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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 | History Defined

Sir Trevor McDonald among stars to host Countdown for show’s 40th anniversary

The quiz show was the first programme aired on Channel 4 when the broadcaster launched in November 1982.

The Independent UK

Smiling Sir Keir Starmer among guests in Royal Box at Wimbledon today

The Labour leader looked jubilant on Centre Court just hours after Boris Johnson announced resignation

The Independent UK

Charles to commission portraits to mark contribution of Windrush generation

The Prince of Wales will personally choose artists to paint the likenesses of the elderly Britons who travelled from the Caribbean to the UK.

The Independent UK

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Floella Benjamin claims she once turned down sex with David Bowie

‘I’ve never forgotten the way he moved,’ the pioneering ‘Play School’ presenter writes in her new book

The Independent UK

Floella Benjamin says David Bowie tried to seduce her at a party

Baroness Floella Benjamin opens up about her experiences in the new memoir What Are You Doing Here?, including recalling a particularly star-studded party she attended earlier in her career

Daily Mirror

Prince William says racism remains 'all too familiar' for Black people in Britain today

Speaking as he and Kate Middleton helped to unveil a national monument to the Windrush generation at London's Waterloo Station, Prince William said Black men and women are still facing racism in Britain in 2022

Daily Mirror

Windrush generation ‘moved to tears’ as monument unveiled in London

Basil Watson’s sculpture at Waterloo station celebrates pioneers who arrived in Britain after second world war

The Guardian - UK

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Floella Benjamin: ‘I’m Miss Optimist. I don’t let the bad things eat me up’

From Windrush child to Play School presenter to baroness, Floella Benjamin reflects on her remarkable life

The Guardian - UK

Coming to England review – Floella Benjamin story overlooks her ascent to Play School

We see the shock of Windrush-era racism from a child’s perspective, but miss the details of how she rose nontheless to become the face of children’s TV

The Guardian - UK

Dame Vera Lynn life celebrated during Westminster Abbey service two years after death

Dame Vera Lynn's life was celebrated during the Westminster Abbey Service. She died in June 2020 at the age of 103

Daily Mirror

Marilyn Malin obituary

Other lives: Publisher who championed Michael Morpurgo and Floella Benjamin

The Guardian - UK

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