This 'Pay what you can’ guided walk that tells the story of colonisation and decolonisation through statues and monuments in public spaces.
Explore voices from the past that inform our present. At its height, the phrase "the Empire on which the sun never sets" was used to describe the vastness of the British Empire.
Today, symbols of decolonisation such as statues of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela occupy the same space as Imperial heroes like Sir Winston Churchill. What does this tell us about post colonial Britain and the soft power of monuments?
We will discover how stories and ideas from history connect to our present by interpreting the narrative of our built environment.
