Beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the Windrush Generation. You look beautiful. How are you . It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Injune 1948, only a few months before i was born. And those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a pr
Beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the Windrush Generation. You look beautiful. How are you . It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Injune 1948, only a few months before i was born. And those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime and seeking opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those that followed them would make such a pr
myself in that way. i wasn t made a professor because i was black. i was made a professor because i started my research in 1964 and this was i980 odd. i can t remember the date. and therefore i felt i d achieved something which i probably deserved. you know, ithink a portrait at its best is a likeness. but i think when you can reveal something about the inner life of a person and and how the portrait is rendered, i think that s when something more interesting occurs. so i m really hopeful that i m able to to get a bit more of his interior life. sir geoff, how are you? what a pleasure to meet you. it s nice meeting you, too. i did a degree in honours botany. i had no idea what i was going to do with the honours degree.
black professor in scotland. and i found it very surprising because i ve never seen myself in that way. i wasn t made a professor because i was black. i was made a professor because i started my research in 1964 and this was i980 odd. i can t remember the date. and therefore i felt i d achieved something which i probably deserved. you know, ithink a portrait at its best is a likeness. but i think when you can reveal something about the inner life of a person and and how the portrait is rendered, i think that s when something more interesting occurs. so i m really hopeful that i m able to to get a bit more of his interior life. sir geoff, how are you? what a pleasure to meet you. it s nice meeting you, too.
because i ve never seen myself in that way. i wasn t made a professor because i was black. i was made a professor because i started my research in 1964 and this was i980 odd. i can t remember the date. and therefore i felt i d achieved something which i probably deserved. you know, ithink a portrait at its best is a likeness. but i think when you can reveal something about the inner life of a person and and how the portrait is rendered, i think that s when something more interesting occurs. so i m really hopeful that i m able to to get a bit more of his interior life. sir geoff, how are you? what a pleasure to meet you. it s nice meeting you, too. i did a degree in honours botany.