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
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 profound and permanent contribution to british life. obviously wearing gloves to protect my.my fancy nails from the paint. i had a degree of ambition that drove me. i felt also that i could achieve more here. i m linda beatrice haye. and i was born in.on 26th ofjanuary, 1933, which meant that the 26th of january this year, i m 90 years of age. i ll start off by sectioning off the different parts of the canvas. i m using acrylics, acrylic paints, spray bottle. i use these large brushes. i belie
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 profound and permanent contribution to british life. obviously wearing gloves to protect my.my fancy nails from the paint. i had a degree of ambition that drove me. i felt also that i could achieve more here. i m linda beatrice haye. and i was born in.on 26th ofjanuary, 1933, which meant that the 26th of january this year, i m 90 years of age. i ll start off by sectioning off the different parts of the canvas. i m using acrylics, acrylic paints, spray bottle. i use these large brushes. i believe they re, like, painting brushes for, like, homes, but they re really thick and they hold a lot of
And the police did not turn up. then, you know, a judge is making a decision in a court about whether you re evicted or not. a school says you re educationally subnormal, but you didn t see it as race because we weren t educated in the british colonial education. that was race. with each canvas, there s lots of preparation, much of it you cannot see. there are these kind of subterranean levels underneath paper and cardboard. these are hundreds of small pieces of paper that have been adhered to the surface of newspaper by hand. in the case of sir geoff, where he talks about, for example, being wrapped in newspaper by his aunts because he didn t have a coat, and so i love the pairing between the use of newspaper and paper here to prepare him