A new Royal Mint commemorative coin in honour of Jamaican-British nurse Mary Seacole has been revealed to coincide with the UK’s Black History Month. It is the second coin to feature a named Black ...

Courtesy of Live Arts Theater. “Drury tells this story from a transcendental space within the global Black woman experience. There are particular caregiving experiences that Black women across the ...

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 ...

A female Ulysses -- Daughter and doctress -- Up and doing -- An inclination to Rove -- Pomp, pride and circumstance -- Enjoying it amazingly -- Comfort and order -- Proud and unprotected -- A bold ...

A piece of art featuring Isambard Kingdom Brunel's design plans for a Crimean War pop-up hospital has gone on display in Bristol. Brunel designed Renkioi Hospital in six days after pleas from Florence ...

Live Arts Theater’s 2024-2025 Voyages Season continues with the Virginia premiere of “Marys Seacole,” Jackie Sibblies Drury’s time-travelling chronicle inspired by the real-life of Mary Seacole.