Carnival collaging: Notting Hill Carnival as a constellation of culture

By Janine Francois 21 July 2021 City portraits

Giles Moberly's depiction of the Flag Procession at Notting Hill Carnival

The tapestry of the Caribbean diaspora has been mapped on to west London streets during Notting Hill Carnival for more than 50 years, but faultlines are still visible

Decolonise this museum: can cultural institutions care?

By Janine Francois 17 March 2021 Essays

Protesters at the British Museum hold signs that say 'BP: 60 years of arctic drilling' and 'citi: 3rd largest investor in fossil fuels'

Cultural institutions, dedicated to the care and preservation of collections, do not extend that care to the BIPOC communities they claim to support