Tag: West Indies

How should we write the history of the “Windrush Generation”? And in what sense can Caribbean cricket be said to have “remade” postwar England? This talk, discussing aspects of Dr Michael Collins’ new book Windrush Cricket (Oxford University Press 2025) requires no knowledge of the game itself, but will seek to persuade listeners of cricket’s cultural and ideological importance in our understanding of Caribbean and British history, race and Englishness, postwar migration and contemporary national identity.

Sport has always played an integral role within Caribbean societies. Sports personalities have for a long time been the Caribbean's heroes and so too sport has always been an iconic Caribbean pastime. This popularity has driven many state initiatives to use sport as a tool for economic and social development.