Cecil Rhodes: Where we’re going, we don’t need Rhodes.
Thousands of protesters stood, knelt, and sat in solidarity at the Rhodes Must Fall protest …
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From Gill Sans, to Sans Gill: The Controversy over the Work of Eric Gill
Content warning: Rape, sexual abuse On January 12, 2022, an activist used a ladder to …
Alexander the Great in Skopje: an “up yours” to Greece?
Since Macedonian independence in 1991, following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Greece has contested the country’s …
Diego de Landa: From Monasteries to Roundabouts
As a leading Franciscan bishop, in the mid-16th century Fray Diego de Landa led an …
Horatio Nelson: Turning a blind eye to slavery?
Some of the monuments currently under the spotlight depict individuals who were lost in the …
Churchill’s Legacy: Not Yet Set in Stone
Churchill had chosen the spot for his statue in Parliament Square himself, over a decade …
King Leopold II: A Bloody Legacy written in Marble
Many representations of Leopold II can be found dotted around Brussels, as well as several …
The Duke of Wellington: The man with a cone on his head
Carlo Marochetti’s equestrian statue of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, which resides over Royal Exchange …
Toppling Statues: An Oxford Tradition
A mirror for the Rhodes Must Fall protests, four centuries ago and just across the street.
Rhodes is not a Colossus
Rhodes wanted to be a colossus, and was described as such; yet his legacy, and …
