The South London Statues Project

Dedicated to mapping the lives of marginalised heroes of South London and promoting proper commemoration. Emails us at [email protected]

[The South London Statues Project @the_statues]

It’s important to rebut this as it goes to the heart of how we learn our history. We would all like to think we are well-read, learning our history from balanced arguments, but that’s simply not the case: we can’t read every book. We therefore take cues from the world around us.

[Gareth Bacon MP @GarethBaconMP]

This is a disgraceful waste of taxpayers’ cash. The Mayor should not be spending a quarter of a million pounds on a divisive, virtual signalling PR stunt which threatens to erase large swathes of London’s history. 1/3

https://t.co/3wJoTFL3LY

[Cllr Ryan Thomson @StrategistInLDN]

If you are able to, please help to feed someone in need this Xmas by dropping a food bag off to Living Well's Christmas appeal this Friday and Saturday 🎅🏻❤️

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

A MUST-READ from @davidolusoga "these new history wars have the warped logic of a witch trial. Their aim is to convince people that they are being oppressed by the irrefutable facts of their own national histories." #ColonialCountryside
https://t.co/qlPngwlpiy

[Sunder Katwala @sundersays]

The Common Sense group are hoping to put up statues and name roads after Victoria Cross heroes - which sounds to me like that should be very good news for Khudadad Khan Way and Mir Dast Road

[Queer Britain Museum @QueerBritain]

We're very excited about the new Channel 4 series #ItsASin and we're delighted to invite you to join us and groundbreaking TV writer and producer @RussellDavies63 on Feb 4 from 6pm, for a chat with @MarcT_01 and @ALisaPower.

It's free, so book now:
https://t.co/UDZ9QAGE9i

[Dr. Miranda Kaufmann @MirandaKaufmann]

MP @halfon4harlowMP opposes removing statues “when we don’t know the full story of that individual’s past”. While he may have been ignorant about #Colston, the people of #Bristol certainly weren’t!

[Simukai Chigudu @SimuChigudu]

'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes... Decades of agony, years of self-interrogation, months of writing all poured into this family & personal history. Thank you to @gdnlongread for bringing my words to life. https://t.co/D6BLV0AJa8

[The South London Statues Project @the_statues]

We are really looking forward to attending next week’s round table convened by @EEWomensMuseum! #PublicRealmLDN 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️

[Casey Michel @cjcmichel]

Every single Confederate statue, memorial, and remembrance should be stripped and removed, ASAP. The fact that it hasn’t been done in 150 years is (like today) a national shame. https://t.co/HIKSlmPrBh

[David Turner @DrDavidMT]

Coming Soon: Silenced - The Hidden History of Disabled Britain (9 pm BBC2, Tuesday 19 January): https://t.co/Q0x4UMfJ0V. I was historical adviser on this documentary about disabled people's oppression and resistance since the 19th century. #dishist

[Legal Cheek @legalcheek]

Law Society to probe historical slave trade links https://t.co/DRjH22UBlA

[Institute of Historical Research @ihr_history]

From today, all Premium Content on British History Online is free to individual users. That's 200 extra vols of primary research materials. Access runs to 30 Apr 2021: details here https://t.co/hURyvcI94s

@bho_history hope this helps at a tough time. Please r/t #twitterstorians

[Brian Sloan @briandsloan]

Professor Birke Häcker wrote about the #legalhistory of the Codrington bequest in #LCISL: https://t.co/OTjRBaaRRH (@hartpublishing). #SuccessionLaw

https://t.co/s8NV1nw8Hd

[Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan @SVR13]

Can't help feel an article complaining about erasing history which bills Clive of India as "a notoriously wealthy military leader", vaguely refers to "links to colonialism and Empire" and only mentions the plundering and starvation in the penultimate paragraph is a bit off...

[British Future @britishfuture]

Fascinating read: the story of John Henry Smyth, WW2 RAF navigator from Sierra Leone, captured by Nazis and held as POW; senior officer on HMS Windrush; retrained as a barrister and became QC and Sierra Leone's Attorney General. https://t.co/njiNlOXjXP #RememberTogether

[Queer Britain Museum @QueerBritain]

Derek Jarman's Islington People's Plaque came up when we chaired the discussion for the @MayorOfLondon Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, with news that @IslingtonsPride will put up 50 new LGBTQ+ plaques across the borough for @LGBTHM this year. Image: @LondonRemembers

[South London History @S_LondonHistory]

Elephant & Castle is brought to a standstill as the statue that has watched over the area for more than a century, is removed from its last perch. A silent friend to many generations of local people, it will now sit at Castle Square. 🐘💔#SouthLondonHistory 📹©️: Unknown

[Mary Seacole Trust @seacolestatue]

https://t.co/UuSvmHOvnj