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Marie Claire

I’m proud that I’m not proud to be British

National pride has taken a nosedive over the last decade. But with Brexit, Covid cronyism and unsavoury royal revelations, is it any wonder, asks Helen Coffey

The Independent UK

Slave trader Colston left bequest to Church of England, archive shows

As archbishop of Canterbury visits Jamaica, research reveals trader left money to church’s missionary arm

The Guardian - UK

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Edward Colston statue placed in quiet corner of Bristol museum

As a result of consultation with local people, visitors must make deliberate choice to see toppled statue of slave trader

The Guardian - UK

‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?

The long read: More people have been imprisoned for rioting during a single day in Bristol in 2021 than in any other protest-related disorder since at least the 1980s. What was behind this push to prosecute so harshly?

The Guardian - UK

Concentration of power in London is ‘UK disease’ says outgoing Bristol mayor

Marvin Rees says best way to tackle issues such as decaying infrastructure and the climate emergency is at a city level

The Guardian - UK

Napoleon dynamite or Bonaparte bomb? Balanced views of Ridley Scott’s biopic

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Bristol University decides not to rename buildings linked to slavery

Institution will remove Edward Colston’s insignia from its logo and set up £10m racial inequalities fund

The Guardian - UK

Bristol University to keep building names linked to slave traders but Colston emblem removed from logo

The University of Bristol will, however, remove a dolphin emblem of slave trader Edward Colston from its logo

The Independent UK

Bristol University to remove slave trader Edward Colston’s emblem from logo

An open letter from the vice-chancellor apologises to people who have experienced racism at the university.

The Independent UK

Campaign Wants To Remove ‘lovelocks’ From Bridge With Somber History

The bridge was named after an 18th-century slave who was brought to live in the UK.

Zenger

Black Lives Matter march organiser who splurged thousands in donations on taxis and takeaways is jailed

Xahra Saleem co-organised the Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol which saw the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue

The Independent UK

How devastated youth group was cheated out of £30k by Black Lives Matter fraudster

Xahra Saleem spent £30k destined for a youth group which has since been forced to close

The Independent UK

How devastated youth group was cheated out of £30k by Black Lives Matter fraudster

Xahra Saleem spent £30k destined for a youth group which has since been forced to close

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The Independent UK

Black Lives Matter march organiser who splurged thousands in donations on taxis and takeaways is jailed

Xahra Saleem co-organised the Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol which saw the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue

The Guardian - UK

Woman who helped organise Colston statue protest jailed for fraud

Xahra Saleem admitted offence relating to fundraiser before Bristol BLM protest when slave trader’s statue was dumped in harbour

The Conversation

Plan to 'retain and explain' controversial statues is flawed – why we should always question our monuments

The long-awaited government guidance on the official “retain and explain” policy suggests the UK’s contested statues and monuments be retained as long as additional context is provided. But given their controversial past, how do we go about that?

Wales Online

Window of slave trader replaced with multi-racial Jesus in boat with refugees

The window was temporarily replaced with plain panels and the church invited the public to submit new designs in a competition

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Bristol Post

Activist who raised fist on Colston's plinth releases new children's book

Her pose was immortalised in a controversial statue

Bristol Post

Bristol church to install 'multi-ethnic Jesus' stained glass windows instead of 'grotesque' Colston

"To encourage parishioners to look at a memorial to a slave trader is not only grotesque but entirely contrary to the Gospel"

Bristol Post

Bristol streets named after Edward Colston won't be changed, says city council

The council said it would need to see 'overwhelming support' from property owners'

The Guardian - UK

How the fall of Edward Colston’s statue revolutionised the way British history is told

The tearing down of memorials to colonialists like Colston forced us to ask questions about whose voices we remember, and whose stories we are told

The Guardian - UK

Elite UK schools’ financial links to slavery revealed

Exclusive: research shows mostly private schools given equivalent of tens of millions of pounds of donations by British slavers

The Guardian - UK

Direct ancestors of King Charles owned slave plantations, documents reveal

Records show direct ancestor of king was involved in buying at least 200 enslaved Africans

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s monarchy backed slavery from day one

Letters: Jordan Andrews on Charles II’s backing for the Royal African Company. Plus, Robert Godsill on Oliver Cromwell’s leading role in slavery

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