Oriel College urged to cancel student group’s event with Jason Arday accuser Student supporters of Reform UK at Oxford college have organised evening with Nathan Cofnas discussing DEI The Guardian - UK · 20h ago
James Cleverly Claims Institutions Used Jason Arday as a 'Black Wunderkind' Prior to Tragic Death Cambridge professor Jason Arday, once hailed as a trailblazing black academic, has died in London after months of punishing scrutiny over plagiarism allegations. International Business Times UK · Aug 15
‘Old racist wine in a new bottle’: Black academics respond to Jason Arday affair Figures in higher education feel double standards are being used to delegitimise work of minority groups The Guardian - UK · Aug 8
Professor Jason Arday case will ‘provide racists who condemn DEI initiatives with a weapon’, academic warns The professor resigned from his high-profile role at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday The Independent UK · Aug 6
Birmingham City University urged not to axe Black studies MA More than 100 figures sign open letter criticising closure, just months after MA was launched The Guardian - UK · May 11
Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes? Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy The Guardian - UK · Jan 10
From patriotic to racist – can the England flag ever be reclaimed? IN FOCUS: St Georges flag raisers could face prison or fines under new rules being considered by councils. Helen Coffey asks whether the far right’s commandeering of our national symbol means it’s forever tainted The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025
Hay Festival announces final guests for The News Review panel series 2025 Sessions will feature some of the greatest minds in arts, science, politics and history The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
The best books to look out for in 2025, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Adam Kay 2025: Start planning your reading list for next year with Katie Rosseinsky’s guide to the new novels and non-fiction you shouldn’t miss The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024
Police drop investigation into Black professor who called ex-GB News host Calvin Robinson a ‘house N***o’ Exclusive: The investigation followed a string of cases where Black and Asian people have faced prosecution for hate crimes after using specific language to criticise other people from ethnic minority communities The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024
Too white? Too black? Too woke? Politics by labelling is a disease of our times Avoiding political debate with crude and insulting tags such as ‘coconut’ stifles diversity of thought The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024
Police asked Black Studies professor for help on ‘coconuts’ case before his own ‘house n*gro’ investigation Exclusive: It has emerged that the academic, 41, was approached by the Metropolitan Police in April to lend his expertise to a Crown Prosecution Service review into whether Marieha Hussain should be charged for her ‘coconuts’ placard. The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024
Marieha Hussain: Protest outside court as ‘coconut’ placard trial begins ‘I do not see white people being prosecuted for calling other white people gammons,’ protester and lawyer Shola Mos-Shogbamimu said The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024
Leading Black professor faces police probe after calling former GB News host Calvin Robinson a ‘house n*gro’ Exclusive: Professor Kehinde Andrews released a video in which he argued for the validity of terms including ‘house n*gro’ and ‘coconut’ The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023 Lloyd’s of London slavery review fails to settle heated question of reparations Insurance market’s honesty is welcome, as is £12m programme to increase ethnic diversity in workplace, but more must be done
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023 Lloyd’s of London accused of ‘reparations washing’ over response to slave trade review World’s biggest insurance market played ‘significant role’ in transatlantic trade, research finds
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023 The Psychosis of Whiteness by Kehinde Andrews review – provocative but problematic This insightful journey through the realms of racial oppression is marred by a careless disrespect for black female scholars
Manchester Evening News · Jul 5, 2023 Manchester Central Library to 'break down barriers' with celebration of black British writers The festival event will feature storytelling, workshops, and speeches from notable black authors, such as British professor and author Kehinde Andrews and poet Jackie Kay of Manchester.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023 This Is Not America by Tomiwa Owolade review – black and British… and a world apart In this passionate and timely if sometimes tetchy study, the cultural critic argues that Britain should consider race from its own perspective rather than adopt America’s battles
The Independent UK · May 3, 2023 Showtime! UK readies pomp for King Charles III's coronation King Charles III will be crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey in an event full of all the pageantry Britain can muster
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022 Cop27: is it right to talk of ‘reparations’? Negotiations are centred on ‘loss and damages’ – but some think that language does not fully account for climate debt
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022 Create UK public holiday to remember horrors of slave trade, says race expert Kehinde Andrews calls for ‘national memorial’ to mark history of atrocities that has legacy of poorer economic and health outcomes