Edward Colston

• News / bristol university

  University removing ‘offensive’ dolphin emblem from logo

  For centuries, the animal has been linked with slaver and philanthropist Edward Colston

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• News / Edward Colston

  Colston statue to be put back on display in Bristol

  The statue of the infamous slave trader was toppled and dumped in the docks during protests in 2020

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• News / Colston

  New evidence unearthed into Bristol’s early involvement in slave trade

  It suggests Thomas Colston played a role in the trade decades before his relative, Edward

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• News / Edward Colston

  The Colston statue still standing in Bristol

  A second statue of Colston is hiding in plain sight

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• News / Star Wars

  Star Wars droid rescued from recycling centre

  Artist Simon Francis Thomas will be selling the model for charity

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• News / Star Wars

  Star Wars sculpture placed on Colston plinth

  The sculpture is the work of artist and designer Simon Francis Thomas

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• News / Edward Colston

  Road names changed to pay homage to Bus Boycott and other ‘pioneers of colour’

  "We believe road names are representative of who a city honours," say Curiosity UnLtd

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• Theatre / slavery

  Exhibition shows how Bristol school children deal with statue of slave trader 

  'A Monumental Task' aims to "put the debate in young people's hands"

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