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Rich slave trader, his statue chucked into the dock water of bristol port. were you internally cheering when that happened? i thought it was really interesting, and i think now it's in a museum or a gallery, and it's much more interesting than it was when it was in the street and no—one really noticed it. there's nothing more invisible than a statue apart from perhaps a plaque on a statue. most of the time, we don't notice them. it's only these protests that have brought them to our attention, and i think the conversations they've inspired have been very interesting, although statues aren't ...

If that view then changes, its quite ok to leave that statue up or bring it down. my preferred solution is to have one day a year where we pelt the statues we don't like with tomatoes and everyone has therapy, everyone feels better, everyone gets educated but, equally, you're not accused of tearing down history, which is often the accusation. yeah, in the last couple of years, with a powerful surge in the black lives matter movement across the world, one of the issues that movement did focus upon was removing symbols that were connected to slavery. in bristol, in the south—west of england, w...

One point in history. if that view then changes, it's quite 0k to leave that statue up or bring it down. my preferred solution is to have one day a year where we pelt the statues we don't like with tomatoes and everyone has therapy, everyone feels better, everyone gets educated but, equally, you're not accused of tearing down history, which is often the accusation. yeah, in the last couple of years, with a powerful surge in the black lives matter movement across the world, one of the issues that movement did focus upon was removing symbols that were connected to slavery. in bristol, in the sou...

In bristol, in the south—west of england, we saw a statue, sir edward colston, a former rich slave trader, his statue chucked into the dock water of bristol port. were you internally cheering when that happened? i thought it was really interesting, and i think now it's in a museum or a gallery, and it's much more interesting than it was when it was in the street and no—one really noticed it. there's nothing more invisible than a statue apart from perhaps a plaque on a statue. most of the time, we don't notice them. it's only these protests that have brought them to our attention, and i thi...

LONDON - Four people were due to go on trial in Britain on Monday in connection with the toppling of a statue of a 17th-century slave trader during anti