Notting Hill carnival is the second largest street gathering in the world. It is a meeting place for artists, activists and crowds that are eager to display unity and enjoy music, dance, calypso, ...

Trinidadian-born activist Claudia Jones decided she would organise an event to “wash the taste of Notting Hill and Nottingham out of our mouths”. This so-called Caribbean Carnival, an indoor ...

The family of the Portugese woman who went missing after attending Notting Hill Carnival fear she ... So many bad things ...

In 1783 when planters in the formerly French colonies of Martinique, Grenada, and Dominica responded to an edict by the Spanish king, they moved themselves and their slaves to Trinidad, bringing ...

and groups that led Claudia Jones to establish Europe's largest street festival in 1958 – the Caribbean Carnival event, which later evolved into the annual Notting Hill Carnival. Two notable buildings ...

Notting Hill Carnival’s boss has ... That first Caribbean carnival, set up by activist Claudia Jones, took place in 1959 and ran for six years until her death, when social worker Rhaune Laslett ...

It is surprising that not more has been written about Claudia Jones given her stunning achievements ... She founded the West Indian Gazette and the Notting Hill Carnival and remained a communist until ...

This and five other London events raised money “to assist the payments of fines of coloured and white youths involved in the Notting Hill events.” It was those early carnival events that would grow ...