Britishness can't be untangled from migration. A new exhibition drives the message home.
The Migration Museum sits in one of London's most diverse neighbourhoods, once the scene of fierce clashes with the Far Right. A new, timely installation opened last week - we went to take a look.
The Migration Museum's latest exhibition, All Our Stories, is aptly located in Lewisham Shopping Centre, a diverse area with a history of anti-racism. One archival display features a National Front pamphlet from the 1970s, the kind used to recruit locals to join the far-right group in its heyday. “Make Britain GREAT again,” it reads, alongside calls to …
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