Jenrick plans laws to protect statues and monuments from ‘baying mob’
Statues will be given new protections to stop them from being taken down, the government has announced
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has said that planning permission will be required before any statue or historic monument is removed, in a bid to stop Britain’s past from being ‘censored’.
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It follows the toppling of a statue to 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol last year.
Writing in the Telegraph, Jenrick said: ‘What has stood for generations should be considered thoughtfully, not removed on a whim or at the behest of a baying mob.’
By Elizabeth Hopkirk2020-10-05T05:00:00+01:00
Six more months of working from home will leave an ugly mark on our towns, warns development chief
The pandemic will leave a lasting legacy on the design of our towns and cities in the form of joyless “lockdown schemes”, a leading developer has warned.
In a few years we will be able to look around and identify the “monuments to this terrible time”, said Colm Lacey, managing director of Brick by Brick, Croydon council’s development arm.
Everyone being forced to work from home sucked the personality from every stage of development, from deals to design, he told Building Design.
THE creative arts and music industry especially live performers is still going through uncertain times, even as the Malaysian economy is slowly recovering.
With many performance venues and shows postponed, cancelled or has not fully resumed operations, many of our local performers and artists who are mostly self-employed have experienced significant losses to their livelihoods.
In a report by Malaysia’s Cultural Economy Development Agency (Cendana), 93% of arts and culture practitioners were affected by the pandemic, with many venturing to other fields and scope of work to keep afloat.
In light of this, Grab together with local household brands like KFC Malaysia, myNEWS and Tropicana are banding together to lend their support by leveraging on their wide consumer reach, passion and resources.