Tag: Edward Colston

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 18:50 UTC

  PM Johnson: Britain cannot 'photoshop' its cultural landscape and complex history

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain cannot “photoshop” its cultural landscape and complex history as doing so would be a distortion of its past, amid an ongoing row over the removal of statues of historical figures.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 10:35 UTC

  Slave trader statue fished out of Bristol harbor; Bournemouth will remove a bronze of Robert Baden-Powell

  

  The statue of a slave trader toppled by anti-racism protesters was on Thursday fished out of the harbour in the English city of Bristol, as another historical monument was set to be taken down.