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Tag: monuments

October 24, 2023 billylinguist history and culture, Uncategorized

‘Retain and explain’ is flawed

Here is a link to an excellent and thoughtful piece by our colleague Claudine van Hensbergen on problems with the government’s ‘retain and explain’ policy on controversial statues and monuments:

https://theconversation.com/plan-to-retain-and-explain-controversial-statues-is-flawed-why-we-should-always-question-our-monuments-215125

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