MARY Seacole appears in the 13th series of Doctor Who as it features the Crimean War. The Jamaican-born nurse was renowned for treating the sick and wounded on the battlefield at her own expense after ...

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Portrait of Mary Seacole by Albert Charles Challen (1869) (via National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia) (click to enlarge) The sculpture on London’s South Bank stands in the gardens of St Thomas’ Hospital ...

The artist’s maquette will be turned into a permanent marble statue, celebrating Mary Seacole’s legacy. The model is on display in the Stable Gallery until 28 March.

Six years ago, Jackie Sibbles Drury wrote a play about a zombie apocalypse, titled “Social Creatures.” Her new play, which opened Monday at LCT’s Claire Tow Theater, is about a health-care apocalypse, ...

Slavery in the US has inspired several writers in this series (Du Bois, Wright, Baldwin, Obama), and there will be more. Here in Britain, however, mainly for historical reasons, there is distressingly ...

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'Avatar' star Sam Worthington has signed up for 'Seacole,' joining 'Belle' actress Gugu Mbatha-Rawa in the period drama from 'In Secret' director Charlie Stratton about 19th century Jamaican physician ...

Across the river from the Houses of Parliament in London, a small yet significant ceremony took place last month. As a few dignitaries looked on in the gardens of St Thomas’ Hospital, a Church of ...