Floella Benjamin

Coming to England review – Floella Benjamin story overlooks her ascent to Play School

We see the shock of Windrush-era racism from a child’s perspective, but miss the details of how she rose nontheless to become the face of children’s TV

Arifa Akbar

05, Apr, 2022 @12:31 PM

Marilyn Malin obituary

Other lives: Publisher who championed Michael Morpurgo and Floella Benjamin

Jane Nissen

28, Feb, 2022 @5:48 PM

Floella Benjamin’s childhood memoir to become stage play

Birmingham Rep says premiere of Coming to England will be highlight of forthcoming season

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

20, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM

Heather Couper remembered by Floella Benjamin

The broadcaster and parliamentarian remembers her friend and fellow TV presenter, a distinguished astronomer and science advocate

Floella Benjamin

15, Dec, 2020 @1:00 PM

Floella Benjamin: I was told to 'shut up or never work again'

Peer and former Play School presenter recalls pushback after she pressed for greater diversity in TV

Guardian staff and agency

11, Oct, 2020 @6:00 AM

Over 100 MPs and peers in call to back creative industries in lockdown

Letter to government warns of impact of coronavirus on workers and their families

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

14, Apr, 2020 @2:43 PM

Floella Benjamin: 'They sent the police to arrest us'

She was the face of kids’ TV and became one of the most influential presenters ever. As Baroness Benjamin’s achievements are recognised, she looks back at the racism she overcame

Ellen E Jones

03, Dec, 2019 @3:08 PM

Increasing diversity in the creative industries | Letters

Letters: A new all-party parliamentary group will help tackle declining diversity in the creative sector, says Ed Vaizey MP

Letters

21, Jul, 2019 @4:25 PM

Windrush memorial belongs in Brixton, not Waterloo

Letters: Arthur Torrington rejects the assertion that the central London train station is an appropriate site, saying Brixton is where the immigrants set up home

Letters

05, Jul, 2019 @4:13 PM

Tax breaks would focus minds on real diversity in film and TV | Letters

Letters: A group including leading British film and television actors, writers and directors is calling for tax relief to encourage diversity throughout their industry

Letters

05, Nov, 2018 @6:20 PM

The Guardian view on gardening: digging one’s way to humanity | Editorial

Editorial: As the Chelsea Flower Show reveals every year, it is very human to seek the solace that comes with growing things

Editorial

25, May, 2018 @3:06 PM

Top authors pick a children’s book for Christmas

Education Guardian’s Christmas gift ideas from teachers and authors, with Anne Fine, Holly Smale, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Michael Morpurgo and Julia Donaldson

Rebecca Ratcliffe

19, Dec, 2016 @8:00 AM