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...heritage are often known as Black Majority Churches (BMCs). In a talk, presented at The Open University during Black History Month in 2020, I discussed the early emergence of Black Majority Churches. In the talk I wanted to highlight a few themes: Diversity and significance While ‘Black Majority Church(es)’ has been adopted by many Black Christian leaders as an...

...heritage...[The Last Night of the Proms] [The Giants' Causeway] When we imagine the coast, what sounds are evoked in our minds? Maybe we think of the sounds of nature: the rhythmic swash and backwash of the waves, or heavy rollers crashing on the rocks; the sound of seabirds as they swoop and dive for food or jostle for nesting space on a cliff; or perhaps it is the sound...

...World. She makes no mention of any black lesbian community or organisation. (Her account suggests there might have been small informal groups, but as a white woman these would not have been open to her.) In 1964, Wilmer had a lesbian encounter at a party with someone she calls Yvonne, a nurse who had come over from the Bahamas. Wilmer had a more serious affair with a...