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As a Bafta- and Olivier-winning cultural innovator, described by the
Times as “the world’s greatest living standup” and by the
Scotsman as having helped set “the new gold standard for rockumentaries”, I was invited last week to address a parliamentary select committee meeting on “the statue problem”. The culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, dabbed his two lips with felt and spoke first.
“Love them or loathe them, and everyone’s feelings deserve equal respect, slave traders are part of our history,” Dowden began. “The government does not support the removal of statues or other similar objects like paintings or a rude puppet. History is ridden with moral complexity and all sorts of fat kings with different names. Statues were created by generations with different understandings of right and wrong. Some represent figures who have done things we would not defend today. You could probably have a statue of the Phantom of t
Memories of much-loved Nottingham restaurant where new retail park is now being built It was quite magical and exotic
The Château in Wilford Lane
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The house on Fowler Street was a huge three-story Victorian terrace just off Breck Road and nearer to Anfield than Goodison Park It belonged to my grandparents, who d lived there throughout the war and it was always full of people and cousins and noise. The cellar had been the bombshelter during the blitz and there was a big grid over the front step so you could escape if the house was hit. My mum was one of eight so at one time there were 11 of us living there. It was great fun.