Race
Beverley Knight: ‘My young black skin was politicised the day I was born’
Beverley Knight: ‘My young black skin was politicised the day I was born’
She knew her future was in music, but never dreamed that the star of all the posters on her wall would one day join her on stage
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Black Lives Matter transformed the world’
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Black Lives Matter transformed the world’
The celebrated author’s debut novel, Chain-Gang All-Stars, takes aim at institutionalised racism in the US
Children of Windrush: Mica Paris, Jay Blades, Lenny Henry and more reflect on heritage and identity
Children of Windrush: Mica Paris, Jay Blades, Lenny Henry and more reflect on heritage and identity
To mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush, we revisit interviews with prominent Black Britains from our Letter To My Younger Self series.
Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘It should not be a novelty that there’s more than one Black face on stage’
Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘It should not be a novelty that there’s more than one Black face on stage’
Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends’
Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends’
Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it’s a nightclub policy – ‘one in, one out’
Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it’s a nightclub policy – ‘one in, one out’
I couldn’t find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one
I couldn’t find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one
Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation’
Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation’
David Harewood: ‘I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?’
David Harewood: ‘I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?’
David Harewood: UK off-shored our racism and brutality
David Harewood: UK off-shored our racism and brutality
Jon Snow: ‘It was wonderful to talk to Nelson Mandela’
Jon Snow: ‘It was wonderful to talk to Nelson Mandela’
In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience
In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience
Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton ‘is as dark as it can get’
Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton ‘is as dark as it can get’
Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence explain the ‘gross injustice’ of new film The Silent Twins
Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence explain the ‘gross injustice’ of new film The Silent Twins
Doreen Lawrence: ‘I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died’
Doreen Lawrence: ‘I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died’
Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Top 5 books about dual heritage, chosen by Eva Verde
Top 5 books about dual heritage, chosen by Eva Verde
Sandra Newman’s The Men: A crunchy and compelling dystopia
Sandra Newman’s The Men: A crunchy and compelling dystopia
Alison Hammond: ‘I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain’
Alison Hammond: ‘I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain’
Kurt Zouma has the country facing an uncomfortable question: Do Britons think cats’ lives matter more than Black lives?
Kurt Zouma has the country facing an uncomfortable question: Do Britons think cats’ lives matter more than Black lives?
Hollywood mourns Sir Sidney Poitier, ground-breaking Black actor and activist who has died at 94
Hollywood mourns Sir Sidney Poitier, ground-breaking Black actor and activist who has died at 94
David Harewood on 2021: ‘The Sewell Report was a kick in the teeth to a lot of Black people’
