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What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 than by learning about the trailblazing women of your local community.

What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 than by learning about the trailblazing women of your local community.

October is Black History Month which celebrates the important contributions black people have made to the UK. So the Horrible Histories team has made an amazing game to help you find out more about influential black people.

Sun 17 Jan 2021 06.00 EST Although it happened before I was born, the New Cross fire in 1981 and the National Black People’s Day of Action that followed are landmarks in my identity; growing up in a Caribbean family in the 1980s, they are part of our collective memory. New Cross is fundamental because it contains all the features of racism that black people in Britain have long suffered: the racial violence, police abuse, neglect by the state; in turn, it tells us of the community’s resistance. Forty years on, recalling the events seems vital, especially in this moment of renewed optimism...