RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Whatever next from these revisionist zealots? Mandela must fall!

When I started out in this game 50 years ago, on a now defunct weekly paper in Peterborough, we used to drink in a city centre pub called the Black Boy & Trumpet. Nobody gave the name a second thought. We had no idea that half a century later we would have been committing a … Read more

Nelson Mandela ‘would not have wanted Cecil Rhodes’s Oriel College statue to fall’

Nelson Mandela would not have wanted colonialist Cecil Rhodes’ statue to be taken down, the vice-chancellor of the Oxford college where it stands has claimed. After thousands of anti-racism protestors gathered outside Oxford University’s Oriel College with the simple message ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ on Tuesday, vice-chancellor Prof Louise Richardson said the former South African president would have … Read more

Nelson Mandela ‘would not have wanted Cecil Rhodes’s Oriel College statue to fall’

Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela would not have wanted colonialist Cecil Rhodes’ statue to be taken down, a university boss has claimed. After thousands of anti-racism protestors gathered outside Oxford University’s Oriel College with the simple message ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ on Tuesday, vice-chancellor Prof Louise Richardson said the former South African president would have disagreed with the clamour. … Read more