Today, 22 June 2024, is Windrush Day Windrush Day is an annual celebration of the contributions of the Windrush Generation and their descendants. In 1948, hundreds of Caribbean passengers boarded the Empire Windrush ship at Trinidad, Jamaica and Bermuda many
October is Black History Month in the UK. Although I’m talking about, writing about and sharing Black History all year round, this is time of year when the topic gets a dedicated month. Having a Black History Month helps people
This summer, the Imperial War Museum (IWM) will be marking the anniversary with new and thought-provoking family activities. Working with the research behind my children’s books The Story of Britain’s Black Airmen and The Story of the Windrush, IWM will develop
2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush ship at Tilbury Docks in June 1948. I began writing The Story of the Windrush in 2017, to be released in 2018 in celebration of this important milestone.
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