Windrush Stories News Today

A documentary in Newport looks at the achievements of post-war immigrants who helped rebuild Wales.

Windrush Day falls in June 22. By Yolanthe Fawehinmi.

The passenger list for the Empire Windrush has gone on public display in the 75th anniversary year since the ship made its landmark journey.

THE final day of a thought-provoking exhibition will feature a discussion by members of Bradford’s Windrush Generation Partnership.

A DJ for 25 years, the first woman to host a national d&b show on the UK airwaves, a producer, a label boss, a storyteller and a core member and mentor with the EQ50 collective, DJ Flight’s influence on the scene has been immense. She’s helped change lives through her work for the Prison Radio Association, and shone a spotlight on the members of the Windrush Generation and their descendants through her Windrush Stories series. For these reasons and more, she is the recipient of the 2022 ...

PREVIOUSLY untold stories of people from the Windrush Generation who came to live in Bradford are unveiled in a new exhibition.

In his opinion piece for the Ipswich Star and East Anglian, Mayor of Ipswich John Cook looks at a busy summer of events in the town.

22 June 2021 The Museum of London has acquired an ensemble from London fashion designer Tihara Smith’s ‘Windrush collection’ along with a suit owned by her grandfather. Both pieces, and oral histories recorded for the museum by Tihara, her mother and her grandfather have been made available to explore on the Museum of London website to mark Windrush Day 2021. Designed as part of Smith’s UCA Epsom graduate collection in 2018, and selected for display at Graduate Fashion Week, the outfit ...

The Earth Hall at Natural History Museum. Image: Matt Brown Almost a year after the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the UK — disrupting the education of millions of children and young people — families and teachers across the nation are once again getting to grips with remote education. Whether youre a parent whos struggling to engage a reluctant home learner or a teacher on the hunt for fresh lesson plan inspiration, some of Londons biggest cultural institutions may just be able to help. R...