There’s a great scene in the 1990s Welsh teenage drama series Pam fi, Duw? [Why me, God?], where everyone has gone to London (can’t remember why) and the indomitable grandmother insists on dragging the family across the city to visit the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square – to their utter bemusement, as she’s a dyed-in-the-wool socialist, but you don’t argue with Mamgu. When they finally get there, she sticks up two fingers at it and says something to the effect of “That’s for Tonypandy, you bastard!” (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Cecil Rhodes’
Damnatio Memoriae
Posted in Musings, Uncategorized, tagged Cecil Rhodes, heritage, history, imperialism, memorials, politics, racism on January 8, 2016| 2 Comments »
Sphinx 