Since the beginning of 2020 it seems like there has been just one tragedy after another. The pandemic. The government’s mishandling of it, causing over 120,000 deaths. George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. The performative responses to the BLM protests. The murders…
Another week, another example of despicable and dangerous behaviour from the Home Office. As you all ought to be aware, on 2Â December a deportation flight to Jamaica took off. It was dubbed #Jamaica50 on Twitter and Instagram because 50 people…
About a week ago, a video of a BBC journalist interviewing the Prime Minister of Barbados made the rounds on Twitter. If you didn’t know already, as well as the removal of the Queen as Head of State, Barbados has…
The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked an international conversation about racism, specifically anti-Blackness. It is a conversation that has drawn in people from across countries and generations, and within the Black community we’ve been looking to our…
It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a god-awful year for this world. Without a shadow of doubt, it has been particularly awful for Black people. The never-ending fight against institutional racism has intensified in the past three months,…
WARNING: This is a very emotionally charged post. I am incensed about this particular topic and I am using this post as a form of catharsis. It is explicit. It is vitriolic. It is how I choose to express myself…
For a long time, I was one of those Brits who didn’t really care too much about the monarchy. I didn’t have much interest in their lives, or their weddings – when Wills and Kate got married I took advantage…
The General Election is this week. Despite the fact that there are plenty of candidates standing for other parties, the reality facing us is that the real competition is between Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party and the Conservatives, ‘led’ by Boris…
Saturday 22 June saw the arrival of the UK’s first official Windrush Day, a day commemorating the arrival of British citizens from the Caribbean on the Empire Windrush in 1948, and celebrating the immense contribution the Windrush generation has made…