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Father ticks off ‘bucket list wish’ by spending day as a Cambridge porter

Dean Allen first became intrigued with the role when he ferried his daughter to Jesus College in the 1990s.

Evening Standard

Prince Edward's A-level results that got him into Cambridge may surprise you

Prince Edward's A-level results that caused controversy and featured in The Crown revealed

Woman & Home

'Exceptional' Cambridge student 'had been dead for some time' after missing calls

Erin Cresswell, of Gateshead, who was described as an "exceptional" Cambridge University student was found dead in her college room and "had sadly been dead for some time", an inquest heard

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Cambridge University to return over 100 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Move to see restitution of 116 historical objects taken by British during the sacking of Benin in 1897

The Guardian - UK

Beware the ‘ghostliners’: people who downplay Britain’s slavery shame and mute calls for justice

The row about a Cambridge monument to a slave trafficker shows how far the UK has to go to confront its racist past, says history professor Kris Manjapra

The Guardian - UK

The medieval map discovery that could prove there's a Welsh Atlantis

The story has remained no more than folklore for centuries, but new evidence has suggested Cantre’r Gwaelod may have really existed

Wales Online

The Guardian view on the Church of England and Jesus College: misreading history

Editorial: A plaque memorialising a slave trader has no place in a modern venue for Christian worship

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Cambridge college spent £120,000 on Rustat memorial case

Master of Jesus College says it has been forced to abide by an ‘antiquated’ process.

The Independent UK

Cambridge college spent £120,000 in failed bid to remove slave trader plaque

Master of Jesus College Sonita Alleyne defends decision to fight legal case despite court defeat

The Guardian - UK

The Church of England promised to tackle racial injustice. Why is it defending a slave trader’s memory?

At Jesus College, our student body is more diverse than ever – a memorial to Tobias Rustat has no place in our chapel, says college master Sonita Alleyne

The Guardian - UK

Justin Welby backs removal of slave trader memorial in Cambridge college

Archbishop of Canterbury says Church of England has long way to go on journey towards racial justice

The Guardian - UK

Cambridge college ‘let down by Church’ over Rustat judgment

But Jesus College will not appeal the decision over the memorial to the slave trade investor.

The Independent UK

C of E procedures on racial injustice ‘inadequate’, says Cambridge college

Jesus College ‘let down’ but will not appeal ruling preventing removal of memorial to slave trader Tobias Rustat

The Guardian - UK

Church leaders object to keeping slave trader memorial in Cambridge college chapel

More than 160 signatories want the memorial moved to a less prominent place in Jesus College

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The Guardian - UK

Church’s poor record on slavery continues with decision to keep plaque

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‘We can’t believe it’: Cambridge college master aghast as slave trader plaque stays

Sonita Alleyne says church ‘is meant to love us all’ after decision on Tobias Rustat memorial

The Guardian - UK

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Other lives: Mathematician who settled in Munich and worked at the European Patent Office

The Guardian - UK

Church court rejects Cambridge college bid to move slave trader memorial

Ruling says opposition to Tobias Rustat memorial at Jesus College chapel is based on ‘false narrative’

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The Independent UK

Tobias Rustat memorial will not be removed from Cambridge college chapel

Jesus College says it is ‘disappointed’ and ‘shocked’ by the decision.

The Independent UK

Bid to move memorial ‘like trying to get rid of elderly, unpopular relative’

Tobias Rustat, who invested in the Royal African Company, became one of Jesus College’s largest benefactors before the 20th century.

The Independent UK

Cambridge slavery memorial defender calls for ‘quiet, rational’ discussion

Master and students felt uncomfortable entering the college chapel thanks to a memorial to a man who invested in slave trading companies.

The Guardian - UK

Cambridge college denies it seeks to erase benefactor over slave trade links

Jesus College has applied to church authorities to remove a memorial to Tobias Rustat from its chapel

AFP

UK church court to decide on slave-link memorial

Cambridge (United Kingdom) (AFP) - The Church of England was on Wednesday urged to rule on whether to allow the removal of an ornate marble memorial of a benefactor to Cambridge University, after student and academic protests at his links to the slave trade.

AFP

UK college requests removal of slavery-linked memorial

London (AFP) - A university college in the United Kingdom is Wednesday to ask a judge to allow the removal from its chapel of a memorial to a historical donor implicated in the slave trade.

The Independent UK

Court to hear dispute over future of memorial to Cambridge college benefactor

Tobias Rustat, who invested in the Royal African Company, became one of Jesus College’s largest benefactors before the 20th Century.

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