Author: Tyrone Roach
Arday was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The extent of Alleyne’s role in those processes has been disputed. Nevertheless, her experience illustrates how attention shifted from allegations concerning one academic to scrutiny of other senior university figures.
That Barbadian connection widened further with Lord Simon Woolley, principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, whose mother is from Barbados. Woolley also became associated with the controversy after signing an open letter defending Arday against media allegations of plagiarism and fabricated CV claims. As scrutiny intensified, he reportedly removed his official institutional title from the public letter while leaving his name on it; Alleyne withdrew her name altogether.
“Although there have been serious management failings, steps have been taken to support the licensing objectives through the appointment of a new operations manager and security company.”
Derrick Brown, a 74-year-old Jamaican, attacked his neighbour, Barbadian Richard Brathwaite, 73, and his wife, Annetta, 71, with a large kitchen knife on Cromwell Road in Wembley, Middlesex, on 21st March 2024.
It’s a testament to the group’s reputation that over fifteen community groups were represented at this annual event.
Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, in 1932, Blenman moved to the UK after the Second World War. He was part of the wave of Caribbean recruits who joined London Transport in the late 1950s
Pinder later moved to British Guiana to work on the Demerara telephone exchange project, where his interest in anti-colonial politics and trade unionism deepened.
Earlier in the afternoon, Manchester’s Mack Clarke asked the crowd to observe a one-minute silence in honour of Winston Pinder, a Barbadian pioneer, former NCBA executive officer, and a significant contributor to the Caribbean community in the UK.
