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Black History Month

October 2025

Black History Month is a time to honour and celebrate Black history, heritage, and culture. To mark Black History Month at the Virtual Village Hall this October, we learned about the Black Cultural Archives, enjoyed a Listening Books session with Kit de Waal, and took part in a poetry workshop with Black British poet Shirley May.

We invite you to celebrate Black culture with us!

Main Image: a photo of Shirley May, Black British poet, smiling at the camera outside, wearing pink and black, beside a pink flower in the garden.

The Telling: Narrative Poetry Workshop

Black History Month 2025

Main image: black and white headshot photo of novelist and author Kit de Waal, wearing glasses looking into the camera.

Author Q&A with Kit de Waal

Listening books Q&A - Black History Month 2025

Main image: a view of open books and their pages from above.

Black Cultural Archives: Introducing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Part of Black History Month 2025