LONDON: Harry Mould’s play ‘ The Brenda Line’ has been announced as the winner of the 29th Alfred Fagon Award which was handed out at the Dorfman Theatre inside the National Theatre in London’s South Bank on Friday, December 5. Named the Best New...
LONDON: The UK Jamaican diaspora community has mobilised in great numbers to assist Jamaicans at home whose lives have been upended by the devastation brought on by the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Several charitable organisations, associations,...
LONDON: Pawlet Brookes MBE, founder, CEO and artistic director of Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage in Leicester, has been appointed the new chair of Arts Council of England’s Midlands Area Council, succeeding Sukhy Johal MBE,...
LONDON: Mica Moore, a member of the Jamaica female bobsleigh team, has set her mind on competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics, but she is reaching out to generous donors and potential sponsors to help with her dream. The self-funded bobsleigh pilot...
LONDON: Jamaica’s 63rd Independence anniversary celebrations got under way in London last Saturday with the annual Praise and Thanksgiving Service hosted by the Jamaica High Commission inside the Westminster Chapel, Buckingham Gate SW1. Hundreds...
LONDON: Well-known defence barrister, Dr Courtenay Griffiths KC, who made a name for himself by taking on a number of high profile cases in representation of the black community in the UK, passed away last week at 69 years old. ‘Legendary’ is how...
LONDON: Health advocate Anthony ‘Tony’ Kelly has been awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from Warwick University for his years of voluntary work in raising awareness of diabetes and prostate cancer, two of the leading diseases that...
LONDON: Sandals Foundation, the non-profit charitable arm of Sandals Resorts International, marked 15 years of its existence with a huge celebratory party for its many donors in the UK earlier this month ,to thank them for their continued support...
LONDON: Jamaicans living in the UK will soon have another choice of air travel to the island via Norse Atlantic Airways, which is set to begin direct flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kingston and Montego Bay this October. Not only will...
LONDON: Thousands of communities across the UK will have the opportunity to bid for a share of the newly increased Windrush Grant Scheme to stage local events to celebrate the 75th Windrush anniversary this year. The Department for Levelling...
LONDON: This year will mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush which brought the first wave of Caribbean immigrants to Britain and already activists, campaigners and event organisers are calling it the last real...
LONDON: UK MP Diane Abbott has been honoured with a Weekly Gleaner Platinum Award for being an iconic pillar of the black community for over 40 years. The citation which was read at the award presentation in London on October 27 noted that she is...
LONDON: Seth George Ramocan, Jamaica’s high commissioner (HC) to the United Kingdom (UK) since January 2017, has bid farewell to the UK Jamaican community after his term of duty ended last month. The outgoing high commissioner and his wife, Dr...
One of the highlights of the Jamaica 60 Independence celebrations in the UK was the Jamaica House hospitality pop-up at the Glee Club in Birmingham City Centre, which provided five nights of Commonwealth Games watch parties and themed, live music...
LONDON: A new project designed to attract a younger audience of visitors to Jamaica will be launched next month during the Jamaica House showcase in Birmingham to celebrate the island’s participation in the Commonwealth Games. Aptly named ‘...
LONDON: Last week’s unveiling of the national monument to Windrush pioneers and the generations that followed, by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, at Waterloo Station in London, was greeted with joy and tears from members of the Caribbean...
LONDON: Amid the blanket television news coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, among the most riveting has been Clive Myrie’s live reports from the capital Kyiv on the BBC News at Ten. Each night, Myrie brings the harsh reality of the war...
LONDON: The Bob Marley ‘One Love Experience’ exhibition had its official opening at the Saatchi Gallery in Kings Road, London last week, and fans of the Jamaican reggae icon are in for a treat. The exhibition not only showcases several...
LONDON: Reactions to the proposed rule change to Clause 9 of the UK Nationality and Borders Bill, which could see individuals stripped of their British citizenship without notice and appeal, have been swift and condemning. Critics, including...
LONDON: Maxie Hayles, one of the leading campaigners for equal rights for African-Caribbean people in the West Midlands for more than three decades, has received the Member of the British Empire (MBE) insignia in a ceremony at Windsor Castle....
