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Black Britain Beyond the Capital

By: Stephanie Phillips

British publishing has been slow to document black British stories outside of the capital. A new book, taking a road trip around the UK during the Thatcher years, sets the record straight.

A new sculpture, by local artist Marc Quinn, of Black Lives Matter protestor Jen Reid stands on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to stand, 15 July 2020, Bristol.

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It was in a less-than-glamorous lecture hall at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1982 that the First National Black Art Convention took place. In attendance were art students and teachers, including Sonia Boyce, Claudette Johnson, and Lubaina Himid, who would go on to become the darlings of the British art world. One of the first to speak […]

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It was in a less-than-glamorous lecture hall at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1982 that the First National Black Art Convention took place. In attendance were art students and teachers, including Sonia Boyce, Claudette Johnson, and Lubaina Himid, who would go on to become the darlings of the British art world. One of the first to speak […]

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It was in a less-than-glamorous lecture hall at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1982 that the First National Black Art Convention took place. In attendance were art students and teachers, including Sonia Boyce, Claudette Johnson, and Lubaina Himid, who would go on to become the darlings of the British art world. One of the first to speak […]

It was in a less-than-glamorous lecture hall at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1982 that the First National Black Art Convention took place. In attendance were art students and teachers, including Sonia Boyce, Claudette Johnson, and Lubaina Himid, who would go on to become the darlings of the British art world. One of the first to speak […]

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