When the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, it had on board two of Trinidad's great calypsonians, Lord Kitchener and Lord Beginner. Stuart Hall traces the story and impact of the first wave of Caribbean music to reach Britain.
Minister of sound
It's a long way from illegal raves to Buckingham Palace. But Norman Jay, the godfather of club culture, has been there and done that - he's the first black British DJ to be made an MBE.
Policing of Notting Hill carnival cost £5.6m
Policing the Notting Hill carnival cost a record £5.6m last year, more than twice the amount spent on the anti-capitalist May Day demonstrations in London four months earlier, it was revealed yesterday.