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Britain’s Slave Traders by William A Pettigrew review – the inconvenient truth

This revelatory history shows just how deeply embedded slavery is in the foundations of modern Britain

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

Edward Colston’s remains likely to stay at Bristol church that could become community space

Exclusive: Slave trader is interred at All Saints, which may be given a change of use after being closed for years

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past

Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14

Bristol church repair opens up possibility of Edward Colston exhumation

Diocese holds consultation on future of long-closed city centre site thought to be enslaver’s burial place

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5

From Cristiano Ronaldo to a busty mermaid: The controversial statues that have lost their place

From Denmark’s busty mermaid statue to toppled slave traders and stolen Paddington Bears, we take a look at the statues around the world that have vanished, been relocated, or quietly removed.

Euronews · Aug 14, 2025

Labour peer calls for removal of Clive of India statue from outside Foreign Office

Thangam Debbonaire says Indian visitors to the ministry should not have to walk past ‘historically inaccurate’ bronze

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

How does woke start winning again?

The long read: British progressives have suffered major setbacks in recent years, in both public opinion and court rulings. Was a backlash inevitable, and are new tactics needed?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

Five years since Colston fell, there have been setbacks – but those who demanded race equality have not gone away

When the enslaver’s statue was torn down in Bristol, it signified hope. Now the government must harness that to bring about real change, says Operation Black Vote co-founder Simon Woolley

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025

Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope

It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimism, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2025

Voices: Artworks by disgraced artists like Eric Gill need context, not protective screens

COMMENT: ‘Prospero and Ariel’ – the sculpture by paedophile Eric Gill that adorns the BBC’s Broadcasting House – deserves better than being locked away in an ugly glass box, says Clair Woodward

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2025