Author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to deliver food and memory lecture

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown will deliver a public lecture at the University of West London’s (UWL) Ealing campus at 6pm on Wednesday 26 February about food and memory. The lecture is free of charge and members of the public can reserve places on UWL’s website.

The Ugandan-born British journalist and author will speak about how food is a central marker of identity, linking us to the past, family, friends and journeys of migration. Alibhai-Brown notes that during Ramadan there is a growing trend amongst some young Muslims to have a predawn breakfast of a ‘full English’ of beef sausages and bacon. This development is a clear indication of integration, as much as white Britons being addicted to curries.

An Ealing local, she describes herself as a ‘leftie liberal, anti-racist, feminist, Muslim'. She is a regular columnist for The Independent and the Evening Standard and a well-known commentator and government advisor on issues relating to immigration, diversity and multiculturalism.