A deep social history that goes beyond the archives and trad narratives to rescue the real stories behind multicultural Britain and rewrite dominant discourse on Britishness. The subject matter is…
We Were There: How Black Culture, Community, and Resistance Shaped Modern Britain by Lanre Bakare (Book review)
Surge by Jay Bernard
Surge by Jay Bernard is a haunting yet deeply life-affirming collection of poetry. It responds to the tragic events of the 1981 New Cross Fire in London: a birthday party…
The Nickel Boys by Colston Whitehead
A devastating read that’s even more terrifying when you realise it’s based on a real Floridian “reform school” – Dozier. What horrors and secrets lie in the archives and burial…