Daily Update: Tuesday 1st September 2020
1st September 2020 • snippet
- Chef Nadiya Hussain, in an interview with the BBC's Radio Times magazine, says she's experienced more racism in the last five years than in her entire life, and that she doesn't always call it out because it's not her industry.
- The Tipu Sultan restaurant became the first business in Birmingham issued with a Direction Order after approx. 25 reports of events being held at the premises with over 30 people. Shocking and careless.
- Bradford's popular desi restaurant Akbar's has been forced to close after a staff coronavirus outbreak, the owner said. Bradford Council welcomed the move.
- Just a few months ago, Nima Bhakta committed suicide seven months after giving birth. Now her friends want to help break the stigma around post-partum depression.
- Historian and author William Dalrymple said at a book-event hosted by the UK Punjab Heritage Association that Britain needs a museum of colonialism. Bring it!
