The acquittal of the Colston Four is an important moment in upholding the right to protest, precisely because the jury’s verdict was based on the law as well as sentiment.
An image of the monk John Chrysostom preaching in Constantinople in the 4th century.
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The question of what should happen to symbols of oppression has re-emerged a hot-button issue now that the graffiti-covered figure has moved to Bristol’s M Shed museum
Mary Wollstonecraft tribute sculpture by Maggie Hambling.
Ioana Marinescu
It might have many critics but the statue tribute to Mary Wollstonecraft succeeds in its abstract commemoration of the feminist. Public sculptures could learn from it
A statue of slaveholder Robert Milligan is removed at West India Quay, east London.
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