Becoming a solicitor
To succeed as a solicitor, you need to be determined and highly motivated. It will take at least…
A career as a barrister
Barristers are probably best known for wearing wigs and gowns and presenting legal arguments in court. But there…
Routes to qualifying in Law
Taking a law degree is probably the most straightforward as your studies include everything required for the academic…
Training contracts in Law firms
The training contract period is for two years although it can be reduced by up to six months…
Ishiguro appeals for more diversity in literature
Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 this October and delivered his Nobel Lecture on Thursday…
SOME VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN BLACK BRITONS
AGNES BIZZETT / AGNES FOSTER was born in Jamaica around 1827, inherited money from her Scottish father, and…
Are you the leader you’ve been looking for?
AND we want to challenge both Black leaders and companies to look beyond the one-month-a-year scenario. The environment…
Black Artists – How Much Individuality Do They Get
Black Responsibility and Individual Rights: A Delicate Balance Eddie Chambers, academic and one of the original four artists…
BLACK BRITISH HISTORY: Black Influences on British Culture (1948 to 2016)
By Robin Walker, Vanika Marshall, Paula Perry and Tony Vaughan, published August 2017, with 118 pages, 145 illustrations…
Maureen Roberts “Come le’ We Talk”
This is a list of 30 heritage institutions in London that you should know about and visit because…
Phillip Udeh
Many of my peers went into banking and consulting, whilst I embarked on a year of placements with…
Alpha Boys’ School: Cradle of Jamaican Music
Behind Jamaica’s global musical reverberation lies the unlikely story of a boarding school run by Roman Catholic nuns,…
African History Month Discussion Paper 3
Parts of this paper were read out by Addai-Sebo’s former Greater London Council and London Strategic Policy Unit…
African History Month Discussion Paper 2
Originally taken from a 2006 offline blog by Linda Bellos, and posted in 2011 on the TAOBQ (The…
Black History Month Ends, African History Season Continues
Before the recent African History Month had ended, there were stories in the press about the white-washing, diversifying…
Don Barden: the first African American casino owner in Vegas
So it’s even more remarkable when someone from humble beginnings achieves this while also creating a major milestone…
God’s Other Children: a London Memoir by Vernal Scott
Black LGBTQ people have long been an integral part of black history. A crucial part of their more…
Dr Olivette Otele on Black History Month
Numerous are individuals and institutions that argue that Black History Month should be part of series of events…
New Challenges for African History
The events seem so long ago. Leading up to the day Britain seems focused on other matters such…
Everything Has Changed but Nothing Has Changed?
As we end Black History Month 2017, there have been the inevitable, articles, tweets, broadcasts and posts extoling and praising the…
