Kenny Lynch
Comedian and singer Kenny Lynch toured with the Beatles and appeared in Carry On Films. From Caribbean-Irish heritage, he was […]
March 2020
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
After meeting in Year 8 of secondary school, Ayanna found her beloved cello Reuben and they’ve been inseparable ever since. […]
Rap Saunders
Rap is the son of Darcus Howe, a black activist who moved over to the UK in the late 1960s […]
Shirley Best
Shirley’s parents came to London from Barbados in 1956. Growing up Shirley experienced a tight-knit community feel in their flat […]
Keith Corbin
Keith reminisces about coming over to London in the 1960s and being surprised to hang up his wet clothes on […]
Merle Van den Bosch
Merle spent fourteen days aboard a ship in the 1960s, in order to come to the UK and study nursing […]
Alex Pascall
Alex, with the Alex Pascall Singers, knew he wanted to create a new BBC radio programme that spoke to the […]
Sonia McIntosh
Sonia began working in Parliament and became a strong advocate for diversity and encouraging those from BAME to join. Her […]
Rosemarie Mallett
Rosemarie has found a community and faith through her local church, and also inner strength in helping disadvantaged others. She […]
Stephen Bourne
Stephen is a historian of Black Britain, and has been inspired to find hidden histories and hidden stories by the […]
Sara Burke
London teacher Sara Burke is the granddaughter of Jamaican immigrants who came to the UK during the Windrush era. Not […]
Breyanna Smith
Breyanna loves to run and aspires to one day run in the Olympics. She often feels trapped in the classroom […]
Jocelyn Barrow
Dame Jocelyn Barrow was knighted for her achievements in race relations. She was one of the founders of the Commission for […]
Yvonne Couture
Yvonne has lived her whole life in a large town house in suburban London. She welcomes us in through the […]