Banksy says Edward Colston statue should be replaced with monument of moment it was pulled down

Fever 333 has lent his support to the removal of statues that honour people with a racist history.“It’s great. We want to move forward,” Butler told NME when asked for his thoughts on the subject.“If there’s a statue that represents a long-standing history of racism and suffrage, you shouldn’t be all that perplexed when people want to take it down.

Simon Pegg’s recovery from alcoholism was aided by the distraction of filming Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

Simon Pegg’s recovery from alcoholism was aided by the distraction of filming Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.The British star found success in the mid-2000s after his zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead became a huge hit, and earned him roles like technology expert Benji Dunn in Mission: Impossible III.However, behind the scenes the actor was battling an alcohol problem, and attended the Priory Clinic before starting work on the next Mission: Impossible film, 2011’s Ghost Protocol.Speaking to

Ben Stiller suggested replacing a statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt with one of late actor Robin Williams. Stiller's suggestion came in response to the news that a bronze statue that’s been outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York since 1940 will come down after years of criticism and heightened sensitivity about race issues in the U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook removed posts and ads from Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign over imagery that violated the social network’s policy banning “organized hate.”The Trump ads blasted “Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups,” which it claimed are “running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem.” The ads featured an upside-down triangle, which anti-hate groups said was strikingly similar to notorious Nazi symbols denoting political prisoners in World War II

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The statue of slave trader Edward Colston has been fished out of Bristol Harbour early this morning by the council.Shortly after 6am, Bristol City Council shared video footage of a salvage crew retrieving the smeared figure and said that it is being '"taken to a secure location".They added that the statue needed to be removed to operate the working harbour, and that it will later form part of their museums collection.The bronze memorial was torn down from its plinth at the Black Lives Matter

Massive Attack have welcomed the removal of a statue of Edward Colston by anti-racism protesters in Bristol, saying that it “should never have been a public monument”.Demonstrators who were marching in Bristol on Sunday (June 7) as part of the ongoing protests worldwide following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis made global headlines after a group of protesters pulled down the statue of Colston, a 17th century slave trader, and threw it into the harbour.Massive Attack, who hail from

Family bond. Prince Harry’s aunt Sophie said she “helped” Meghan Markle adjust to royal life, along with the rest fo the British royal family. In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the Countess of Wessex—who is married to Queen Elizabeth II’s son and Harry’s uncle Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex—opened up about the royal family’s bond with Meghan and her own experience with becoming a royal after she marred got engaged to Edward in 1999.

Civil rights campaigners are calling for one of Scotland’s tallest statues to be removed as it ‘glorifies’ the country’s role in the slave trade.The 150-foot high Melville Monument was erected in 1821 in memory of the First Viscount Melville, Henry Dundas - who is best known for delaying the abolition of slavery in 1792.Dundas, who was Home Secretary at the time, believed that slavery should be abolished gradually in three stages over a decade, which many historians say cost thousands of

hereIn a statement, Historic England said it had been engaged in “local conversations” about how the statue could be reinterpreted to tell “the full story”.“We recognise that the statue was a symbol of injustice and a source of great pain for many people,” a spokesman said.“Whilst we do not condone the unauthorised removal of a listed structure, we recognise and understand the emotion and the hurt that public historical commemoration can generate and we encourage Bristol City Council to engage

Starmer claimed protesters were “completely wrong” to topple the statue of a 17th century Bristol slave trader on the weekend.The Labour leader said the statue of Edward Colston should have been taken down “a long, long time ago” but should have been done democratically.Police are investigating the toppling of bronze statue during Sunday’s Black Lives Matter protests in Bristol.Tory ministers have demanded prosecutions of those who pulled down the statue and threw it in the harbour.Boris Johnson