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Black men and women are a rare sight in British history books. For Black History Month, here are 10 Black britons everyone should know about

JODIE Turner-Smith made her debut as Anne Boleyn in a new Channel 5 drama series last night. Anne Boleyn explores the final months of Henry VIII’s…

Yes, there were black Tudors – and they lived fascinating lives Ahead of Channel 5's new Anne Boleyn drama, Dr Miranda Kaufmann examines the role people of African descent played in Tudor society 1 June 2021 • 5:00am Jodie Turner-Smith plays Anne Boleyn in Channel 5's new drama of the same name Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh / Fable / The Falen Falcon Ltd / ViacomCBS I am always exasperated by the uproar when a new historical drama comes out with a cast that isn’t solely white. A black nobleman in Georgian England? A British Asian actor as David Copperfield? Producers are accused of panderin...

Turner-Smith previously said that Boleyn’s life resonated with her as a new mother, and that it was a story she could “relate to as a black woman … it shows how little has changed in terms of our desire to tear down powerful women”. She told the Guardian that “the idea that a woman with power is a threat or must be destroyed is nothing new and somehow it seems to never get old”. “Look at the last four years in America, and how certain politicians would speak about women that dared to be assertive or that demonstrated their intelligence, their power,” ad...

It is a bastion of female learning, an elite boarding school perched dramatically over the English Channel, that prides itself on nurturing the character of its girls as much as its enviable educational achievements. But Roedean’s reputation for gentility and decorum is now under threat because of a bitter squabble between its trustees and a group of former pupils that has – allegedly – spilled over into physical confrontation. At its core are said to be fears among some old girls that boys could be allowed into the school for the first time in its 135-year history – a prospect that h...