LONDON: A special portrait exhibition which was installed in Windrush Square, Brixton, south London last month to honour members of the Windrush generation was vandalised by unknown person or persons last week. Organisers of the temporary...
LONDON: British author Simon Firth, who is a confessed fan of James Bond, the fictional British Secret Service agent, has just completed his seventh book featuring Bond, this time with Jamaica as the backdrop. On The Tracks of James Bond is the...
LONDON: Fredi Nwaka, the UK-based writer, director and producer, is excited about his new film Jafaican which is set to hit UK cinemas on May 20. The title, which has a spin on ‘Jamaican’, is mainly because the storyline is about a small-time...
LONDON: THE BEULAH Apostolic Church UK will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a four-day conference-style event at the Marriott Hotel in Leicester to reflect on its journey from humble beginnings. The event will also be used to craft plans for...
LONDON: London-based Jamaican philanthropist Captain Lesa Thomas is again giving a helping hand to her parent’s home land by partnering with local eyecare/eyewear provider, EyeQ Opitcal Ltd, in a project to benefit some 300 children in St...
LONDON: The Jamaican flag was proudly hoisted outside the Watford Borough Council offices in the town centre recently when Jamaica’s High Commissioner Alexander Williams visited the south west Hertfordshire town, as a guest of Civic Mayor...
LONDON: A group of campaigners in Harlesden has launched a bold initiative to prevent a historic community centre in Brent, northwest London, from being demolished to make way for a multi-purpose regeneration project. The Harlesden People’s...
LONDON: Black business owners gathered in Peckham, South London last week for their end-of-year celebrations at the J. Wray and Nephew-sponsored ‘Wray Forward’ community event, held in association with Foundervine. The Foundervine Community is a...
LONDON: Thirteen outstanding United Kingdom Jamaicans and two organisations, headed by inspirational and innovative Jamaican leadership, were honoured last Thursday at the third annual Weekly Gleaner Honour Awards luncheon held in London. Leading...
LONDON: Victims of the 2017 Windrush scandal received some welcome news last week after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced plans for a fundamental reset in the government’s response to those affected. In a special roundtable meeting at the...
LONDON: Lawson Crawford, a former senior solicitor with Myers Fletcher and Gordon UK law office and later, a director of legal and company secretary at University College London Business Ltd, passed away in London recently after a short illness....
LONDON: A memorial statue of Jamaica-born Nurse Mary Seacole, located on the grounds of the Guys and St Thomas Hospital, central London, was vandalised last week in what some have described as a racially motivated attack. The statue in honour of...
LONDON: As the Caribbean, last week, suffered the effects of Hurricane Beryl’s passage through the region, leaving destruction in its path, many UK-based organisations have made appeals for help and assistance for those affected. The Windward...
LONDON: Jamaican entertainer extraordinaire Michael James, better known as Jimmy James of The Vagabonds fame, passed away in London last week after a short illness. According to his wife of many years, Paula James, Jimmy was admitted to Northwick...
LONDON: Specially curated photographs of legendary reggae superstar Bob Marley during his early years in London taken by Jamaican film-maker and photographer Esther Anderson will be on show at the Muswell Hill Gallery, Hornsey, London N8, from May...
A refurbished memorial space at Hackney Downs Park, east London, dedicated to the memory of the New Cross Fire victims from 1981, was unveiled on March 2 to coincide with the 43rd anniversary of the Black Peoples Day of Action march, which...
LONDON: Senator Aubyn Hill, Jamaica’s minister of industry, investment and commerce, has promoted the island as a good place to do business as “it is the only country in the Western Hemisphere with a post-pandemic positive economic recovery rate”....
LONDON: London is gearing up to host Europe’s biggest street festival with the Notting Hill Caribbean Carnival, set for Bank Holiday weekend, Sunday and Monday, August 27 and 28. Steel bands, costumes, food stalls, sound systems and hundreds of...
LONDON: Former Met police Superintendent Leroy Logan MBE has called for investigations into the 1993 murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence to be reopened after a sixth suspect was named following a BBC TV news probe into the 30-year-old case....
The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla last weekend was a momentous occasion which was celebrated with four days of activities and involved various communities throughout the UK. The centrepiece of the historic event was the...
LONDON: Two young British-born architects are determined to assist aspiring design students in Jamaica by donating new and reusable materials collected from universities in the UK which would otherwise have been disposed of and contribute to...
LONDON, England: As the countdown to tomorrow’s coronation of King Charles gathers pace, three outstanding women from the Caribbean have been given key roles in the historic British ceremony which will be held for the first time since 1953. The...
LONDON: Jamaica-born poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, who is also a renowned reggae icon, academic and campaigner, has launched his fifth book, titled Time Come: Selected Prose, a collection of his writings over the years, including essays, book...
LONDON: Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, will apologise for its historical links to slavery and colonialism after it adopted a series of recommendations from a review it launched in 2020 and chaired by Jamaican professor and civil rights activist...
Albert Jarrett, a World War II veteran from Hanover, Jamaica, died just one week after he was a Commonwealth Games baton bearer for the international sporting event that was held in his home town of Birmingham, England. Jarrett, who lived in Shard...
