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Category Archives: Black History Month
Jamaican artist’s design chosen for £1m Windrush memorial
A statue designed by the internationally renowned Jamaican artist Basil Watson has been selected by the Windrush Commemoration Committee to be a national monument to the dreams, ambition, courage and resilience of the pioneers who arrived in Britain from the … Continue reading
Croydon’s Black History Month offers much to be proud about
Croydon’s Black History Month begins tonight under the tagline “Proud2be”. Organised by the Croydon BME Forum, Black History Month includes an intergenerational fashion show, poetry readings, live music, theatre, a networking brunch and thought-provoking discussions.
Share your thoughts on national Windrush Memorial designs
The government is commissioning a permanent national monument to the Windrush Generation to recognise how they have enriched our nation’s history. The monument will be positioned at Waterloo Station, the point of arrival in London for many, as a permanent … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Black History Month, Education, History
Tagged Windrush Generation, Windrush Memorial
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10 tips to help you and others on World Mental Health Day
Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day. Here, ROWENNA DAVIS (left) outlines some of the things which all of us can do to help others, and to help ourselves We need World Mental Health Day more than ever this year. According … Continue reading
Fare rises and jerk chicken: Tory Bailey hasn’t much to offer
Shaun Bailey, recently named as the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, was in Croydon last night for what the local Tories tried to bill as a Black History Month event. KEN TOWL went along to see what Bailey had to … Continue reading
Council’s underwhelming programme for Black History Month
BELLA BARTOCK, our culture correspondent, on the uninspiring offer from Croydon Town Hall It is hard not to have a degree of ambivalence about this year’s offering from Croydon Council for Black History Month. Just like last year, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Black History Month, Dance, Education, History, Libraries, Music, Poetry
Tagged BHM, Black History Month
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Colour-coded divisions over Black History Month events
It surely cannot be deliberate, since Croydon Council’s press and publicity department is too ham-fisted to organise itself so well. But if anyone ever wanted a demonstration of how we live in a divided borough, then they need only refer … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Badsha Quadir, Black History Month, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dance, Education, Fairfield Halls, History, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Music, Purley, Steve O'Connell, Theatre
Tagged Badsha Quadir, BHM, Black History Month, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kenley, Mario Creatura, Purley, Simon Brew, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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