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WATCH | Joys and traditions of preparing pickled fish PREMIUM By Roslyn Baatjies-Klaasen - 01 April 2021 On entering Ruby Williams’s  Gelvan Park home, you only have to follow the aroma of fish being fried to find her busy in her kitchen. Williams, 61, has always loved cooking and as a child worked in a cafe in what was then Salisbury Park selling fish and chips... This article is reserved for HeraldLIVE subscribers. A subscription gives you full digital access to all our...

“We didn’t expect it. You should have seen me that day when they told me – I think I went into shock,” she said. The film draws comparisons to the real-life case of Ruby Williams, a former schoolgirl sent home from Hackneys Urswick School for the length of her afro hair. Ruby’s case was picked up by national news as she, and her family, battled against the school’s uniform policy in 2020, later receiving an £8,500 payout from the school. Doyin Ajiboye stars as Dọlápọ̀ in the ...

World for Natural Hair,” seeks to promote safe environments for Black people who wear their hair naturally and in traditionally Black hairstyles including afros, dreadlocks, cornrows, and braids. Last September, the bill was passed by the United States House of Representatives and now awaits approval by the US Senate. If passed, it would legally prohibit discrimination based on hairstyle and texture across the country, including in the 14 states where it was filed and it did not pass. The la...

Ruby Williams, now 19, with her dad Lenny and mum Kate. Picture: Williams family - Credit: Williams family A barrister was sacked from his chambers for calling a former Hackney schoolgirl a “stroppy teenager of colour”. Barrister Jon Holbrook was expelled from his position at Cornerstone Barristers following tweets concerning Hackney’s Ruby Williams, now 19. Ruby made headlines when she challenged her school’s uniform policy after being sent home due to the length of her afro hair...

A Fenland teenager has launched an initiative aimed at giving a boost to people with mental health problems.

Some say it’s the ‘best idea’ and others say it is disgraceful.

Holbrook logs in to Twitter A barrister has been expelled from chambers for tweeting that a black teenager was "stroppy" when she challenged her school for banning her afro. Barrister John Holbrook had tweeted on 17 January that the Equality Act "undermines school discipline by empowering the stroppy teenager of colour." His tweet was in response to a video by the Equality and Human Rights Commission describing how it had assisted teenager Ruby Williams and her parents, when Williams w...

THE mother of a girl described as “a stroppy teenager of colour” by a council lawyer has thanked the authority for dropping his services. Brighton and Hove City Council said it has “immediately” withdrawn instructions from lawyer Jon Holbrook after a series of Twitter posts came to light. The senior barrister tweeted that the Equality Act was “empowering the stroppy teenager of colour” in response to the story of pupil Ruby Williams, who was sent home from school because of her ...

The latest targets in the culture wars are two people who devote themselves in different ways to promoting liberty and the rule of law. Yet both now find themselves accused of crimes against the dogma

A single tweet criticising a politically correct court decision has cost a London barrister his career. Jon Holbrook, a top-ranked barrister with an unblemished professional record and thirty years at the bar, was expelled by his chambers after social justice warriors took exception to his comment on a court case involving alleged racial discrimination. Here is the tweet that got him cancelled: The Equality Act undermines school discipline by empowering the stroppy teenager of colour. https://t...