This is really really sad man 😢💔 Such an important cultural hub in Brixton…. I’ve watched so many of my favourite places I’ve DJd at disappear. We need to have a conversation on what Cultural Protection means and looks like in London.

We're celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with a fresh reading list, including free to read articles from Adjoa Osei & élodie Malanda, books from @bronaldbyrd, @chelseastieber, Dr. Monique Charles Ph.D (Rev.) and more from the LUP collection. Browse it all online: bit.ly/BHM-Reading-Li….

Early career Black academic who has a book project in mind? This comes with editorial support and mentorship for one year, £1,000 of financial support, practical resources, and £250 worth of books from Bloomsbury Academic. Worth a look!

It's alarming that another scholar used my dissertation proposal as an abstract for a grant award. Though my thesis moved beyond the proposal, how do we protect our work, especially when grad students and junior scholars are repeatedly advised to share our ideas and works?

Black women on the academic tightrope: four scholars weigh in go.nature.com/3UbLaIz

Tomorrow, Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard faces three misdemeanor charges for protecting students who were protesting the Gaza genocide. Of 10 defendants, her charges are most punitive. Please sign this letter demanding that all charges be dropped. bit.ly/WilloughbyHera…

I was asked by Nature to contribute to a piece on Black women in academia. I discussed stats on Black women professors and the current Black-lash where research funders/unis are rowing back on pledges to tackle anti-Black racism made in 2020. It is up now, open access!

Hey Aston University, Glad you're improving your staff-student ratio. However, I'd appreciate it if you didn't use my face to advertise your new hires since you actively encouraged me/my colleagues to leave or made us redundant. #Translation & #languages at Aston are now closed.

UPDATE: Dr. Willoughby-Herard and 9 students and faculty arrested at the UCI encampment are back to court tmrw. The petition to drop the charges has over 8K signatures. Let's keep the pressure up! See link below with petition in several languages. Thanks! linktr.ee/UCISolidarity

Don’t miss your chance to read new Cambridge Element Original Pirate Material by Dr. Justin Williams Free access available until 23 December. cup.org/492Sblp #cambridgeelements #music

I’m British. I recently spent 10 days in the USA for business. And discovered the ocean between us isn't water. It's mindset. 7 uncomfortable truths about US v UK culture:

Lovely display from Dr Monique Charles Dr. Monique Charles Ph.D (Rev.) to check out before over a lovely lunch of Nigerian cuisine. #ShiningBlackAcademics #HoldingTheSpace #BlackWomen #Academia

Our statement following Angela Rayner's decision to demolish Grenfell Tower

bro is gonna flood the plane with sand

INTENT is often the least relevant part of oppression. Systemic racism does not need conscious architects. It needs only compliance, silence, and a refusal to name what is in front of us.

Don’t be tricked by these labels! It’s crucial to understand the difference if you want to buy the healthiest and safest food for yourself and your family.

Calling academics, theologians, visual artists and teachers. CfP: please consider submitting an abstract/brief for this upcoming conference at the Roundhouse, London. Please share amongst your networks.

jill scott heron🪐 DONT LET THEM SILENCE YOU IM ON YOUR SIDE

OPEN CALL | £500 | RESEARCHERS | Deadline 13th May HOUSE OF DREAD are calling all educators, researchers, creatives and cultural producers working on a project exploring the legacies of the transatlantic trafficking of Enslaved Africans.