Edward Colston

• News / Edward Colston

  Tory councillor likens rewording of Colston plaque to ‘Nazi historical revisionism’

  The wording for a new plaque on the empty Colston plinth has finally been agreed after six years

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  Row over words on Colston’s plaque

  For over six years, the council has been trying to decide what the plaque should say

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• News / Marvin Rees

  Rees says media fails to cover less ‘glamorous’ stories

  Rees continues on the promotion trail for his recently published memoir

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• News / University of Bristol

  Colston’s dolphin removed from University of Bristol signage

  Colston died nearly 200 years before the university was founded

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• News / Edward Colston

  Plaque plinth palaver

  Councillors have again refused to accept the suggested wording for a new plaque on Colston's plinth

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• News / Edward Colston

  Colston statue goes on permanent display at M Shed

  The statue is now part of a display about protest

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  Toppled Colston statue to go on permanent display

  It will be surrounded by placards left at the empty plinth after the famous march in June 2020

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• News / Edward Colston

  Colston statue’s Grade II listing removed as uncertainty over plaque remains

  The statue has now become a permament part of Bristol museums' collection

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