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‘Beyond Windrush’ launches with Vanley Burke and Benjamin Zephaniah
Staff Reporter
May 10, 2018
An exhibition and series of events celebrating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush, which brought people from the Caribbean to the UK in 1948, has…
VIDEO: Birmingham women celebrate International Women’s Day 2018
Staff Reporter
March 8, 2018
Birmingham women from different backgrounds, ages and abilities have come together to share why they think we still need to #PressForProgress on International Women's Day. Women from across Birmingham and…
8 inspiring reads from local female authors for International Women’s Day
Staff Reporter
March 8, 2018
It is currently International Women's Month, with International Women's Day (IWD) taking place on Thursday 8th March. Both annual events are celebrated to highlight the contributions of women in history and contemporary society. (more…)
Birmingham ‘PMT’ festival to empower women returns to Digbeth
Staff Reporter
March 5, 2018
A day of workshops, entertainment, physical training, demonstrations, refreshment and conversations to empower women is set to take place this weekend as part of International Women's Day related events. Described…
WATCH: Oprah Winfrey’s awe-inspiring speech at Golden Globes 2018
Staff Reporter
January 8, 2018
Oprah Winfrey stole the show at this year's Golden Globes, bringing the audience to their feet as she gave a powerful speech while accepting the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. The actor,…
Public meeting opposing Trump’s UK visit to be held in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
January 4, 2018
A public meeting calling for Donald Trump's UK state visit to be cancelled is to take place in Birmingham next month. Expected to be attended by high profile activists, organisers of the event are demanding…
VIDEO: Immy Kaur on being a women of colour and active sports fanatic
Staff Reporter
December 10, 2017
What's the struggle like being one of only a few women of colour on a hockey team, or being expected to confirm to gender and racial social norms while having an…
Birmingham sisters launch fashion campaign to highlight blood donor shortages
Staff Reporter
October 2, 2017
Birmingham sisters Janet and Paulinah Eboh-Sampson used their creative platforms to set up the DoNation UK Project, a charitable initiative that would address the issue of donor shortages within the…
Black Lives Matter UK Member, Joshua Virasami: ‘We Broke the Internet that Day’ | VIDEO
Richard Baddeley
September 6, 2017
Live! Arts have released a video of a recent interview with the prominent Black Lives Matter UK activist, Joshua Virasami. In the video, Virasami explains the BLM movement's US origins…
Revolutionary Birmingham arts event to debate integration, hip-hop and Malcolm X
Staff Reporter
May 9, 2017
A revolutionary arts event returns to Birmingham this month, bringing musicians, singers and visual artists of international repute to the city to respond to live discussion, as it happens. The Hubb Debates,…