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Author Bernardine Evaristo, whose 2013 novel Mr Loverman has been adapted into a new queer drama, says she wrote the book to “break the myth” that members of the Windrush generation are all ...

Families of the Windrush generation in Reading planted a tree at the Chatham Street roundabout to remember the contributions made by those who came to the UK between 1948 and 1971. Peter Small ...

Windrush Child is based on historical events, although Leonard and the other characters in the book are fictional. In the book, Leonard’s father is a passenger on the Empire Windrush.

There are just a handful of first-hand accounts left from the Windrush generation ... through a children's book based on stories from local residents about their experiences.