Off the Shelf: What We Leave We Carry, Voices of Migration to Britain - Colin Grant

What do we leave behind when we move to a new place – and what do we carry with us, physically and emotionally, wherever we land? 

Here are the voices of many people who have come to Britain to make a new life, from a Czech-Roma lawyer in Reading to an Iranian taxi driver in Shropshire.

Colin Grant has travelled the country and listened to their stories – foundational tales of arriving in a new land, along with rarely spoken stories of love and loss. These accounts ask questions about assimilation, identity, belonging and the emotional cost of migration in 21st century Britain. Candid, profoundly human, sometimes funny and always moving, What We Leave We Carry is a chance to listen to Britain – in all its richness and complexity.  

“A beautiful tapestry... Uplifting” - Bernardine Evaristo 

This event is part of Off the Shelf: Festival of Words from the University of Sheffield. The full festival programme is available here: https://offtheshelf.org.uk/events/ 

The event is organised by the Off the Shelf Festival. Views expressed at this event do not reflect those of Sheffield Museums.