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GSTAAD Lord Belhaven and Stenton, a wonderful man and the quintessential English gentleman, died at 93 just before the end of the crappiest of years, but Robin was lucky in a way. No tubes, no hospital beds, not another Chinese virus statistic. His widow, Lady Belhaven, gave me the bad news over the telephone, and although she was devastated after a very long and happy marriage, she is very smart and realizes that it was a perfect death. He asked for a gin and tonic, went to bed, and never woke up.
Acknowledging the death of others is one thing, accepting one’s own demise another. That’s why old men send young men to die in war, a confidence trick perfected after the Napoleonic Wars. Greek and Roman generals led from the front, as did many kings who followed. Prince Bagration died in the Battle of Borodino, Sir Thomas Picton in Waterloo; Prince General Blucher, age 73, had two horses shot from under him while charging to save the day for We
T&T’s silent holocaust: From Ceiba to Chaconia how CEPEP follows ‘Sir’ Woodford’s racist footsteps
In honour of our fifty-eighth Independence anniversary, I visited Woodford Square, aka
The People’s University, where seeds of Trinidad and Tobago’s Independence grew. But instead of feeling pride, I felt shame.
Twenty tree stumps, envoys of once stately trees, left to rot without love or dignity illuminated Marcus Garvey’s words:
a people without knowledge of their past… is like a tree without roots’.
Photo: A tree stump tells a sad story in Woodford Square, Port of Spain.
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Welsh monument celebrating âmonsterâ slave owner will not be removed
A campaign to remove the monument was launched following the toppling of Bristolâs Edward Colston statue
NO REASON TO CELEBRATE: Sir Thomas Picton obelisk on Picton Terrace (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
A MONUMENT to a 19th Century âmonsterâ slave owner will not be removed from a Welsh town, locals have voted.
A campaign to remove the monument to Thomas Picton was launched less than a day after a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was publically pulled down and thrown into Bristolâs harbour in June.
In a public consultation about the monument in Carmarthen, 1,613 people living in the area said that no steps needed to be taken in response to public discussion about the monument. 744 respondents said there should.
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image captionThe Thomas Picton obelisk is on Picton Terrace in Carmarthen
A monument to war hero Sir Thomas Picton will have a sign added to reference his links to slavery.
Executive board members of Carmarthenshire council approved the move for the Grade II-listed obelisk in Picton Terrace, Carmarthen.
It said an information board would also be added to a portrait of him in the court room of the town s guildhall.
The new signage will also refer to his military valour and death at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
It follows recommendations from a council task and finish group set up to improve diversity and address racism.
Monument to war hero linked to slave trade to stay put in Carmarthen after public vote Robert Harries & Ian Lewis
A controversial monument in Carmarthen erected in honour of a British officer killed at the battle of Waterloo with links to the slave trade will not be removed or renamed, it has been decided. Picton Monument has stood in Picton Terrace in Carmarthen since 1888. However, a campaign was launched earlier this year to have the monument removed less than a day after a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into the harbour by protesters in Bristol.