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If the selectors of this artwork wanted to use it as a litmus test for British attitudes to race and Black womanhood, they have succeeded.
All of the racists — and more —......
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Jamaica’s push for reparatory justice also demands for the return of sacred objects removed from the island under colonial rule.
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Jamaica is pressing Britain to return sacred Taíno artefacts held by the British Museum, putting the recovery of its Indigenous heritage alongside its campaign for justice over slavery.
Culture Minister Olivia Grange is due to meet museum officials during her visit to Britain to advance discussions on repatriation. Her message is direct: these treasures belong to Jamaica.
“They are priceless, they are significant to......
Professor Deborah Prentice says the two-part independent review will examine Cambridge’s support, interventions and protections before Professor Jason Arday’s death, as well as his recruitment, mentoring and the university’s handling of misconduct allegations.
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Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice has announced a two-part independent review into Professor Jason Arday’s time at the University of Cambridge and the support, interventions and protections available to him before his death.
In a video statement, Prentice said the weeks since Arday’s death......
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Homerton College, University of Cambridge has issued a public statement of support for its Principal, Lord Simon Woolley, as scrutiny of his position intensifies in the weeks following the death of Professor Jason Arday.
Posted to Instagram by the college, the statement praises Lord Woolley's leadership since his appointment in 2021, citing his "commitment to widening participation, academic excellence and an inclusive College community" as reflecting values "central to Homerton's mission." It goes on to confirm that his appointment "followed the College's established governance and appointment processes" and that he......
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Andrew Gilligan calls for Homerton principal's removal. But when read closely, it is a character prosecution built on loaded language, guilt by association and a grievance nearly two decades old.
At 6.50am on Monday, The Spectator published an article carrying an extraordinary verdict: “Simon Woolley is not fit to lead a Cambridge college.”
The accusation is grave. Lord Woolley is the principal of Homerton College, a......
U.S. talk show host Tavis Smiley is joined live by sociologist Kehinde Andrews and cultural historian Sir Patrick Vernon to reflect on the life of their friend and colleague, the late Cambridge University professor Jason Arday, and what his death means for Black academics more broadly.
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Jason Arday made history in 2023 as the youngest Black professor in the University of Cambridge's history, appointed to the role of Professor of Sociology of Education aged just 37. His own story was as remarkable as his appointment: born in south London to Ghanaian parents, Arday did not speak until he was 11 and could not......
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Andy Burnham: Britain Was Told It Is Not Institutionally Racist. Do You Still Believe It?
An open letter to the Prime Minister—and an appeal to the conscience of Britain
Prime Minister,
Black Britain is not asking whether racism exists. We have lived the answer.
The question is whether you, as Prime Minister, have the courage to acknowledge the scale of Britain’s race problem—and whether your Government is prepared to confront it honestly.
In 2021, the government-appointed Commission on......
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Claude Hendrickson MBE calls for greater Black community ownership of land and housing through self-build projects and community land trusts.
The Leeds housing pioneer says community ownership can provide Black families with secure homes, employment and something lasting to pass to future generations.
Black communities in Britain need greater control over land, not merely access to houses built and owned by others, according to community-led housing pioneer Claude Hendrickson MBE.
Speaking to Jude Davis in a new Power To Prosper interview, Hendrickson said many African, Caribbean and Asian......
17-year-old David Wynter named as victim of fatal Wembley stabbing
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The Metropolitan Police has named 17-year-old David Wynter as the teenager who died following a fatal stabbing at Brent Civic Centre in Wembley.
Police were called to Engineers Way at around 2:30pm on Tuesday, 25 August, following reports of a stabbing. Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service and found David suffering from stab wounds. Despite the efforts of paramedics, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police initially said the victim was believed to be a teenager and launched a murder......
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Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has issued a powerful tribute to Professor Jason Arday — and a grave warning about what can happen when public scrutiny turns into public destruction.
In a statement titled End of Arday’s Days, the Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies describes Arday’s loss as a “gruesome, networked catastrophe”. His message moves beyond the final weeks of one academic’s life to confront the wider systems that decide whose excellence is celebrated, whose credibility is relentlessly questioned, and whose vulnerability is ignored.
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