30/10/2012

Available for over a year

As Black History Month draws to a close a heritage consultant from south east London asks whether this annual celebration has served its purpose and where does our large Asian community fit in to all this? In Birmingham our first British-born black-writer, Norman Smith, takes us back to the West Midlands of the 1970's when a powerful mix of reggae and family testimony fuelled his passion for the past. Tom Holland is in Ripon discovering the life and times of Saint Wilfrid, the forgotten pioneer of the Roman Catholic Church in Britain. And we catch up on your letters and emails as we highlight the latest happenings in the history community. Find us on Facebook or Email: [email protected] Producer: Nick Patrick A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.