Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are to be relabelled in the British Library to explain how it once came to be owned by a slave-trading family. The relabelling of the collection is part of the institution’s ‘anti-racism action plan’ which was put in place after the Black Lives Matter protests last year, internal documents seen by The … Read more
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are to be relabelled in the British Library to explain how it once came to be owned by a slave-trading family. The relabelling of the collection is part of the institution’s ‘anti-racism action plan’ which was put in place after the Black Lives Matter protests last year, internal documents seen by The … Read more
How will the theatre look after lockdown? A clue emerges in a statement made by Guy Jones, the literary associate of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond: ‘The victims of this year are many. Homelessness is on the rise. Loneliness is deadly. The monster of racism lurks in everyday interactions… and inequalities are written into … Read more
How will the theatre look after lockdown? A clue emerges in a statement made by Guy Jones, the literary associate of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond: ‘The victims of this year are many. Homelessness is on the rise. Loneliness is deadly. The monster of racism lurks in everyday interactions… and inequalities are written into … Read more
Two ‘Benin Bronze’ sculptures gifted to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1982 that are set to be repatriated to Nigeria were made in the 1980s, officials have said. Sculptures and plaques made for royalty in the former Kingdom of Benin and seized by British forces in 1897 have been the subject of growing calls for … Read more
Two ‘Benin Bronze’ sculptures gifted to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1982 that are set to be repatriated to Nigeria were made in the 1980s, officials have said. Sculptures and plaques made for royalty in the former Kingdom of Benin and seized by British forces in 1897 have been the subject of growing calls for … Read more
Columbus police on Wednesday released additional body camera video showing 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant lunging at another woman with a knife before she is fatally shot by a police officer. During a press conference held by top brass and city officials to provide an update on the case, Interim Chief of Police Michael Woods identified the … Read more
Columbus police on Wednesday released additional body camera video showing 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant lunging at another woman with a knife before she is fatally shot by a police officer. During a press conference held by top brass and city officials to provide an update on the case, Interim Chief of Police Michael Woods identified the … Read more
This is the damning bodycam footage that shows George Floyd first being approached by cops and held at gunpoint, escalating to him being pinned under Derek Chauvin’s knee – an act that found the former cop guilty of murder today. The tapes show minute-by-minute detail how a very distressed Floyd begs ‘Mr. Officer, please don’t … Read more
This is the damning bodycam footage that shows George Floyd first being approached by cops and held at gunpoint, escalating to him being pinned under Derek Chauvin’s knee – an act that found the former cop guilty of murder today. The tapes show minute-by-minute detail how a very distressed Floyd begs ‘Mr. Officer, please don’t … Read more