British Subjects

Captain Robert Laurence Nairac GC was born in Mauritius, and served as a British Army officer in Northern Ireland where he was abducted and assassinated by the Provisional IRA. In this episode I speak to Geoff Knupfer, lead forensic investigator at the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains.

If you have any information which may be helpful with the case, you can anonymously contact ICLVR:

Britain and Ireland 00800 – 55585500International +353 1 602 [email protected], PO BOX 10827, Dublin 2, Ireland

Captain Nairac has been accused of involvement in the Miami Showband Massacre, the murder of an IRA member and collusion with local paramilitaries. In this interview with the Irish Times, Knupfer disputes Nairac’s involvement.

This episode of British Subjects is produced by Anna Rose Kerr, with research assistance from Lisa Monks.

Jimmy Joseph Nakou, Yapa Nekiwris, Posen Iarpita Napu, Albi Nangia, Joel Numapen

The 2007 show ‘Meet the Natives’ brought five men, including Jimmy Joseph, from Vanuatu to learn about the native culture of… England.

But of course, what the show really teaches us is about their culture. And their religion! Villagers on Tanna believe that the son of god is Prince Philip. For more on that, check the ‘Prince Philip Movement’ Wikipedia entry.

Meet the Natives was directed by Gavin Searle and you can watch it for free (within the UK) on Channel 4’s Catch Up Hub.

“Intriguing documentary that turns traditional anthropology on its head. Five tribesmen from a South Pacific island travel 10,000 miles to observe the natives of a strange and exotic land – Britain.”

British Subjects is produced by Anna Rose Kerr.

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Peter Lobengula to the UK from South Africa as part of Frank Fillis’ circus in 1889. Many centuries before Beyonce’s Lion King album this was considered the largest ever showing of “African culture”, and it was large with 16,000 visitors a day When the show opened, Peter said: ‘My first thought was that the whole world was white men, and that they had all come to England to meet me!’

This episode included audio from Salford TV:

For further research read Our Migration Story, Peter Shepard’s Kitty and the Prince and follow the work of Dr Sadiah Qureshi.

British Subjects is produced by Anna Rose Kerr.

“If you never change your mind, why have one?” asked Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono, a Maltese physician and psychologist known as the father of lateral thinking.

Evana Morris shares her story of coming to England from Grenada as part of Evewright’s Caribbean Takeaway Takeover.

“The Caribbean takeaway is an important cultural meeting place in the Caribbean community. A home from home, the kitchen is where meals are prepared, but also where stories are exchanged and shared. Going back to African roots, cooking and the Dutch pot or cooking pot was the central place for the family activity. The takeaway has just as much cultural importance as the barbershop and the hairdressing salon for black communities living and working in the UK.For one month, the Breathing Space Café at the Migration Museum will be taken over, repurposed and transformed into an art installation featuring limited-edition photo etchings of 12 Windrush generation elders produced by EVEWRIGHT, along with audio interviews and sound recordings of these Windrush Pioneers compiled by his team at Evewright Arts Foundation (EAF).”Migration Museum

Visit the exhibition at:Migration Museum at The Workshop, 26 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7AG31 May– 28 July Admission: Free

© EVEWRIGHT all rights reserved 2018

The interview with Evana Morris was recorded by Evewright Arts Foundation (EAF) in 2017. The recording and Evena’s portrait are copyright EAF. Read more about the recording and listen to more on Essex Archives Online:seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.…et=7&id=1138301 

The interview with Professor Tony Kushner was recorded at Southampton University by Anna Rose Kerr for British Subjects. Kushner’s brilliant book ‘The battle of Britishness; Migrant journeys, 1685 to the present’ is available from Manchester University Press.

British Subjects is produced by Anna Rose Kerr.

Lindka Cierach was born in Lesotho to Polish-British parents, and is most well known for designing Sarah Ferguson's wedding dress.

I was introduced to Dulani’s work through her contribution to the Hidden Sussex Anthology. Her piece tells the story of the Chattri, a monument in Brighton to 53 Indian soldiers who died in WWI. In this episode she speaks about her family history, her work and the importance of teaching her daughters about belonging.

Dulani Kulasinghe was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and now lives in Brighton with her family.  She has a BA in English from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in Education from the University of New Mexico, where she wrote her MA dissertation on studying and writing poetry with young children.While in Sri Lanka from 2006 to 2008, Dulani worked on the Law & Society Trust Annual Report on human rights, and Domains, the scholarly journal of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies.  She also participated in field work in Sri Lanka, writing about human rights and reporting to the UN on human rights abuses related to the ethnic conflict in the country at that time.In Brighton, Dulani earned a postgraduate diploma in law at the University of Sussex and worked in immigration law in London.  She later co-founded Banyan Tree Theatre Group and helped adapt old and new folktales for children’s theatre, performing in Brighton Fringe, Black History Month and other local events since 2009.Across teaching, law, activism and theatre making, storytelling has been at the heart of Dulani’s work.– Writing Our Legacy

More information about the Chattri can be found here and here and through Brighton & Hove Black History.

British Subjects is produced by Anna Rose Kerr.

A minisode with Lisa Monks about E. Clement Bethel, the leading scholar in Bahamian music and Junkanoo.

A minisode with Lisa Monks about David Nanau Kausimae, who never emigrated to the UK, but was given an OBE and later knighted for 'services to the community in the Solomon Islands'.

Lisa Monks steps in with this minisode about Al Bowlly, once described as 'Europe's Most Popular Crooner and Famous Radio and Record Star'.