Poem by Gabriella Hrymajlo
(Third-generation Immigrant of Italian and Ukrainian Grandparents) I’ve never felt fully English — it never quite fit, Like a jacket too stiff, or shoes...
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Blog by Shanil Rao
(Second-generation British Indian) Growing up in Leicester, my British Indian Gujarati identity wasn’t something I had to defend. It was simply all...
Poem by Louise Banahene
This Kente Cloth belonged to my dad. It’s over 80 years old and travelled in his trunk when he made the journey from Ghana to the UK. Each handwoven Kente...
Blog by Megan El-Frensawi
(Second-generation Canadian Lebanese) Being a second-generation immigrant of Lebanese parents in Canada comes with a quiet, often invisible emotional burden —...
Poem by Enna Qureshi
(Second-generation British Pakistani) pound of feathers, pound of lead we won’t ever talk about it, incessantly crop up, “try not to think about it”, do you...
Blog by Edward Mbanasor
(Second-generation Nigerian (Igbo), born and raised in London) Finding Home: A Journey Through Identity, Medicine and Belonging Roots and Family: London...
Blog by Colina Wright, LUU staff
Am I wrong? My reflections of my life as a black, British mother By Colina Wright. Whilst I’ve often reflected on how I introduce myself, preferring to refer...
Poem by P. B. Helbest
Linens (Second-generation Kurdish Turkish Brit) Linens pin-pricked, the shadow in my eyes, fills up the shape of you and I, I pour into you, that molten tide,...
Blog by Nitya Bhattad
(Indian) What She Wasn’t Allowed to Be – I’m Becoming I come from a Marwari household, where tradition isn’t just culture — it’s structure. A way of life...
Blog by William Weller
Finding My Place Across Cultures Growing Up Between Languages I’m William – British and French by nationality, Cambodian by ethnicity, and raised in...