July 20, 2026
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With the annual humiliation ritual of Notting Hill Carnival begging for funding settled months ago, the way is clear for the event that calls itself “The Greatest Community-led Event on the Planet!” to celebrate it’s 60th anniversary with an app and range of stainless steel tumblers and water bottles. Meanwhile…
July 13, 2026
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The issue of the extent to which music content effects the community has re-surfaced in light of singers Nicci Gilbert and India.Arie’s comments about rapper Yung Miami’s “ratchet” hit Spend Dat. While Gilbert went all in stating calling the song that many are hyping as the “song of the summer,”…
July 6, 2026
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A recent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation into services across England by the Maternal, Newborn and Infant Clinical Outcome Review (MBRRACE-UK) revealed that “racism and structural inequalities are embedded across England’s maternity system, putting Black mothers and babies at greater risk.” (1) The report states: “Racism and discrimination in healthcare…
June 29, 2026
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An education revolution is about to begin – if we want it. Some of our brightest and best minds (and others with different agendas) have been tackling this issue for six decades. While they helped establish a formidable legacy of foundation schools (“Saturday” or “Supplementary” schools), the school system itself…
June 22, 2026
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The largest ever FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup boasting a record forty-eight teams is well and truly under way in the USA, Canada and Mexico. But even before a ball was kicked, the biggest football event on the planet was rather less than the ‘World Cup for…