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Artist Simon Francis Thomas originally said the droid would occupy the plinth until April 9

Historical expert welcomes support for research but calls on monarch to acknowledge what happened

Buckingham Palace makes public statement after Guardian presents evidence of royals’ long history of involvement in transatlantic trade

The design for a statue of a leading suffragette has been unveiled in Newport, south Wales. Margaret Haig Thomas or Lady Rhondda was a lifelong campaigner for women’s rights and was the first woman to hold a hereditary peerage, though she was barred from taking up her seat in the…

Four Insulate Britain activists recently stood trial at Inner London crown court on a public nuisance charge for blocking a busy London junction in October 2021. Like Just Stop Oil, Insulate Britain is waging a civil disobedience campaign to force the government to implement policies to tackle climate change and…

"The Museums Service are currently going through the acquisition process to include the plaque as part of the city’s collection.”

Artefacts on show at Lambeth Palace Library include a ‘slave bible’, with all mention of ‘freedom’ removed

Black Boy Lane in Tottenham has a new name

Clerical leaders hope for ‘lasting legacy’ to serve places affected by past slavery trade, but fund may spread thinly across all of west Africa and Caribbean