Britain observes Windrush Day on Monday, a celebration of the contribution of first-generation migrants, especially those with an Afro-Caribbean background, to British life. This year, it comes amid a ...

To mark Windrush Day, Buckingham Palace shared portraits commissioned by King Charles, honoring Caribbean pioneers who helped rebuild post-war Britain. The British Royal Family marked Windrush Day by ...

Friends of Windrush Square previously said the vandalism was racially motivated A Windrush exhibition featuring portraits of people who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean, which was defaced while on ...

This feature first appeared in June 2023 on Londonist: Time Machine, our much-praised history newsletter. To be the first to read new history features like this, sign up for free here. Decades later, ...

June 22 is Windrush Day in the United Kingdom, and it marks the contributions of hundreds of Black Caribbean economic migrants who began arriving on the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948. Those ...

*Some years ago, I featured OUR ROOTS documenting the WINDRUSH Story Project on EURweb albeit in black and white. Years later, many are talking about WINDRUSH in the United Kingdom and beyond. I first ...

The changes include paying Windrush claimants, who challenge a compensation offer, up to 75 percent of the award in advance, pending the review of their offer. The scheme also now compensates people ...

In 2004 Theresa May said "I find it extraordinary that a Minister isn’t willing just to step up to the plate and take responsibility... I’m actually sick and tired of Government Ministers who simply ...

Friends of Windrush Square had said the vandalism was "an attack on public art" The vandalism of Windrush generation portraits is not being treated as a hate crime, the Met police said after they ...