Bristol Harbour Festival could change amid concerns it is too 'white and middle-class' City council cabinet set to approve funding for next five years Bristol Post · Aug 1, 2022
Reni Eddo-Lodge on anti-racism: ‘The backlash amazes me’ Two years after the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that sent Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race to the top of the bestseller lists, its author assesses how far we’ve come, in an edited extract from an updated edition of the book The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2022
Department of Education threatens to withdraw funding from Bristol school after Ofsted rating Montpelier High School received an 'inadequate' Ofsted rating in its first inspection in twelve years Bristol Post · Jul 12, 2022
‘We won’t stay silent any longer’ – 13 protest photographs that changed Britain As a new law comes into place that restricts how people can demonstrate across the UK, we look at some of the images and moments that reshaped the nation The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2022
Toppling Colston statue ‘unacceptable’ form of political debate, court told The Attorney General has asked Court of Appeal judges to review the law around the case. The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022
Artist William Kentridge says Winston Churchill statue should be buried so we can ‘look down’ on him ‘The question should be: “How do we deal with our blighted past?” rather than defending it and saying it was nothing but a heroic history,’ Kentridge said The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022
Bristol reacts to school's 'inadequate' Ofsted ranking after first inspection in 12 years Montpelier High School, formerly Colston's Girls' School, was given the worst Ofsted rating where it had previously been dubbed 'the best school in Bristol' Bristol Post · Jun 11, 2022
Opinion: Two years since Colston and everything has changed, but everything is still the same "Racism didn't end because a big crowd pulled over a statue two years ago today" Bristol Post · Jun 7, 2022
Banksy's signed Colston 4 t-shirt sells for £12,000 at auction It's one of four Banksy gave to the Colston statue topplers Bristol Post · May 31, 2022
What would George Floyd’s life have looked like without the crushing weight of racism? Two years on from his death, it’s worth considering the success he might have had in a different world, say writers Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022
Banksy: Artist behind Jubilee mural in Wood Green comes forward Mural similar to artist’s work appears on side of Poundland ahead of Platinum Jubilee The Independent UK · May 18, 2022
The Bristol schools that have removed Colston from their name The toppling of the slave trader's statue prompted some schools to make the switch Bristol Post · May 2, 2022
Signed Colston 4 Banksy T-shirt expected to sell for at least £20k at auction The T-shirts are different as the colours were reversed and are signed by Banky himself Bristol Post · Apr 29, 2022
Should Colston's School in Bristol have changed its name? Have your say Join the debate on Colston's School's new name Bristol Post · Apr 28, 2022
Bristol Post · Apr 27, 2022 Bristolians slam Colston's School's new name as 'stupid and woke' "And what will this achieve?"
The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022 School founded by slave trader Edward Colston to be renamed Headteacher says new name ‘will help us to become an ever more inclusive and welcoming community’
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022 School founded by slave trader Edward Colston to be re-named ‘Collegiate’ Governors at Colston’s School say the name was chosen from hundreds of suggestions as it seeks to distance itself from its namesake.
Bristol Post · Apr 26, 2022 Colston's School announces new name "We believe that moving forwards with this new name will help us to become an ever more inclusive and welcoming community"
The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2022 Trial of Extinction Rebellion co-founder delayed pending High Court judgment Gail Bradbrook, 49, appeared at Isleworth Crown Court on Tuesday accused of causing £27,500 in damage to the Department for Transport building.
Bristol Post · Apr 13, 2022 Colston 4 lawyer says Attorney General is 'stoking up culture war' with Court of Appeal move “This decision from the Attorney General is extremely disappointing and should give everyone who cares about the integrity of our legal system cause for concern"
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022 Attorney General refers Colston statue case to Court of Appeal to ‘clarify the law’ on protests Any future ruling will not impact four defendants’ acquittals but Suella Braverman said it was ‘in the public interest to clarify the points of law’
Bristol Post · Apr 12, 2022 Attorney General has referred the Colston 4 verdict to the Court of Appeal "It is in the public interest to clarify the points of law raised in these cases for the future"
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022 Colston Four acquittal to be referred to court of appeal Unusual move to seek legal clarification, which cannot reverse verdict, amounts to the ‘politicisation of jury trials’, says defence lawyer
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022 Colston statue case referred to Court of Appeal over legal direction Suella Braverman wants clarification on the use of human rights as a defence in cases where a defendant is accused of criminal damage.
Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2022 Londoner’s Diary: ‘Colston Four’ lawyers fall out over credit for statue case win In today’s Diary: Colston lawyer fall out / Sarpong defends BBC from racism accusations / Jacobson’s diffiult mother / Allin-Khan gives cabbie short shrift / A round of applause for Mogg’s nanny