‘Woke’ travel guide on Edinburgh’s slave trade links says statue of 18th century MP Henry Dundas should be pulled down Travel guide calls for removal of Tory MP Henry Dundas statue from Edinburgh Dundas delayed abolition of slavery in British colonies for more than a decade Book looks at debate over renaming buildings and monuments … Read more
Britain’s US Embassy attempts to play down fears that Biden’s removal of Churchill bust signals a souring of Special Relationship with video about Anglo-American friendship US Embassy in London uploaded video defining the ‘Special Relationship’ Video is in response to criticism of removal of Churchill bust from Oval office The video shows how the Special … Read more
Stunning 3D laser scans show the internal structure of Brazil’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue for the first time A team of specialists took more than 180 million points of data using the scanner This allowed them to create an internal and external recreation of the statue The work was carried out just before 90th birthday … Read more
A Tory run council has been told to review their decision to underwrite a £100,000 ‘party’ to unveil a controversial statue of Margaret Thatcher in her hometown. For over a decade the normally sedate Lincolnshire town of Grantham has witnessed a bitter row over how to remember their most famous daughter. Two years ago South … Read more
An asteroid bigger than the Statue of Liberty will fly past Earth at 8:20pm GMT on Christmas Day, according to data from NASA’s Center for Near Earth Studies. The asteroid, called 2014 SD224, will come within 0.02019 astronomical units, or nearly 1.9 million miles, from the Earth’s surface. 2014 SD224 has a diameter anywhere between 302 … Read more
Antonio Banderas, 60, dons a protective face mask as he honours the Virgin of Hope statue in Malaga with presenter Maria Casado By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 02:10 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 02:10 GMT, 19 December 2020 Antonio Banderas honoured the Virgin of Hope statue at Archicofradía de la Esperanza in Malaga, Spain, with presenter … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Four people are charged with criminal damage after statue of Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into Bristol Harbour in June By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 14:27 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 14:28 GMT, 9 December 2020 Four people have been charged with criminal damage after a statue of … Read more
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
Baptist pastor’s son, 18, accused of spray-painting Winston Churchill statue with the words ‘is a racist’ is ‘threatened with hanging as he enters court’ Benjamin Clark was ‘threatened as he entered court’ with his father Andrew Onlookers shouted ‘he should hang’ outside of Westminster Magistrates’ Court Clark charged with one count of criminal damage after incident in … Read more
Bristol mayor says toppling of Sir Edward Colston statue was fuelled by ‘years of unaffordable housing, gentrification and being left behind’ Marvin Rees was giving evidence on ‘physical heritage’ to the DCMS Committee He said statue toppling in Bristol in June was not ‘all about the Colston Statue’ Suggested issues like ‘unaffordable housing and gentrification’ … Read more