Edward Colston
It is time to stop fetishising large pieces of rock and metal as "history" when it is also, in fact, being made in front of our eyes, Priyamvada Gopal writes.
The operation was carried out in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Britain is confronting its imperialist past. Should the nation’s revered wartime prime minister face the same fate as Colston and Milligan?
It will be exhibited in a museum alongside Black Lives Matter placards, while a consultation will be held to decide how to use the plinth.
The decision follows the toppling of a statue of Edward Colston by anti-racist protesters in Bristol.
The statue, which had stood in the city since 1895, was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter demonstration on Sunday.
The mayor has launched a review into the capital's landmarks after Black Lives Matter protesters pulled down the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol.
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Britain is facing its Rosa Parks moment and Black people are making it clear they won’t sit at the back of the bus, Catherine Ross writes.