Song of the month - Hotel California, by Majek Fashek a popular Nigerian reggae aritst in the 1990s and early 2000's. Fashek nfluenced by Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and Fela kuti his music is a great listen for anyone interested carribean music!

It was international women's day recently so why not spend today appreciating women, feminsim and diversity! #speakstreet #internationalwomensday #women

Inventor of the month for March is Alice Ball, a pioneering African American scientist in leprosy treatment! #speakstree #AliceBall #BMEdiscoveries

Did you know that the man thought to be the richest throughout all of human history was Mansa Musa, of Empire Mali in the 14th century? #Speakstreet #Speakhistory #MansaMusa #Africanhistory

Song of the month - 'El dia de mi suerte' by Hector Lavoe who was one of the most signiifcant forces in the history of salsa music, and Latin music in its entirety. He was born in Puerto Rico in 1946 and was dubbed the 'singer of singers'. #musicstreet #speakstreet #hectorlavoe

The BME Inventor of the month of May, goes to the Indian inventors of Chess and snakes and ladders! #speakstreet #BMEinventors #chess #snakesandladders #India

This months edition of SpeakHistory is about the discovery of Hamsters and Syria! #speakstreet #speakhistory #history #hamsters #Syria

We're thrilled to be invited to next months My Body, My Book Club on 13/7/23 at 18.30. We're reading Sam Selvon's modern classic 'The Lonley Londoners'. Book you're tickets online lght.ly/fc1b0eb. Proceeds will support our ongoing work; welcoming newcomers to London.

Song of the month for June is - Argos Farfish by Sharhabil Ahmed a famous Sudanese musician whose unique musical arrangements have led to him being called 'The King of Sudanese Jazz'. This song is a great listen for any Jazz lovers! #Speakstreet #Sudan #Jazz #Musicstreet

BME Inventor of the Month is Marie Van Brittan Brown who was an African American nurse living in New York that created the first ever home security system! #BMEInventions #SpeakStreeet #MarieBrown

SpeakHistory for the month of May is all about Poland! #Poland #SpeakStreet #SpeakHistory #NicolausCopernicus

The song of the month for July is Yana Yana by Sabah Rola, a famous Turkish song #Songofthemonth #YanaYana #Turkiye #SpeakStreet

Today is the Islamic New Year and a time for celebration and learning new things about different cultures and religions. Did you know about the Islamic calendar? #SpeakStreet #IslamicNewYear #Muharram

This month's edition of SpeakHistory is all about groundbreaking research on the inhabitants of early Britain, over 10,000 years ago! 'The cheddar man'. #SpeakHistory #cheddarman #Britain #SpeakStreet

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We had a lovely visit to Tate Britain on Friday as part of our Art Talks programme. Big thanks to Cindy for guiding us around! lght.ly/km4kb2l

So proud to receive Highly Commended for our Art talks programme in partnership with Mishcon de Reya at the Lord Mayor's Dragon Awards at Mansion house. #fun #social #learning

We really enjoyed our visit to Middle Temple last month. Read all about it in our latest blog post here lght.ly/9f386d2

We had a wonderful time visiting the Fashion and Textile Museum BIBA exhibition on Friday. Big thanks to everyone who made our visit possible! Which outfit would you choose? Check out our Blog post by Robina: lght.ly/cdb234o

We stepped back in time to the Tudor period when we visited Sutton House in Hackney last week. Read all about it here! lght.ly/mo001jn