Nelson & His World

Discussion on the life and times of Admiral Lord Nelson
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:39 am

All times are UTC [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Call made to topple Nelson’s column
PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:12 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:51 pm
Posts: 62
The Eastern Daily Press is running a poll, asking if readers agrees that Nelson's column should be toppled.
Quote:
Writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch argues in The Guardian that the Norfolk-born hero Admiral Horatio Nelson was a “white supremacist” who “vigorously defended” slavery.


http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/should-white-supremacist-lord-nelson-s-trafalgar-square-column-be-pulled-down-1-5159627

Start voting!


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Call made to topple Nelson’s column
PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:01 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:37 pm
Posts: 47
Here we go again! Just read through the excellent discussion on this topic submitted through this forum in 2008/2009. As I am in the throes of helping draft The Nelson Society response to the current debate it has been very helpful. It just seems a pity we have to go through the same pointless debate every time some enthusiastic young journalist thinks they have come up with a new idea. If this latest writer in The Guardian had the vaguest knowledge of Nelson (or of the fact that we've been through all this before), rather than wasting her time she could have written about something of interest instead.

Ray


Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 

All times are UTC [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 82 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by p h p B B © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 p h p B B Group