TV historian Lucy Worsley leads ‘review’ of royal palaces’ links to slavery including Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Kensington Palace home Historic Royal Palaces review follows similar exercise by the National Trust Review being led by Lucy Worsley, 46, known for BBC history documentaries The historian also described National Trust as ‘ahead of the game’ … Read more
A PureGym personal trainer has apologised ‘whole heartedly’ after posting an ‘ill-judged’ 12 Years a Slave workout for Black History Month. Matt Simpson, a black man, posted a new workout for his clients on the PureGym Luton and Dunstable Facebook page, saying: ‘Slavery is hard and so is this’. He has since removed the post … Read more
PureGym came under fire today after a personal trainer compared his workout to the slave trade in a social media post. Matt Simpson, a black man, posted a new workout for his clients on the PureGym Luton and Dunstable Facebook page, saying: ‘Slavery is hard and so is this’. He wrote: ‘Entitled ’12YearsOfSlave’ (after the … Read more
The latest act to earn a place in the Britain’s Got Talent Final has been revealed as magician Magical Bones. Performing during Saturday’s episode, the star captivated the judges as he revealed the secret behind a trick and then made his long-distance girlfriend appear. After his act, which was inspired by former slave Henry Box … Read more
Five people interviewed over the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol will be offered conditional cautions, a chief constable has said. The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7, before being dumped in Bristol Harbour. No arrests … Read more
A school in Westchester has come under fire after a teacher handed out an image to students about the Black Lives Matter movement, comparing modern-day cops to slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan. Westlake High School educator Christoper Moreno gave his 11th-graders a handout on September 8, on the first day of classes. The handout … Read more
A dominatrix has insisted that people should ‘accept this sort of behaviour’ after her and her ‘slave’ were barred from a gastropub in Cumbria for public sadomasochistic display. Dominatrix Lydia Chadwick, 30, had tied her ‘slave’ to a roof beam with a dog lead and spanked the masked person with a paddle on Sunday evening … Read more
Dominatrix and her suspenders-clad ‘slave’ are banned from gastropub after sadomasochistic spanking session in full view of diners A dominatrix and ‘slave’ have been barred from The Mill in Ulverston, Cumbria The pair put on a sadomasochistic display on the terrace in front of customers Some customers who witnessed the spanking session shared a video online … Read more
City of London’s only primary school changes its name to avoid ‘celebrating’ 17th century slave trader Sir John Cass Sir John Cass’s Foundation Primary School said it was ‘incompatible’ with values The only primary school that is in City of London will become The Aldgate School It announced on its website the decision comes after … Read more
A black female politician has been depicted as a slave in chains in a right-wing magazine, sparking a criminal racism inquiry. Valeurs Actuelles (Current Values) faces prosecution for the seven-page illustrated feature on 40-year-old Danièle Obono. Ms Obono, who is French-Gabonese, said she was sickened by the cartoon, and branded those responsible as ‘odious, stupid … Read more