Tag: 2020-07 Monuments Project

“We may recognize in the legendary Alfred the product of many hundreds of years of English history, and indeed it is this that gives the legend its particular and abiding interest [4,356].” The statue of Alfred the Great in Winchester, England, was commemorated in 1901 to celebrate the thousandth anniversary of his death. Seeing the…

The recent Black Lives Matter protests have taken a turn to attacking the statues of prominent historical figures [1] [2]. The issue they raise is that many of these monuments promote only a progressive narrative, but rarely do they disclose the “dark side”, such as involvement in the slave trade, the creation of residential schools,…