The Latest Breaking News from Chris Ryley

Former pub owners give police interview after golly dolls collection seized by officers

Chris and Bernice Ryley voluntarily spoke to police over the confiscation of their collection by officers

Evening Standard · May 18, 2023

Essex pub that displayed racist dolls closes after boycott by suppliers

Heineken, Carlsberg and Innserve cut ties with White Hart Inn, which had golly dolls confiscated as part of police investigation

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023

Essex pub that displayed golly dolls seized by police is vandalised

White Hart Inn in Grays, which has been the subject of a reported hate crime, daubed with graffiti and has windows damaged

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023

The Golli*** row: What is the controversy and why are the dolls deemed racist?

A pub has closed after a row over the controversial rag dolls, but what is the history behind them?

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2023

Essex pub landlady replaces golliwog doll collection that was seized by police

Benice Ryley plans to display new dolls despite police investigation into an alleged hate crime

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023

Pub landlord in golli*** row joked about US lynchings and posted far-right propaganda on Facebook

‘They used to hang them in Mississippi,’ Chris Ryley commented on photo of dolls dangling from wooden beam

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023

Racist dolls row landlady defies police to put dolls back on display

Golly dolls have long been accepted as deeply offensive to Black communities as images from the The White Hart Inn, in Grays, Essex, show some of the dolls being hung by their necks from the top of the bar WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE

Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023