Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 concluded its mission on March 17, 2025, marking the first fully successful commercial moon landing on the Moon. The mission, which began with a launch on January 15, 2025, to celebrate the time capsule, including Patel’s poem representing Britain, was celebrated by the BBC on the Alice Dale show. […]
Stamped within the melanin that flows within our skin Are age-old stories on survival, resilience, adaptability & community. ~~~~~~ The Sunday cha that brews with its bite of spice Unlocks a history that surpasses a lifetime A history passed down from Dadi & Nani to Mum then Me The ancient blending of spices our very own mystery […]
Stamped within the melanin that flows within our skin Are age-old stories on survival, resilience, adaptability & community. ~~~~~~ The Sunday cha that brews with its bite of spice Unlocks a history that surpasses a lifetime A history passed down from Dadi & Nani to Mum then Me The ancient blending of spices our very own mystery […]
I’m Louvain and work as a Civil Servant in London. I found out I had lung cancer following a scan for suspected appendicitis.In 2021, I went into hospital for a CT scan as doctors thought I may have appendicitis. It turned out to be an ovarian cyst but at the same time, they also spotted […]
No one drew the map. I made my own. I wasn’t supposed to end up here. Definitely not as a detective. Not as a South Asian woman. Not as a working-class kid from East London. But I did. I grew up with Punjabi roots and Cockney grit. One hand stirring the cha, the other learning […]
Mum asks me “Beti, please refresh the tinWhere the masala lives”. It’s a timeless ritual,Always me,Navigating the jigsaw,Of my Identity. ~Jeera, coriander, golden haldi~ These spices ground meLengthening my own rootsTo my ancestral home out of reach Mum says my touch sanctifies her cooking. How divine is a mother’s blessing… By: @RadsWrites – Radhika Manek
What does it mean to me? ‘Roots to Routes’ means bringing our history to light and telling it as it truly was. My mother’s journey from Karachi, Pakistan to the Liverpool docks is something we didn’t discuss until I was in my late thirties, prompted by my 8-year-old son’s project for Windrush. Hearing my […]
‘Ayah’ refers to South Asian women and ‘Amah’ to South East Asian women who served the British in Asia and other colonies as children’s nannies, nursemaids and ladies’ maids. For the last few years Hackney Museum has been researching the stories of ayahs in Britain and in east London in particular. These pioneering women were […]
The Sri Lankan Culture Collective is a project founded by Rosh Olivelle, Thana Sivasambu, and Ranji Thangiah, creative entrepreneurs who are passionate about celebrating Sri Lankan heritage, culture and identity.
The debut theatre show from comedian Anu Vaidyanathan is her story of being a south Indian immigrant who has lost her co-ordinates and her language, and of finally learning it’s time to ask for help. Menagerie talks about modern motherhood, being a migrant, and being a south Indian married to a north Indian, her diametric […]
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