*: a Guyanese-Bajan-Brit from Wiltshire
I was born in Islington, North London. My mother’s family are from Guyana, and my father’s family are from Barbados. I define myself as black. I lived in [...]