Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.
July 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.
Fascinating and important story for our understanding of #BlackBritishHistory
Britain’s first black voter was in 1749, 25 years earlier than thought, and ran a pub www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Britain’s first black voter was in 1749, 25 years earlier than thought, and ran a pub
John London, a landlord, paid rates so could take part in Westminster byelection despite being called a ‘blackamoor’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Fascinating and important story for our understanding of #BlackBritishHistory
The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
September 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
From the creation of lectureships to the closure of postgrad programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
March 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
From the creation of lectureships to the closure of postgrad programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
November 27, 2024 at 6:08 PM
The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀
@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia
October 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
My article — “Black is Beautiful”: Gender, Pigmentation, and Political Blackness in Modern Britain — is now available to read! It reinserts the politics of complexion into our narratives of the Black Power and Black Women’s movements. #BlackBritishHistory
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
‘Black is beautiful’: gender, pigmentation and political blackness in modern Britain*
Abstract. By examining political literature, ephemera and oral histories, this article investigates the politics of pigmentation within the Black Power and
academic.oup.com
August 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
My article — “Black is Beautiful”: Gender, Pigmentation, and Political Blackness in Modern Britain — is now available to read! It reinserts the politics of complexion into our narratives of the Black Power and Black Women’s movements. #BlackBritishHistory
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Our final seminar of the academic year will take place next Thursday in-person and online! Join us to hear about Michael Collins’s latest book on Windrush Cricket
#BlackBritishHistory
#BlackBritishHistory
Join us next Thursday to hear from Dr Michael Collins: “Rethinking black British history: perspectives from the (cricket) field.”
📍 N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House (and online)
📆 Thursday 7th May, 2026
⏰ 17:30
🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
📍 N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House (and online)
📆 Thursday 7th May, 2026
⏰ 17:30
🔗 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
April 29, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Our final seminar of the academic year will take place next Thursday in-person and online! Join us to hear about Michael Collins’s latest book on Windrush Cricket
#BlackBritishHistory
#BlackBritishHistory
#WindrushDay2025 #BlackBritishHistory #NHSLegacy #WindrushGeneration #DiverseNurse #CaribbeanHeritage
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#WindrushDay2025 #BlackBritishHistory #NHSLegacy #WindrushGeneration #DiverseNurse #CaribbeanHeritage
From the creation of lectureships to the closure of programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
March 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
From the creation of lectureships to the closure of programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025
🗓️ 6th March
⏰ 17:30
📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01
www.history.ac.uk/events/black...
Book of the Day: Black Britain by Paul Gilroy
From Windrush to Notting Hill, Gilroy weaves a vital visual history of Black life in the UK – the icons, the everyday, the overlooked.
A powerful chronicle of presence, resistance and belonging.
#BlackBritishHistory #PostcolonialBritain #PaulGilroy
From Windrush to Notting Hill, Gilroy weaves a vital visual history of Black life in the UK – the icons, the everyday, the overlooked.
A powerful chronicle of presence, resistance and belonging.
#BlackBritishHistory #PostcolonialBritain #PaulGilroy
July 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Book of the Day: Black Britain by Paul Gilroy
From Windrush to Notting Hill, Gilroy weaves a vital visual history of Black life in the UK – the icons, the everyday, the overlooked.
A powerful chronicle of presence, resistance and belonging.
#BlackBritishHistory #PostcolonialBritain #PaulGilroy
From Windrush to Notting Hill, Gilroy weaves a vital visual history of Black life in the UK – the icons, the everyday, the overlooked.
A powerful chronicle of presence, resistance and belonging.
#BlackBritishHistory #PostcolonialBritain #PaulGilroy
Pleased to announce that I have been appointed Director of History and Heritage with the New Cross Fire Foundation.
Really proud to be working with this amazing organisation and contributing to it's work.
www.ncff.co.uk
#newcrossfire #newcrossfire1981 #newcross #blackbritishhistory #history
Really proud to be working with this amazing organisation and contributing to it's work.
www.ncff.co.uk
#newcrossfire #newcrossfire1981 #newcross #blackbritishhistory #history
About | New Cross Fire Foundation
www.ncff.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Pleased to announce that I have been appointed Director of History and Heritage with the New Cross Fire Foundation.
Really proud to be working with this amazing organisation and contributing to it's work.
www.ncff.co.uk
#newcrossfire #newcrossfire1981 #newcross #blackbritishhistory #history
Really proud to be working with this amazing organisation and contributing to it's work.
www.ncff.co.uk
#newcrossfire #newcrossfire1981 #newcross #blackbritishhistory #history
We’re delighted that in collaboration with the @ihr.bsky.social & @vchlondon.bsky.social we’ll be running this event exploring how #local & #place-based research could more effectively engage with #BlackBritishHistory - all welcome to join us online - www.history.ac.uk/events/local...
August 6, 2024 at 2:23 PM
We’re delighted that in collaboration with the @ihr.bsky.social & @vchlondon.bsky.social we’ll be running this event exploring how #local & #place-based research could more effectively engage with #BlackBritishHistory - all welcome to join us online - www.history.ac.uk/events/local...
I'm hugely looking forward to this event - a chance to learn about researching and sharing the rich stories of #BlackBritishHistory from a #local and #place-based perspective. It's never been more important.
We’re delighted that in collaboration with the @ihr.bsky.social & @vchlondon.bsky.social we’ll be running this event exploring how #local & #place-based research could more effectively engage with #BlackBritishHistory - all welcome to join us online - www.history.ac.uk/events/local...
August 7, 2024 at 7:11 PM
I'm hugely looking forward to this event - a chance to learn about researching and sharing the rich stories of #BlackBritishHistory from a #local and #place-based perspective. It's never been more important.
Windrush Line but they’re deporting UK born Jamaican people with no remorse. Instead of giving us reparations, they make a train.. when we’re the same ones dat built dem. Kmt #blackbritishhistory
December 4, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Windrush Line but they’re deporting UK born Jamaican people with no remorse. Instead of giving us reparations, they make a train.. when we’re the same ones dat built dem. Kmt #blackbritishhistory
I shall definitely be popping to Brighton to the Royal Pavilion for this! 14 May, evening.
#blackhistory #brighton #blackbritain #blackbritishhistory #decolonising #decolonial #sussex
brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/an-eve...
#blackhistory #brighton #blackbritain #blackbritishhistory #decolonising #decolonial #sussex
brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/an-eve...
An Evening with Professor Hakim Adi: African and Caribbean People in Britain
An Evening with Professor Hakim Adi: African and Caribbean People in Britain
brightonmuseums.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I shall definitely be popping to Brighton to the Royal Pavilion for this! 14 May, evening.
#blackhistory #brighton #blackbritain #blackbritishhistory #decolonising #decolonial #sussex
brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/an-eve...
#blackhistory #brighton #blackbritain #blackbritishhistory #decolonising #decolonial #sussex
brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/an-eve...
Ramsay Bader was a tank driver in the 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery of the British Army. As part of the 147th, Bader landed on Gold Beach on D-Day, June 6th 1944.
#BlackHistoryMonth #WWII #BlackBritishHistory #MilitaryHistory #DDay
#BlackHistoryMonth #WWII #BlackBritishHistory #MilitaryHistory #DDay
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ramsay Bader was a tank driver in the 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery of the British Army. As part of the 147th, Bader landed on Gold Beach on D-Day, June 6th 1944.
#BlackHistoryMonth #WWII #BlackBritishHistory #MilitaryHistory #DDay
#BlackHistoryMonth #WWII #BlackBritishHistory #MilitaryHistory #DDay
Mary Ann Machman: from enslaved life in Virginia (USA) to freedom in North Shields (NE England).
#Statue #BlackBritishHistory www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/1...
#Statue #BlackBritishHistory www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/1...
From Slavery in Virginia to Freedom in the North East of England
How an enslaved woman fled America and found safety in the North East of England
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mary Ann Machman: from enslaved life in Virginia (USA) to freedom in North Shields (NE England).
#Statue #BlackBritishHistory www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/1...
#Statue #BlackBritishHistory www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/1...
In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Chapeltown Bonfire incident, I’ll be talking about Black women’s community activism in Leeds at Leeds Beckett University.
⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
📍 Rose Bowl, City Campus
🎟️ bit.ly/480KUUD
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackBritishHistory
⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
📍 Rose Bowl, City Campus
🎟️ bit.ly/480KUUD
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackBritishHistory
50 years on: Caribbean women and the Chapeltown bonfire night incident 1975
Marking 50 years since the Bonfire Twelve, this talk explores the women's role in resisting racism and injustice in Leeds.
bit.ly
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Chapeltown Bonfire incident, I’ll be talking about Black women’s community activism in Leeds at Leeds Beckett University.
⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
📍 Rose Bowl, City Campus
🎟️ bit.ly/480KUUD
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackBritishHistory
⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
📍 Rose Bowl, City Campus
🎟️ bit.ly/480KUUD
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackBritishHistory
This week I’ll present at the @cuhistorydept.bsky.social workshop on Black Europe: A Field on the Move in New York 🇺🇸 and the roundtable on methodologies in #BlackBritishHistory at @thenacbs.bsky.social in Montreal 🇨🇦 I look forward to our conversations on the need for Black European histories
We will not have a seminar this month because many of our convenors will be at @thenacbs.bsky.social conference! Check out their papers on race and #BlackBritishHistory if you’ll be joining us in Montreal 🇨🇦
www.nacbs.org/conference
www.nacbs.org/conference
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This week I’ll present at the @cuhistorydept.bsky.social workshop on Black Europe: A Field on the Move in New York 🇺🇸 and the roundtable on methodologies in #BlackBritishHistory at @thenacbs.bsky.social in Montreal 🇨🇦 I look forward to our conversations on the need for Black European histories
Anyone spare tomorrow in the Guidlford area - Sancho&Me - For One Night Only.@YvonneArnaud Be grand to see you. www.facebook.com/share/v/18YC... #IgnatiusSancho #Theatre #BritishHistory #BlackBritishHistory
www.facebook.com
April 25, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Anyone spare tomorrow in the Guidlford area - Sancho&Me - For One Night Only.@YvonneArnaud Be grand to see you. www.facebook.com/share/v/18YC... #IgnatiusSancho #Theatre #BritishHistory #BlackBritishHistory
#BlackBritishHistory Paul Robeson was presented by the British Soviet Society at Birmingham Town Hall on 21 May 1949, 77 years to the day. Ref: LP 22.41 #LibraryofBham #BlackBritHist
May 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#BlackBritishHistory Paul Robeson was presented by the British Soviet Society at Birmingham Town Hall on 21 May 1949, 77 years to the day. Ref: LP 22.41 #LibraryofBham #BlackBritHist
It was a joy to meet with researchers from across the world. I also loved my panel’s intervention at NACBS: an ethical discussion of #BlackBritishHistory by eight Black/ mixed-race early career researchers. A visual reminder that Black people are the makers of history, and not simply its subjects.
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It was a joy to meet with researchers from across the world. I also loved my panel’s intervention at NACBS: an ethical discussion of #BlackBritishHistory by eight Black/ mixed-race early career researchers. A visual reminder that Black people are the makers of history, and not simply its subjects.
@kghist.bsky.social
This project looks terrific: abolitionist songs and the Black British community
#addtoblacksky #blackwomen #blackpeople #slavery #blackmusic #blackbritish #blackhistory #blackbritishhistory #blackresearchers #blackacademics #blackeducators #blacksky
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This project looks terrific: abolitionist songs and the Black British community
#addtoblacksky #blackwomen #blackpeople #slavery #blackmusic #blackbritish #blackhistory #blackbritishhistory #blackresearchers #blackacademics #blackeducators #blacksky
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January 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
@kghist.bsky.social
This project looks terrific: abolitionist songs and the Black British community
#addtoblacksky #blackwomen #blackpeople #slavery #blackmusic #blackbritish #blackhistory #blackbritishhistory #blackresearchers #blackacademics #blackeducators #blacksky
(1/2)
This project looks terrific: abolitionist songs and the Black British community
#addtoblacksky #blackwomen #blackpeople #slavery #blackmusic #blackbritish #blackhistory #blackbritishhistory #blackresearchers #blackacademics #blackeducators #blacksky
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This is going to be a fantastic events series full of events directly relevant to our #VCH community. We’re particularly excited to be involved with the #local & #place based #blackbritishhistory session in #blackhistorymonth
We’re delighted to preview the @ihr.bsky.social ‘s @chppc.bsky.social 24-25 events series. Everyone is welcome. You can sign up for our autumn events at www.history.ac.uk/seminars/peo...
September 18, 2024 at 8:42 AM
This is going to be a fantastic events series full of events directly relevant to our #VCH community. We’re particularly excited to be involved with the #local & #place based #blackbritishhistory session in #blackhistorymonth