Included in the documents is a briefing from the F4 division of the Home Office (responsible for links with security services, special branch etc) with details from the Metropolitan Police of ...

When clashes between residents and police erupted onto the streets of Brixton in 1981, in the heart of London's African-Caribbean community, the British press largely told one side of the story. When ...

On a warm summer's day in July 1982, the Brixton West Indies Cricket Club and the Metropolitan Police came together in an attempt to bridge their differences by playing a game of cricket at the Oval.

Award-winning novelist Alex Wheatle was abandoned by his Jamaican-born parents as a young boy and spent his childhood in a brutal children’s home. As a teenager he made a living hustling on the ...