7 Mar 2021
The grave of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam Smith has become the latest target of a Black Lives Matter-inspired review of sites supposedly linked to “slavery and colonialism” by Edinburgh Council.
Adam Smith, known as the “father of capitalism” for his seminal works on economic theory, including
The Wealth of Nations, has drawn the ire of the Scottish capital’s local government, a coalition between the left-wing Labour Party and the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP).
In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests spreading to the United Kingdom after the death of George Floyd in America, the city council launched a review of historical monuments, place names, and other memorials for “removal or re-interpretation” over alleged links to “racism and oppression”.
Updated: February 11, 2021, 12:35 pm
Charles Dickens has Scottish links including Aberdeen and the Highlands.
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Charles Dickens is the author whose works and characters still resonate with audiences across the world more than 150 years after his death.
And his surname has even entered our dictionaries and phrasebooks, while a variety of his more renowned creations – such as Mr Micawber, Ebenezer Scrooge, Oliver Twist, Fagin and Uriah Heep – have become every inch as famous as his myriad classic novels, ranging from Bleak House, The Pickwick Papers and A Tale of Two Cities to David Copperfield, Hard Times and A Christmas Carol.