Don’t pull down Winston Churchill’s statue: 140,000 Mail on Sunday readers demand the government blocks attempts to remove the wartime PM’s monument More than 140,000 readers have already signed the petition to secure the statue Churchill monument boarded up with metal sheets after being spray painted ** We call on the PM to publicly guarantee … Read more
The governing body of Oxford University’s Oriel College says it wants to remove the controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes. Board members met today to discuss the future of the monument, which is one of dozens of targets appearing on a list of statues Black Lives Matter protesters want to see taken down for links to racism … Read more
Workers descended upon Westminster today to remove the metal boards covering Sir Winston Churchill’s statue ahead of the French president’s visit to London tomorrow. The team of staff, dressed in hard hats and protective clothing, set to work removing the protective box around the former Prime Minister’s monument just in time for President Emmanuel Macron’s visit … Read more
Cecil Rhodes WILL fall: Oriel College in Oxford opts to remove statue of British colonialist – less than 24 hours after latest protests through the city in wake of BLM movement By Henry Martin For Mailonline Published: 20:04 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 20:14 BST, 17 June 2020 The Cecil Rhodes statue at Oxford’s … Read more
A village church will remove the ‘Chocolate covered C**n’ gravestone of 1930s entertainer GH Elliot unless relatives come forward to stop them. Dancer Elliot was thrown into the spotlight amid the Black Lives Matter movement after comedian Harry Enfield used him as an example on Radio 4’s Today programme to defend performing in blackface. Elliot’s headstone, … Read more
Taylor Swift is urging Tennessee officials to permanently remove statues ‘that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things’ in the state. Swift took to both her Twitter and Instagram accounts Friday afternoon to share the passionate plea, directed at her home state’s Capitol Commission and the Tennessee Historical Commission. ‘As a Tennessean, it makes … Read more
Activists have removed a statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II in Brussels – days after another one was taken down in Antwerp due to anti-racism vandalism. The figure was removed from its plinth during Thursday night, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported, leaving an empty stand in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday. Photos show the separated bust on the floor … Read more
Activists have removed a statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II in Brussels – days after another one was taken down in Antwerp due to anti-racism vandalism. The figure was removed from its plinth during Thursday night, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported, leaving an empty stand in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday. Photos show the separated bust on the floor … Read more
Internationally-renowned Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London will remove the statue of its slave-owning founder Sir Thomas Guy. The hospital – where Boris Johnson received treatment for coronavirus in April – revealed that the contentious statue of Sir Thomas would be removed from view following pressure from Black Lives Matter protesters. Bookseller Sir Thomas … Read more
He became a national hero during the Second Boer War in South Africa for defending a town for 217 days and is mostly known today for founding the world Scout Movement. But Lord Baden-Powell is also considered as a racist by some for forcing Africans out on cattle drives by threatening them with floggings and … Read more