Podcasts about new cross fire

#Subscribe for FREE: robertmurphy.substack.com #Jackie Malton was a policing pioneer, joining a British provincial force in 1970, then transferring to the Metropolitan Police where she served in the Fraud Squad, Flying Squad and murder squads. She was often the only woman serving in each team.In this episode, she describes how she overcame homophobia and misogyny, clashed with corrupt officers and worked on one of London's most controversial inquiries: The New Cross Fire investigation. Jackie's book is The Real Prime Suspect. You can grab a copy here.Please rate and review Behind The Crimes wherever you get your podcasts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertmurphy.substack.com/subscribe

Jackie is a former DCI with the metropolitan Police. She started her career in Leicestershire she now works within the true crime world. Whilst in the Police she advised some of the most iconic police dramas on the television. Jackie was the inspiration for Lynda La Plantes character DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect.Jackie joined the police as a cadet and on the 7th July 1970 she was sworn in as a constable. At that time she was part of the Police Women's Department she worked in Highfields in Leicester City. Jackie was promoted to Sgt after 3 years' service she became a Detective Sergeant in quick succession. After 9 years' service she made the decision to go to the Metropolitan Police and was encouraged by Michael Hurst. In 1980 she went to the CID as a DS. Her initial major crime deployment was on the New Cross Fire. Graham Stockwell was the commander on the investigation, and he insisted that there would be no room for criticism in the way the team conducted the enquiry.The coroner inappropriately called a quick inquest to appease racial harmony – The inquest resulted in an open verdict. Jackie was seconded to the abduction and murder of Vishal Mehrotra - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Vishal_Mehrotra she maintains the momentum of this investigation with former Detective Sean Keep and BBC journalist Colin Campbell and is an integral part of the Podcast “ Vishal” which has recently won awards at the True Crime awards.Jackie was head hunted by Commander Stockwell to go to the Flying Squad at Rotherhithe. Her reception was frosty to say the least. Misogyny was in full flow, and she was subjected to abusive behaviour from one of her colleagues Sgt Phil William. Jackie was posted to West End Central and was on duty the day that Yvonne Fletcher was murdered and vividly remembers attending the scene. It was during her time at West End Central that she experienced corruption. Having exposed the individuals, she was accused of having a lesbian relationship with her junior colleague. The Inspector involved stood trial at the Old Bailey, he was convicted and went to prison. Having been promoted to DCI, Jackie was approached by author Lynda Le Plante. Lynda was seeking advice regarding a publication. The outcome was Helen Mirren became the character DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect Since leaving the job Jackie has trained as a counsellor and assists in the rehabilitation of offenders who are in prison. She also works with ex- offenders and has formed professional friendships with former armed robbers such as Noel Razor Smith. We discuss the modern police service and the issues faced and the great work carried out – Brick cop gets a mention! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wayne Haynes, a survivor of the New Cross Fire in London during January 1981 that claimed the lives of 13 Black teenagers and a Director of the New Cross Fire Foundation discusses his memories of the incident, how he escaped, life changing injuries, response of the Black community after the disaster, legacy of the tragedy, racism in the UK during the late 1970's & 1980's and much more… Wayne Info: New Cross Fire Foundation (NCFF) Website https://www.ncff.co.uk/ Director Sir Steve McQueen Uprising TV Series New Cross Fire, protests, unrest and accusations of indifference that defined race relations for a generation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000y317/uprising New Cross Fire: Artwork to commemorate 14 young people who died (22 January 2022) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60084529 New Cross House Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cross_house_fire    

Photographer Armet Francis documents African diasporic cultures across ‘The Black Triangle', and captures the co-founding of the Association of Black Photographers in London, now Autograph ABP, 35 years ago. For over four decades, Jamaican-British photographer Armet Francis has taken portraits that celebrate the resilience and survival of African diasporic cultures. Having immigrated with his family as a young child in the 1950s, he was part of the post-Windrush generation, acutely aware of his ‘cultural displacement' and ‘political alienation' as the only Black child in his school in London Docklands. Drawing on the transatlantic slave trade route, between Africa, the Americas, and Europe, Armet developed the idea of ‘The Black Triangle' to guide his photographic practice from 1969, as a means to connect with the rich and diverse pan-African communities. Armet details his ‘social documentary' approach, his experiences as one of the first Black photographers to shoot fashion, and how he challenged exotic tropes in commercial, white photography and advertising. He shares images of Notting Hill Carnival, Brixton Market, and tributes to those who protested the injustice of the New Cross Fire in 1981. Armet retells the unlikely story of taking Angela Davis' photograph at the Keskidee Centre, his engagement with activists like Malcolm X and Stuart Hall, and how he had to ‘become Black' before he could becoming politically conscious and active in civil rights movements. Armet was also the first Black photographer to have a solo exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery in London when The Black Triangle series was exhibited there in 1983. Five years later, he co-founded the Association of Black Photographers, now Autograph ABP, where he has represented the series in 2023. To mark both anniversaries, he talks about what it was like founding the institution, working with the likes of David A Bailey, Mark Sealy, and Charlie Phillips, and his ongoing practice in the archives, keeping record of the important contributions - and canons - of British history. Armet Francis: Beyond The Black Triangle runs at Autograph ABP in London until 20 January 2024. Hear from many more artists and photographers who've worked with Autograph on EMPIRE LINES: Ingrid Pollard on Carbon Slowly Turning (2022) at Turner Contemporary in Margate: pod.link/1533637675/episode/e00996c8caff991ad6da78b4d73da7e4 Curator Florence Ostende on Carrie Mae Weems' series, From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried (1995–1996), at the Barbican in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/b4e1a077367a0636c47dee51bcbbd3da And curator Alice Wilke on Carrie Mae Weems' Africa Series (1993), at the Kunstmuseum Basel: pod.link/1533637675/episode/d63af25b239253878ec68180cd8e5880 Johny Pitts on Home is Not a Place (2021-Now) at The Photographers' Gallery in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/70fd7f9adfd2e5e30b91dc77ee811613 John Akomfrah on Arcadia (2023) at The Box in Plymouth: pod.link/1533637675/episode/31cdf80a5d524e4f369140ef3283a6cd For more from Autograph's contemporary programme, hear photographer Hélène Amouzou and curator Bindi Vora on Voyages (2023), on EMPIRE LINES: pod.link/1533637675/episode/a97c0ce53756ecaac99ffd0c24f8a870 WITH: Armet Francis, Jamaican-British photographer. He is a co-founder of the Association of Black Photographers in London, now Autograph ABP. ART: ‘The Black Triangle, Armet Francis (1969) (EMPIRE LINES x Autograph)'. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Editor: Nada Smiljanic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast And Twitter: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

In this week's Black World News, Kehinde discusses a big survey (with "over 10,000 voices") out this week on the "Black British" experiences by the Black British Voices Project.  - In this week's guest interview, Kehinde talks with Leila Hassan Howe about her life in Zanzibar and coming back to Britain in the 60s, working for the Institute of Race Relations (IRR, directed by A. Sivanandan) and the journal Race Today Collective (edited by Darcus Howe), building independent Black institutions and alternatives to the British education system, New Cross Fire (1981) and the National Black People's Day of Action (1981). Leila Hassan Howe is a veteran activist and organizer. In 1981 through the New Cross Massacre Action Committee she co-organized the famous Black People's Day of Action march that followed the New Cross Fire. She was an active member of the Race Today Collective, edited its journal, joined the Black Unity and Freedom Party (BUFP), and was involved in all of its key struggles. - BLACK DIMENSIONS READING LIST Black Power: The Politics of Liberation Book by Charles V. Hamilton and Stokely Carmichael Soul on Ice Book by Eldridge Cleave The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon Black Skin, White Masks Book by Frantz Fanon The Souls of Black Folk Book by W. E. B. Du Bois Message to the Blackman in America Book by Elijah Muhammad Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism Book by Kwame Nkrumah The Black Jacobins Book by C. L. R. James - Black British Voices Project (BBVP): https://www.bbvp.org/ Black British Voices The Findings https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/black-british-voices-report   (Interview by Kehinde Andrews) Leila Hassan Howe: "My life was made hell. You'd just hear a tirade against immigrants" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/08/leila-hassan-howe-black-power-london-revolution-black-lives-matter Guy Reid-Bailey: the man who sparked the Bristol bus boycott and then fought to desegregate housing https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/17/guy-reid-bailey-the-man-who-sparked-the-bristol-bus-boycott-and-then-fought-to-desegregate-housing THE ZANZIBAR REVOLUTION OF 1964 https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/events-global-african-history/the-zanzibar-revolution-of-1964/ How Olive Morris Fought for Black Women's Rights in Britain https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/civil-rights-movement/how-olive-morris-fought-for-black-womens-rights-in-britain/ Race Today - archive chronicling lives of Black Britons to launch online https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/02/race-today-archive-chronicling-black-britons-lives-launches-online Here to Stay, Here to Fight: A Race Today Anthology https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745339757/here-to-stay-here-to-fight/ Ambalavaner Sivanandan (director of the IRR) obituary https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/ambalavaner-sivanandan HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITYhttps://www.blackunity.org.uk/  - Guest: Leila Hassan Howe Host: @kehindeandrews (IG) @kehinde_andrews (T) Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso - Psychosis of Whiteness: Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316675/the-psychosis-of-whiteness-by-andrews-kehinde/9780241437476

John La Rose is one of the most important – and most overlooked – cultural icons of the last 60 years. Helping to forge a Black British identity, he set up dozens of political, cultural and community organisations and campaigned for justice for the victims of police brutality and of the New Cross Fire. So earlier this year, it seemed obvious – and right – to name a street in his honour. But the furore over the renaming of Black Boy Lane threw John and everything he stood for back into the cultural and political spotlight.Join Oswin, Carla and our very special guest the cultural commentator Joris Lechene as we celebrate John's life and try to understand how a simple street renaming can ignite racism and intolerance.Tune it too to hear Joris' brilliant nomination for the Trapped History Hall of Fame.

Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations - "Blood Ah Go Run (feat. Wesley Joseph & ESKA)" from the 2023 album I Came From Love on Transgressive. Mercury Prize-nominated artist Dave Okumu returns with his new project, Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations, a name he says honors "my actual ancestors, the ancestors of others, my musical ancestors, and my descendants." Their debut album, I Came From Love, will be released April 14th via Transgressive Records. In a press statement, the UK-based guitarist/producer explains, "the narrative of this record emerged in tandem with the origin of its musical journey, through a rumination on survival, ancestry and heritage. The account of the young west African girl who was transported to South Carolina in 1756 and sold to the slave owner Elias Ball and the subsequent unearthing and presentation of her story to her descendants became an emblematic framework for these songs, opening doors to many aspects of the diasporic experience. The music stands in loving defiance of any forces that would seek to disconnect us from our collective history. As I consciously stand before my ancestors through the medium of this sound world, I proclaim that ‘You survived so I might live.'” On today's Song of the Day, in particular, he reflects on the New Cross house fire in 1981 that killed 13 Black teenagers in South London. “Living in an area as culturally rich and diverse as southeast London, I feel touched by an atmosphere of transcendence forged through a particular type of adversity. When you walk the streets and so many cultures are represented within a community, it's difficult not to ask the questions ‘how did these people get here and what have their ancestors passed through so that I can have the life I am experiencing now?' The story of the New Cross Fire and the subsequent response from different factions of society is one such trial, embodying a process which came to shape a significant element of the discourse around race relations in this country. Living in this part of London, I want to remember and honor those who lost their lives in that fire as their sacrifice, along with many others, feeds directly into my experience of this world.” Read the full story at KEXP.orgSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Clarkisha explores the impact and effects of the New Cross Fire, which killed 13 young black people at a party in south-east London in 1981. Through talking to one of the survivors, Wayne Haynes, and community activist Tony Warner, we learn about the fire, the lack of interest from the authorities, and the first Black People's Day of Action in the UK.Written and Produced by Aiwan Obinyan Production and Sound Design by AiAi StudiosProduction Assistant - Adedamola BajomoExecutive Producers at gal-dem - Moya Lothian McLean & Suyin HaynesCreative Producers at gal-dem - Bijal Shah & Mariel RichardsGraphics - Karis PierreHosted by Clarkisha KentGuests: Wayne Haynes, Tony Warner See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There is fury at a lack of compassion shown by the authorities to the victims of the New Cross Fire. Many are convinced it was a racist firebombing and accuse the police of failing to investigate properly. Thousands of people from across the country descend on London for a march to demand justice. Organisers say more than 20,000 people take part in the Black People's Day of Action - at the time the biggest ever protest led by black people in the UK. This podcast includes strong language, use of racist terms and descriptions of violence. ==================== Credits Presenter: Big Narstie Producers: Helen Clifton and Ingrid Kelly Editor: Gail Champion Sound Design: Wayne Parkes and Sam Turner Additional production: Jane Andrews and Annabel Deas Research: Derrick Bennett and Imogen Rhodes With thanks to Paul Field Dramatisation By Roy Williams Tony Cealy played by Sheyi Cole Produced by Lorna Newman and Simon Highfield Series Producer: Ben Robinson Series Editor: Gail Champion

Back and badder than ever…kicking off S2 with a double dip into South London icon Pearl Alcock.Check out these fantastic resources on Pearl and South LondonRemembering Pearl Alcock, By Oluwatayo Adewolehttps://gal-dem.com/remembering-pearl-alcock-black-bisexual-shebeen-queen-of-brixton/Brixton Society, Pearl’s a Zingerhttps://www.brixtonsociety.org.uk/pearls-a-zinger/Milo Bettocchi, local Brixton researcherhttps://twitter.com/MiloBettocchiBlack Cultural Archivehttps://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/brixton-uprising-1981-black-cultural-archives/tALCwW9BGSVDJQ?hl=enWitness History on the BBC World Service, Battle of Lewishamhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszmvjhttps://www.lovemusichateracism.com/lmhr-commemorating-the-battle-of-lewisham-40-years-on-12-13-august/Black History Studies for info on the New Cross Fire and great eventshttps://blackhistorystudies.com/resources/resources/the-new-cross-fire/Rebel Dykeshttps://www.rebeldykes1980s.com/

Topics Covered: January 18th 1981: New Cross Fire https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/15/how-the-new-cross-fire-became-a-rallying-cry-for-political-action January 19th 1965: Pearl Prescod plays Tituba at the National Theatre https://blackbritishreader.tumblr.com/post/621886762995908608/pearl-prescod-1920-25-june-1966-pearl January 20th 1919: Birth of Roy Francis https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/54695638 January 21st 1950: Birth of Billy Ocean https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/05/billy-ocean-family-values January 22nd 1982: Dread Broadcasting Corp features on the Oxford Roadshow https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/archive/dread-broadcasting-corporation/z6cn2sg January 23rd 1919: The 1919 Glasgow Race Riots https://www.thenational.scot/news/17376881.glasgow-1919---race-riot-scotland-rather-forget/ January 24th 2016: End of the No Colour Bar Exhibition https://www.nocolourbar.org/exhibition Instagram >>>>> https://instagram.com/blackintimepod Disclaimer: I do not own any of the archival audio used in this episode. It is purely for informational purposes under fair use. Special thanks to Yaw Nimoh for his help with research for this episode.

This week on Black British Girl talks I am talking about the New Cross fire which led to 14 deaths, the 30th anniversary was last week and it still remains unsolved. The youtube video (video podcast): https://youtu.be/ANv3ddG3g-8

On Ep.109 of WG: Some more personal accounts of The New Cross Fire, Novak Djokovic continues to be a tool, Phil Spector was damaged AF & you should delete Facebook Messenger now.

On Ep.108: The US went "Full America", The New Cross Fire at 40, games are more influential than music & families get shafted with the worst free school meals.

The documentary series that invites a closer listen. On 18th January 1981, Yvonne Ruddock was celebrating her 16th birthday party in the family home at 439 New Cross Road in south-east London. What followed devastated countless families, scarred the community and shifted the position of black politics in British society. A fire broke out in a downstairs room and 13 young people were killed, including Yvonne and her elder brother Paul. A 14th young person died subsequently. With the 40th anniversary of the fire approaching, Lights Out revisits the events of that night and their aftermath. The musician Johnny Osbourne encapsulated the official and media response to the fire in his song Thirteen Dead and Nothing Said. At first, the police and local community suspected arson - a racist attack. After all, this was only a short time after the Battle of Lewisham in which black residents and activists had successfully confronted a National Front march just up the street. But no one was ever charged and, at the Inquest, an open verdict was returned. Survivors of the fire - including members of the Ruddock family and Wayne Haynes, who was DJ'ing that night, along with community activists such as Sybil Phoenix who were witnesses to it and the subsequent Black People's Day of Action - share their understanding of what happened and what the New Cross Fire has come to symbolise. With a specially commissioned sequence of poems by unofficial Lewisham Laureate, Mark 'Mr T' Thompson. Produced by Cherise Hamilton-Stephenson and Alan Hall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Ali Smith, Jay Bernard and James Graham join Matthew Sweet at the British Library in a discussion organised with the Royal Society of Literature. Making art from real events is as old to writing as the pen – older. But what happens when the events you are writing about are recent, or happening as you write? What are the writer’s duties to fact? How can writing bear witness to contemporary moments of social upheaval or human disasters? In writing the ‘now’, where does non-fiction stop and fictive creation begin? In this discussion, three writers, across forms, consider how to write real events. Ali Smith has published three novels in a four-novel seasonal cycle, Autumn, Winter and Spring, exploring time, society and art in the context of Brexit Britain. Jay Bernard’s collection, Surge, explores the significance of events ranging from the New Cross Fire in 1981 to the 2017 Grenfell disaster. James Graham’s play The Vote took place in the last 90 minutes before polls closed in the 2015 General Election, and was broadcast live on Channel 4 on election night. His 2019 drama for Channel 4, Brexit: The Uncivil War, explored the very recent history of the Brexit referendum. Producer: Zahid Warley.

Rowan Williams celebrates The Book of Taliesin – legendary Welsh poems of enchantment and warfare. The former Archbishop of Canterbury tells Andrew Marr how the collection of poems speak of a lost world of folklore and mythology, and the figure of Taliesin is an elusive and exuberant creative poetic fiction. Martin Sixsmith tells the extraordinary story of the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin at the turn of the 20th century. Yesenin lived through the most turbulent times in Russian history, and during an age when poets were stars, and millions could recite his works by heart. The poet Jay Bernard has found inspiration in exploring the black British archive, and the enquiry into the New Cross Fire in 1981 which killed thirteen young people. The poems shine a light on an unacknowledged chapter in British history, and find resonance with the horror of the Grenfell tower fire two years ago. The poet, writer and teacher, Kate Clanchy has seen first-hand poetry’s unique ability to unleash young voices. At the multicultural school in Oxford where she teaches, students speak 30 languages and poetry has become a vital part of bringing pupils together, giving them pride in their work and allowing them to express the reality of their lives. Producer: Katy Hickman Image of Jay Bernard, taken by Joshua Virasami

Tracy K. Smith is the 22nd Poet Laureate of the USA. Her last collection, Wade in the Water, was nominated for a Forward Prize; her last-but-one, Life on Mars, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Eternity, her Selected Poems, gathers together the best of her four books. Hilton Als has called her ‘a storyteller who loves to explore how the body can respond to a lover, to family, to history.’ Jay Bernard’s eagerly-awaited first collection, Surge, draws a line between the New Cross Fire of 1981 and the fire at Grenfell Tower. Bernard’s pamphlet, The Red and Yellow Nothing, was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. The two poets read from and discussed their new collections. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"My generation, which was the rebel generation of black youth, has changed England and in changing England we've changed ourselves" - the words of Linton Kwesi Johnson - the man who invented dub poetry and used it to chronicle some of the key events of black British history, from the celebrated case of George Lindo, wrongly accused of robbery in Bradford in 1978, to the New Cross Fire and Brixton riots a few years later. Philip Dodd talks to him about the roots of his poetry, his love of music and the way he thinks Britain and black Britons have changed since 1963 when he arrived in London from Jamaica as an eleven year old boy. Producer: Zahid Warley

This month Pearl Wise, Jonny Virgo and Katie Haylor are joined in the studio by members of City Impro ahead of The Shoreditch Imrov Festival, further theatrics with members of the cast of Brixton Rock, The Big House Theatre’s latest production and Georgia Whitakar Hughes explains how The Migrants Connections Festival in will connect local residents with migrants. Jonny Virgo looks back at the horrors of the New Cross Fire in the 80’s and Pearl Wise goes to Legs to meet outspoken chef Magnus Reid.

Fi Glover with guest Mary Portas and poet Murray Lachlan Young; interviews with the last footman in England and a survivor of the New Cross Fire, a Crowdscape from Nottingham Market and the Inheritance Tracks of Rolf Harris.