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Please see links below to this excellent web site launch by the British Library. I am very pleased to have contributed a couple of articles and there are a range of excellent resources aimed at 16-18 year olds. Best wishes Sandra Dear Sandra, Our new learning website, Windrush Stories, is now live: www.bl.uk/windrush<http://www.bl.uk/windrush> Thank you so much for your excellent contributions to the site. You can view the articles at the link below: https://www.bl.uk/windrush/articles?authors_sorted=courtman%2asandra Here is a link to the press release containing more details about the project: https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2018/october/windrush-stories-website-launch The site brings together a rich mix of voices and perspectives to explore the experiences and struggles of Caribbean migrants in the mid-20th century within a larger narrative, and the ways in which they and their descendants have shaped British society and culture. It looks at the evolution of black British literature, art and music, focusing on subjects from calypso and sound systems to the works of John Agard, James Berry, Beryl Gilroy and Andrea Levy. It features discussions of activism and employment, discrimination and identity, colonialism and slavery. And it examines the Windrush generation scandal through three pieces by David Lammy, Amelia Gentleman and an interview with Judy Griffith. Additional contributors include Andrea Levy, Hannah Lowe, Floella Benjamin, Colin Prescod, Susheila Nasta, Harry Goulbourne, Hakim Adi, Heidi Safia Mirza and Maria del Pilar Kaladeen. The site features an extraordinary repository of collection material encompassing literary drafts, photographs, posters and notebooks, some of which feature in the current British Library exhibition, Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land<https://www.bl.uk/events/windrush-songs-in-a-strange-land>, alongside films from the Out of Bounds Poetry Project and a new film created in partnership with the Caribbean Social Forum and Chocolate Films. There are also creative writing activities for primary and secondary students; we hope the webspace will provide a legacy for the Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land exhibition, which has been hugely popular with school groups. We hope you enjoy the site, and if you’re able, please do share the links with your colleagues, students and networks. With warmest wishes, Katie Katie Adams Content Manager: Digital Learning The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB T +44 (0)20 7412 7801 www.bl.uk/learning<http://www.bl.uk/learning> www.bl.uk/discovering-literature<http://www.bl.uk/discovering-literature> Follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/BL_Learning> ****************************************************************************************************************** Experience the British Library online at www.bl.uk<http://www.bl.uk/> The British Library’s latest Annual Report and Accounts : www.bl.uk/aboutus/annrep/index.html<http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/annrep/index.html> Help the British Library conserve the world's knowledge. Adopt a Book. www.bl.uk/adoptabook<http://www.bl.uk/adoptabook> The Library's St Pancras site is WiFi - enabled ***************************************************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> : The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the British Library. The British Library does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. ***************************************************************************************************************** Think before you print ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CARIBBEAN-STUDIES list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CARIBBEAN-STUDIES&A=1