Colonialism
UK university courses on race and colonialism facing axe due to cuts
Academics warn loss of higher education arts and humanities courses will harm understanding of racism and imperial history
Aneesa Ahmed
05, May, 2024 @9:00 AM
So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch| Will Hutton
The business and trade secretary played into the ideological tosh that the wonders of the Industrial Revolution were funded by beer brewers and sheep farmers
Will Hutton
05, May, 2024 @8:00 AM
Dorset auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale
MP says trade in remains is ‘gross violation of human dignity’, as skulls from Pitt Rivers collection removed
David Batty
01, May, 2024 @2:00 PM
I came to Britain from India, fulfilled a dream, and I say this: we’re a great country, but a work in progress | Mihir Bose
There is still a misrepresentation of the colonial past. Without the truth of what we have been, how can we move forward, asks author and broadcaster Mihir Bose
Mihir Bose
30, Apr, 2024 @10:00 AM
Noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European: Nigeria welcomes a museum like no other
The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos ‘pops with colour and sound’ in a dazzling departure from the colonial model
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
30, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
‘One of the most racist things I’ve ever seen’: how RIBA is decolonising its HQ
The Royal Institute of British Architects has been taking stock of the disturbingly imperial decoration of its palatial home – with a new show telling a larger, more unsettling story
Oliver Wainwright
29, Apr, 2024 @12:40 PM
Portuguese government rejects president’s suggestion of slavery reparations
President advocated ‘paying the costs’ of colonial-era crimes but government says focus is on deepening international cooperation
Sam Jones and Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
28, Apr, 2024 @10:42 AM
‘Can you steal back something that’s already stolen?’: how radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone
Tired of colonial artefacts being hoarded, Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor use tech to redistribute them from museums in audacious digital heists
Alexander Durie
25, Apr, 2024 @7:00 AM
Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president
Critics of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa say behind remarks is lack of national recognition that slavery should be discussed in schools
Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent
24, Apr, 2024 @2:58 PM
With her comments on slavery, Kemi Badenoch shows a poor grasp of history | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to the business secretary’s claim that the UK’s wealth is not connected to its colonial history or the slave trade
23, Apr, 2024 @4:54 PM
We cannot turn our backs on the tragedy unfolding in Sudan
Letters: Readers respond to Nesrine Malik’s article about the civil war tearing the country apart
21, Apr, 2024 @5:26 PM
‘I’m not afraid of anybody now’: the woman who revealed links between National Trust houses and slavery – and was vilified
Prof Corinne Fowler’s report into colonial history sparked a furore about ‘wokeness’ and heritage. We join her on one of the routes from her book of rural walks that highlight how all our lives are entwined with colonialism
Tim Adams
21, Apr, 2024 @10:00 AM
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