In April this year, I visited the Marble Arch in London with a close friend to see the Extinction Rebellion climate protests that, in the end, lasted 11-days and resulted in more than 1,000 arrests. We wandered around the makeshift camp where more than 100 activists had pitched tents, set […]
Tag: history
Glasgow’s Slavery Past
Visitors have hailed an exhibit about Glasgow’s links to slavery as an eye opener. Glasgow City Archives made the documents public at Mitchell Library to coincide with Black History Month. Running from September 30 until November 28, the display highlighted Glasgow’s involvement in the slave trade in the 17th and […]