Campaigners demand hundreds of lovers’ padlocks are removed from bridge in Bristol because it is named in honour of slave Pero Jones and is ‘insulting to his memory’ They say there is a ‘major issue’ with making such displays of couples’ affection Opened in 1999, Pero Bridge was named in honour of African slave Pero … Read more
They’re back at school. Phew. Perhaps you’re finding, like me, that life is slowly starting to return to something like normal. Homework is a walk in the park when compared with home-schooling. And yet, it’s not quite the same. For many of our children, education is no longer full-time, with pupils being sent home at … Read more
Royal wedding preacher Bishop Michael Curry says he could ‘feel the presence of slaves’ at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials and calls it a ‘sign of hope’ for the future Bishop Michael Curry reflected on the royal wedding in an interview with People Claims to have felt the presence and heard the voices of … Read more
Why are arguments about the love of country always held between BBC-type Britain-hating pinkoes, embarrassed by their own nation, and shouty jingoes, who never think about what patriotism really means? Here we all are in a state of rage about whether the words of Rule, Britannia should be sung at the Last Night Of The … Read more
A black poet was shocked to learn that he is the descendant of slaves, slave traders, a prime minister and the first black international footballer. Malik Al Nasir, born in 1966 in Toxeth, Liverpool, noticed he looked similar to a black Victorian footballer and went on a 15 year journey into his family history, uncovering … Read more
‘I couldn’t help but cry’: Mica Paris was ‘overwhelmed with sadness and anger’ after visiting a cellar once used to hide slaves on the run in Tennessee By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 21:57 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 00:13 BST, 19 July 2020 Mica Paris has revealed how she was ‘overwhelmed with sadness’ … Read more
A group of 11 adults, believed to be kept as slaves, were found at an industrial site during a massive raid involving more than 100 police officers. Officers battered their way onto the site in an armoured truck, through what they described as ‘numerous safety measures’. Once inside the gated, semi-industrial compound in Crews Hill, … Read more
White chef yells ‘black lives don’t matter’, says ‘blacks should be slaves’ and calls driver the N-word in shocking racist attack in upstate New York Video shows the man, who identifies himself as Barry Wardell, yelling at a driver: ‘Put me on Facebook, black lives don’t matter! N****r!’ Wardell claimed he works as a chef … Read more
Slaves’ guitarist Laurie Vincent reveals his girlfriend Emma Jane Mulholland has died aged 32 after cancer battle as he pens touching tribute to his ‘queen’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 22:24 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 19 June 2020 Slaves guitarist Laurie Vincent revealed on Wednesday that his girlfriend Emma Jane Mulholland … Read more
Darius Guppy was a friend of Boris Johnson at Eton and Oxford Darius Guppy was a friend of Boris Johnson at Eton and Oxford – and best man at the wedding of Princess Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer. He was jailed in the 90s for his part in a £1.8million insurance fraud and is now an … Read more