About Akilah Russell

With Black History Month in Britain well under way, it is no surprise that with now over a million black people living in the UK this year’s events has been bigger than before. Although it was only celebrated for the first time 24-years ago, it’s relatively new existence represents the youth of the “black-British” identity […]

When I first saw the online picture gallery featuring hundreds of convicted “rioters” on Flickr, two thoughts crossed my mind: number one, this has to be a policing first, and number two, is this morally correct? Well, several debates later and Britain has still yet to decide whether it is right or wrong for police […]

This week a landmark in the UK riots was founded, after the 1000th person was charged with crimes over the five days of unrest that rocked the nation. Described as a “milestone” by acting police commissioner, Tim Godwin, it is also no surprise that police are practically feeding themselves Donuts with joy, feeling they quenched […]

I have no doubt that it came as a surprise to many of our American cousins that England is not all “cups of tea” and “having lunch with the queen,” after disturbing images of the UK riots hit TV screens last week.  However, the bare fact remains that some truths about a country can only […]