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Simon Woolley, 06 May 2002 

A colleague of mine gave me the book, Black like me by John Howard Griffen,. Inside she wrote, 'Read it and weep'. The true story relates the investigation of a white journalist, who at the height America's 1960s race hate era, blackens his skin and sets off to Mississippi Alabama to see what it was like to live as a black man.

Simon Woolley, 09 Feb 2004 

The outgoing Hackney South MP Brian Sedgemore stated that he would like his successor for Labour's safe seat to be a Black woman. You might think that Sedgemore's comments were a positive endorsement for greater representation of Black Women in the House of Commons.

Simon Woolley, 26 Feb 2003 

They say a week is a long time in politics. Six months, therefore, must be a lifetime, or at least enough time to begin the process of change. And yet six months since I met with the leader of the Conservatives, Iain Duncan Smith, who promised me-and Britain's Black communities - that he would drive through a positive agenda which would make his party more attractive to Black people, I can sadly report that nothing has changed.

Simon Woolley, 29 Apr 2002

So, now you know why Black people don't bother saving the Eurostar tokens for cheap fares to Paris.

Simon Woolley, 02 Feb 2004 

It is a mark of an intolerable racist society that one of the country's greatest poets Benjamin Zephaniah will probably be remembered not for his mastery of words but rather for his refusal to accept one the land's highest honours. An OBE: Order of the British Empire.

Simon Woolley, 19 Feb 2003 

As the UK blindly follows the USA into an unjust war against Iraq, we witness the creation of an enemy within. The demonisation of Black Britons: Africans, Asians and Caribbean's has been gathering apace. In fact, it's not just Black Britons, but anyone who is not white is being targeted as a potential national threat. 

 Simon Woolley, 22 Apr 2002

To some, 25 years is a lifetime, yet it is the first time, in as many years, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has presented the nation with a budget that argues: if you want a better health service for everyone then you have to pay for it through direct taxes.

Simon Woolley, 01 Sep 2003 

In the last 30 years Black male identity in the UK has been defined by sport. In a world that too often demonised, brutalised and belittled the Black man it was only sport and perhaps music that offered a platform in which he could be momentarily unshackled and excel.

Simon Woolley, 16 Sep 2002 

Last week saw the observance of a one-minute silence across the world for the remembrance of the 3000+ victims of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.

Simon Woolley, 16 Apr 2002

A nation holds its breath: will his (David Beckham's) left foot mend in time?' lamented Friday's Guardian headline. A sentiment echoed in every paper around the country, while I might add, the Welsh, Scottish and Irish, looked on in mild amusement.