Martin Platt says history not censored by the removal of monuments, while
Richard Pantlin of the Oxford Zimbabwe Arts Partnership expresses his disappointment over Oriel Collegeâs decision
âThe statue does not record history; that is in archives, documents, imagery, books and minds,â writes Martin Platt. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
âThe statue does not record history; that is in archives, documents, imagery, books and minds,â writes Martin Platt. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
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Mon 24 May 2021 13.14 EDT
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Here we go again â the bogus argument that removing statues is âcensoring historyâ, as parroted by Gavin Williamson and some bloke at the Policy Exchange thinktank (Oxford college criticised for refusal to remove Cecil Rhodes statue, 20 May). Let us remind ourselves why statues and monuments are erected â to celebrate a person or an event. That is why Rhodesâ statue is on t