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BEHIND THE HEADLINES OF THE NoW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE COALITION’S REFORM PROGRAMME ? 15/07/2011
Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) looks at two important developments in the Coalition’s plans which are (arguably) more important than who owns a national newspaper: ” The headlines for the past 10 days have been dominated by the phone hacking scandal and the fall out from that. But, really whilst there […]
‘Community resilience: managing tensions, promoting fairness and developing community trust in the Big Society’ 05/07/2011
‘Community resilience: managing tensions, promoting fairness and developing community trust in the Big Society’. Jayne Francis, MEL, and Harriss Beider, University of Coventry Abstract The large-scale regeneration programmes established by the previous government are being either substantially scaled back or entirely withdrawn; programmes and interventions d […]
‘THE POWER OF PULL’: MAXIMISING SERENDIPITY THROUGH QUALITY SOCIAL NETWORKS (FOR INNOVATION) 05/07/2011
‘THE POWER OF PULL’: MAXIMISING SERENDIPITY THROUGH QUALITY SOCIAL NETWORKS (FOR INNOVATION) John Diamond, CLPS -Edge Hill University, and Lorraine Johnston, Newcastle University Abstract Using Schumpeter’s notion of ‘the power of pull’, the article will argue that maximising serendipity is key for creating quality social networks. Such chance interactions b […]
Where next for ethnic diversity policy-making in the context of the ‘Big Society’? Reflections from a cross-national comparative study of Manchester and Copenhagen 05/07/2011
Where next for ethnic diversity policy-making in the context of the ‘Big Society’? Reflections from a cross-national comparative study of Manchester and Copenhagen Jessica Smith, Policy Researcher, Centre for Local Economic Strategies Abstract In the months since the election of the Conservative-Liberal coalition government, little has been said about what t […]
Big Society – Small Beer? Rural Places and the drive towards and enhanced localism 05/07/2011
Big Society – Small Beer? Rural Places and the drive towards and enhanced localism Ivan Annibal, Rose Regeneration Abstract The central premise of the Big Society is that communities will be keen to step up and take on the challenge of delivering public services in their own communities themselves. There is a powerful line of […]

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Councillor ‘Claude’ retires at age 95

MAN OF THE PEOPLE: Bernard ‘Claude’ Miller with his MBE

By Keith Rossiter and Graham Broach Herald reporters

17th March 2010

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Councillor-Claude-retires-age-95/article-1918049-detail/article.html

PLYMOUTH’S oldest councillor has retired at the age of 95.

Bernard ‘Claude’ Miller, who has been a Labour councillor for 29 years and was Lord Mayor in 2005, is said to [...]

The Pariah Syndrome: An account of Gypsy slavery and persecution by Ian Hancock

Foreword by Dr. T.A. Acton

Ian Hancock is a marginal man. Like all Romani intellectuals, he has had to live torn between the pariah status of his people and the embrace of a dominant culture which can hardly conceive of such a monster as an educated Gypsy.

Some Gypsies in this position accept this, and [...]

The International Slavery Museum

The International Slavery Museum explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery, addressing the many legacies of the slave trade and telling stories of bravery and rebellion amongst the enslaved people. These are stories which have been largely untold.

For more than 2,000 years people in many different parts of the world have [...]

BLACK CULTURAL ARCHIVES

BLACK CULTURAL ARCHIVES and MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY have together created a new organisation – the ARCHIVES and MUSEUM of BLACK HERITAGE (AMBH). With funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, AMBH has embarked on a major programme of outreach and education, cataloguing, research and exhibitions relating to the history of the black diaspora presence in Britain.

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Olaudah Equiano c. 1745 – 31 March 1797

Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage (Igbo) involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. His autobiography depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade through [...]

Ottabah Cugoano 1757 –

Ottobah Cugoano was born in Africa in about 1757. As a child he was kidnapped and sold as a slave to plantation owners in Grenada. He remained in the West Indies until purchased by an English merchant. He was taken to England in 1772 where he was set free. Later he entered the [...]

Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729-14 – 1780)

Ignatius Sancho was born on a ship engaged in the slave trade in 1729. His mother died soon after arriving in the Spanish West Indies. His father committed suicide rather than be a slave. His owner brought him to England in 1731 and gave him as a present to three maiden sisters living in [...]

Joseph Emidy (1775 – 1835)

Born in Guinea on West Coast of Africa – Buried in Kenwyn Church, Truro Extract from Dr. Richard McGrady’s ‘An African in Cornwall’, (Musical Times, November 1986). With thanks to The Hidden Routes, An African in Cornwall, compiled by Galena Chester

Time has drawn a kindly veil over many composers. But [...]

Sir John Hawkins 1532 – 1598

England’s first slave trader who was Mayor of Plymouth

Johns’ father, William Hawkins senior, was one of the five richest men in Plymouth in 1543. He was worth £150 a year (to get a sense of scale bear in mind that the towns total income in that year was £63). Another fact:- during [...]

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