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The reckoning: the toppling of monuments to slavery in the UK Aamna Mohdin and Rhi Storer © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian The toppling of the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol was a bittersweet moment for 23-year-old Nasra Ayub. The community activist, who has always called the city home, remembers the long-standing campaigns to remove iconography of Colston in schools, public buildings and spaces. She graduated from the University of Bristol feeling disheartened by how little movement there was to remove tributes to thos...

Last modified on Fri 29 Jan 2021 13.32 EST Scores of tributes to slave traders, colonialists and racists have been taken down or will be removed across the UK, a Guardian investigation has found, with hundreds of others under review by local authorities and institutions. In what was described by historians as an “unprecedented” public reckoning with Britain’s slavery and colonial past, an estimated 39 names – including streets, buildings and schools – and 30 statues, plaques and other memorials have been or are undergoing changes or removal since last summer’s Black Lives Matter p...

Edward Colston Four Opt For Trial By Jury The four people charged with criminal damage for pulling down a bronze statue of slave trader Edward Colston and dumping it in Bristol harbour have pleaded not guilty. Jake Skuse, 36, Rhiannon Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, and Sage Willoughby, 21, appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court earlier today to deny the charges. They have opted to be tried before a judge and jury. They were bailed and are due to appear at Bristol Crown Court on 8 February. Arrests were made outside the courtroom when protesters ignored warnings not to gather outside the co...

Historic Statues Removed in Central London Over Slave Trade Links On 1/22/21 at 6:01 AM EST The statues of two U.K. politicians who made their wealth from the slave trade will be removed from a historic building in central London after "months of valuable work" by anti-racism campaigners. The City of London Corporation has announced it will remove statues of William Beckford and Sir John Cass from the Guildhall after a taskforce, set up by the corporation following Black Lives Matter protests, said they symbolize "a stain on our history." Catherine McGuinness, the corporation's policy chairwo...

The decision to take down historic William Beckford and John Cass sculptures could go against new UK government policy