In conversation
Michael I. Ohajuru in conversation with Michael McMillan
Michael Ohajuru discusses his pioneering project on John Blanke, one of the first recorded black men in British history.
3rd December, 2025
Westminster Tournament Roll featuring John Blanke, 1511
John Blanke: a Tudor gentleman of colour or one who brought colour to the Tudor courts?
Michael I. Ohajuru
Michael I. Ohajuru is an art and cultural historian known for bringing to life the Black presence in European art and British history.
Jimmy Cliff’s influence on the soul of reggae
Jimmy Cliff’s death last month prompted an outpouring of affection. In an augmented extract from I&I: The Natural Mystics, a social history of Jamaica, our Director reflects on Cliff’s emergence as a reggae pioneer.
Writing saved my life
'This new writing thing became part of my self-harming ritual. After I would cut, I would write...'
Édouard Glissant’s Poetics of Relation
The rewards of reading the deliberately complex texts of the Antillian philosopher Édouard Glissant
Ever Since We Small
Celeste Mohammed's novel explores both the far-reaching impacts of colonialism and the small realities of life that binds its characters
Red Pockets
Alice Mah's memoir confronts the climate crisis while dragging the reader back from the brink of despair
The Legends of Them
A dream-like production set inside the subconscious mind of a high-flying, female reggae artist
Preaching
'Preaching': A new poem by the T.S.Eliot Prize-winning poet Roger Robinson, from his forthcoming New and Selected Poems (Bloomsbury in 2026).
Walking in the Wake
Walking in the Wake was produced for the Estuary Festival (2021) in collaboration with Elsa James, Dubmorphology and Michael McMillan who meditates on the River Thames as we follow black pilgrims traversing sites of Empire.
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The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.
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