Tag: britain

• DNA shows West African roots in 7th-century England

  August 23, 2025

  Researchers were perplexed, when they discovered that the remains of one woman and one man shared close genetic similarity with present-day Yoruba, Mende, Mandenka, and Esan groups from Sub-Saharan West… more ›

• ‘The British have always liked the certainty of club membership’: The controversial UK clubs that kept women out

  July 13, 2025

  Three hundred years since they first appeared, the capital’s traditional members-only clubs have endured and evolved. Now a new book explores this peculiarly British phenomenon. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250708-the-controversial-uk-clubs-that-kept-women-out more ›

• Black women in Britain – from the Romans to the…

  June 22, 2016

  Black women in Britain – from the Romans to the Windrush » Black women have lived in the UK since Hadrian built his wall. A new exhibition chronicles the often… more ›