Thousands sign petition calling for a monument to be built in tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh 

A petition calling for a statue to Prince Philip following his death yesterday aged 99 has already been signed by thousands of people. Save Our Statues launched a change.org campaign calling on Boris Johnson to erect a monument to the Duke of Edinburgh in London. The page has been signed more than 4,000 times since … Read more

Doctors, nurses, teachers and MPs call for Covid Memorial Day and monument

Doctors, teachers and nurses today urged Boris Johnson to formally recognise an annual ‘Covid Memorial Day’ and erect a monument on Whitehall. More than 50 MPs and peers along with the health unions, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing are backing the calls. There is also a cross-party campaign for a … Read more

Black Lives Matter: Monument of Waterloo hero and slave trader Thomas Picton will STAND

A monument in Carmarthen dedicated to a hero of the Battle of Waterloo also known as the ‘Tyrant of Trinidad’ will not be removed or renamed as part of a Welsh government probe into ‘offensive’ statues. The memorial to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton has stood in Picton Terrace in the south-western town since 1888. A campaign … Read more

Will locals back statue for Margaret Thatcher? Poll could be held to decide on home town monument

Will locals back statue for Margaret Thatcher? Referendum could be held to decide whether to erect monument to the Iron Lady in her home town Former mayor of Grantham Ian Selby proposed a poll to decide on 10ft statue  £300,000 plinth in Grantham was funded by Public Memorials Appeal charity  South Kesteven District Council has put … Read more

St Paul’s Cathedral monument to Waterloo hero known as the ‘Tyrant of Trinidad’ may be axed

A monument at St Paul’s Cathedral depicting a hero of the Battle of Waterloo also known as the ‘Tyrant of Trinidad’ could be removed as part of a probe into offensive statues. The memorial to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, which is surrounded by angels and a lion, is one of several being reviewed as part … Read more

Eternal Wall prayer monument will be same height as Nelson’s Column and dwarf the Angel of the North

Christians plan new Eternal Wall national prayer monument built with a million bricks that will be same height as Nelson’s Column and dwarf the Angel of the North Building on the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, near Coleshill, will start in 2021 The 169ft tall monument near Birmingham will be built with one million bricks  … Read more

Mini model of Stonehenge created by scientists could reveal how the ancient monument SOUNDED

The first-ever scale model of Stonehenge that lets researchers explore how the monument would have sounded in its heyday has been created by UK researchers. The model was made using 3D printing and custom modelling techniques, and represents how the monument would have originally looked and sounded.   Researchers hope that sound tests with the 157-stone … Read more

Raleigh workers unearth time capsule from 1894 inside Confederate monument torn down by protesters

Workers discovered a time capsule dating back to 1894 while dismantling what was left of a 75-foot Confederate monument in Raleigh, North Carolina. The massive structure was destroyed during Black Lives Matter protests in late June and officials ordered the removal of the remains due to its ‘painful memory.’ However, the event led experts to … Read more

Washington Sq Park monument defaced as NYPD faces $1bn budget cut

New York City’s famous George Washington Monument in Washington Square Park was defaced with red paint on Monday as protesters gathered further downtown outside City Hall ahead of a controversial vote that could slash the city’s police budget by $1billion – 16 percent of its total – despite escalating crime and chaos.  In the latest … Read more

New prehistoric monument dating back 4,500 years is discovered in English countryside 

A hole new ‘Stonehenge’! New prehistoric monument dating back 4,500 years made up of 15ft-deep shafts in a mile-wide circle is discovered in English countryside New prehistoric shafts have been discovered around Durrington Walls henge  Coring suggests the features are Neolithic, excavated over 4,500 years ago  It is thought the shafts served as a boundary … Read more