Bloggers
Bill Hern
Bill Hern worked for the DWP and its predecessors for 41 years prior to his retirement in 2016. He now researches and writes Black history. He is co-author of 'Football's Black Pioneers' and is an active member of the Windrush Foundation.
To mark Windrush Day, Bill, a former civil servant and researcher who specialises in Black British history, writes about the mythology surrounding Empire Windrush and its passengers’ early experiences in workplaces and unions.