Windrush Stories with author Tony Fairweather and Alexis Keir

After WW2 England was on its knees, so the call went out to the British Empire for volunteers to rebuild the “Mother Country”. Young men and women from different Caribbean islands were quick to respond. In this 75th Anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush and its passengers, join Tony and Alexis to discuss the importance of Windrush and their books Twenty - Eight Pounds Ten Shillings - A Windrush Story and Windward Family. Event in partnership with Spread The Word.

Tony Fairweather was born in Clapham, the son of Jamaican parents. He opened one of the first Black bookshops in the UK, worked for the Voice newspaper heading up its book club, founded 'The Write Thing' 29 years ago, and curated the Windrush Collection and Windrush Exhibition of Artefacts.

Alexis Keir grew up in Luton, but his family are from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent where he lived for a while as a child.. Twenty years later, he returned, and inspired by the embrace of his relatives began to explore more deeply the stories of his own family and the stories of others who had left Saint Vincent over generations. His book is an extraordinary memoir that takes us inside the beating heart of a Black British family.