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Sign of trouble: Bizarre moment mindless vandal picks fight with a business sign before tearing it off a wall in strange 30-second rampage Inebriated man picked a fight with a sign on his way home in Herne Bay, Kent The sign was outside the offices of Ducron Construction Ltd, a building firm According to employees, … Read more
Don’t let the bells rings out! Lady McAlpine is refusing to allow weddings to take place at her sprawling 200-acre estate Fawley Hall near Henley-on-Thames, built by her late husband and railway enthusiast Sir William McAlpine. While she previously hired out the venue for weddings and corporate events she tells me she has issued the … Read more
President Donald Trump has announced an Executive Order ‘protecting American Monuments’, and promised lengthy prison sentences for those who damage them. The president tweeted: ‘I just had the privilege of signing a very strong Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues – and combatting recent Criminal Violence. Long prison terms for these lawless acts … Read more
Vandals have scrawled ‘Nazi’ across a monument to the first women to take her seat in the Houses of Parliament. Workers in Plymouth discovered the graffiti on a statue of Nancy Astor in Plymouth Hoe on Tuesday, after weeks of monuments being targeted across the country. The plinth of the statue, unveiled by Theresa May … Read more
The statue of a 19th century politician has been targeted by vandals and left covered in red paint over his links to the slave trade. A monument to Lord Holland, which sits in a park of the same name, in west London, has been splattered with red paint, and a cardboard sign in perched on … Read more
Vandals smash two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave and scrawl ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on paving nearby – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century trader The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge … Read more
Vandals daub ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century traders there The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge Police are currently … Read more
Vandals launch bleach attack on Bristol statue of black playwright and actor Alfred Fagon that turns it white Avon and Somerset Police investigating the attack on 1987 Alfred Fagon statue Vandals have poured bleach over the statue of the black playwright and actor Fagon was born in Jamaica and was a member of the Windrush … Read more
Graffiti vandals attack Robert the Bruce statue in Scotland branding him a ‘racist king’ Monument at Battle of Bannockburn site, Stirling, was found covered in graffiti Writing on statue said that ‘Robert was a racist’ and white paint also read ‘BLM’ The vandalism at the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) site has sparked outrage It … Read more
Here’s a scene that may sound familiar. A crowd surges through the streets, chanting and shouting, eyes blazing with moralistic fervour. While the police stand limply by, the mob turns its fury on a statue. They rock it on its plinth, their excitement reaching hysteria, before at last it comes crashing down. But they’re not … Read more