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Police force has ‘strong words’ with curator over tweets on how to destroy statues with chemicals

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An Oxford-educated museum curator who tweeted a guide on how to chemically destroy bronze statues has been forced to delete the posts after receiving a stern warning from police. Madeline Odent, the privately schooled curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent an inflammatory series of tweets to her 5,164 followers, ending with an explicit suggestion … Read more

Nancy Pelosi says it is ‘the perfect time’ to rid the Capitol of Confederate statues

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday it was ‘the perfect time’ for the 11 remaining Confederate statues on display on Capitol Hill to be sent packing.   ‘Public sentiment is everything,’ Pelosi said at her weekly press conference. ‘This is the perfect time for us to move those statues because other times people may think, “Oh, … Read more

Police WON’T stop statues being toppled by BLM protestors

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Statues targeted by Black Lives Matter protestors will not be protected by the police if it means putting themselves or the public at risk, a police chief has said. Essex Police Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington said it was up to operational commanders to make decisions on whether officers should step in to stop damage to monuments … Read more

Mayor of Middlesbrough defends statues of Captain Cook after it is targeted for removal as ‘racist’

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The Mayor of Middlesbrough has defended statues of Captain James Cook that are being targeted for removal by the ‘Topple The Racists’ campaign.  Andy Preston has said Teessiders are proud of the 18th-century explorer and statues of him in Great Ayton, Whitby and London should not be torn down. A ‘Topple The Racists’ website listing … Read more

Pelosi demands Republicans agree to remove 11 Confederate statues from Capitol Hill

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Hours after President Trump said he woudn’t be renaming military bases named for Confederate leaders, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flaunted her opposition by highlighting her work to get Confederate statues in the U.S. Capitol removed.  Pelosi sent out a copy of a letter she had addressed to the chairs of the Joint Committee on the Library, … Read more

78 statues and monuments at risk of being torn down by ‘Topple The Racists’ campaign

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The campaign to radically teardown monuments in towns and cities across Britain intensified today as a ‘hit list’ of statues and memorials deemed to be ‘celebrating racism and slavery’ reached 78. A website called ‘Topple The Racists’ has identified dozens of landmarks from Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert’s Bodmin Beacon to Lord Kitchener’s memorial in the Orkney Islands … Read more

Hertfordshire police arrive at home of museum curator who tweeted how to destroy bronze statues

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Police arrived at the home of Oxford-educated Madeline Odent this evening after she tweeted a guide on how to destroy bronze statues in the wake of recent Black Lives Matters protests. Museum curator Madeline Odent wrote a series of tweets last night on how to destroy bronze statues such as the one of Edward Colston … Read more

Violence fears as far-Right thugs share plans to ‘defend’ statues

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Football hooligans and far-Right activists call for ‘ring of steel’ around Churchill and Cenotaph this weekend as Tommy Robinson slams ‘soft-handed police’ Fears far-Right thugs may head to London to take on anti-racism protesters  Ex-English Defence League leader, Tommy Robinson, called police ‘soft-handed’ Several football ‘firms’ planning further demonstrations ‘prepared to use force’ By Rebecca … Read more

Museum curator tweets advice on destroying bronze statues

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An Oxford-educated museum curator has provoked outrage by sharing expert advice on how to dissolve bronze statues using corrosive chemicals in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.   Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent a series of tweets last night to her 5,164 followers, which were then shared thousands of times.  … Read more