Series: Blackness in Britain

Over 1500 years before the Empire Windrush docked on British shores, people of African descent were playing a significant and far-ranging role in British history. From the African soldiers on Hadrian’s Wall to the Black British intellectuals who made London a hub of radical, Pan-African ideas, their contributions have been vital. While there has been growing interest in this history,...

The Tudor period remains a source of timeless fascination, with endless novels, TV programmes, and films depicting the period in myriad ways. And yet, our image of the Tudor era remains overwhelmingly white. This ground-breaking and provocative new book seeks to redress the balance, revealing not only how black presence in Tudor England was far greater than has previously been...