Expert Comment
The fall of Colston is not the erasure of history – it is history in the making
Professor David Lambert, a Professor of Caribbean History at the University of Warwick, comments on the bronze statue of Edward Colston, who profited from the Royal African Company’s trade in enslaved men, women and children, being toppled and tossed into the harbour in Bristol.
Expert comment - why Black Lives Matter is a UK issue as well as a US one
"How many in Britain know about the Bristol Bus Boycott or the 1958 racist riots in Nottingham and Notting Hill?" As Black Lives Matter campaigners including actor John Boyega gather in Hyde Park, Dr Simon Peplow, Senior Teaching Fellow in 20th Century British History, turns the spotlight on "Britain’s long history of racism."
"I can't breathe" - expert comment on the Minneapolis protests
Protests have erupted across the USA over the death of George Floyd. Dr Lydia Plath, Associate Professor of US History, comments.
Historic pubs recognised with listed status - Expert Comment
Professor Beat Kümin from the Department of History comments on the news that a number of pubs including "The Phil," a purpose-built Victorian pub in Liverpool, have been listed by Historic England.
Spain's supreme court rules that Franco's remains should be moved - expert comment.
Professor Alison Ribeiro de Menezes, Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Warwick, comments on the Spanish Supreme Court's ruling that the remains of Francisco Franco should be moved from the mausoleum of the Valley of the Fallen to a cemetery at El Pardo just north of Madrid.
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