In the Media


Katharine Barney: Evening Standard - 18 Aug 2008 : Boris backs Hyde Park slavery memorial.


Basit Mahmood: Metro - 22 Oct 2019 : Campaigners petition for memorial to remember British slave trade victims.


Afua Hirsch: The Guardian - 23 Oct 2019 : Britain was built on the backs of slaves. A memorial is the least they deserve.


Sonja Jessop: BBC London News - 26 Oct 2019 : Frustration for the supporters of Memorial 2007.


Trevor Blackman: Maritime Radio - 27 Oct 2019 : Interview with Oku Ekpenyon of Memorial 2007.


Letters to the Editor: The Times - 30 Oct 2019 : Slavery Memorial.

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BBC - Nov 2019 : 'Time running out' for London slavery memorial.


Robert Booth: The Guardian - 10 Dec 2019 : UK government refuses to fund slavery memorial endorsed by Johnson in 2008.


Ashley Cowburn: The Indepedent - 8 Jun 2020 : Boris Johnson urged to fund slave trade memorial – 12 years after backing campaign.


Sarah Lee: BBC - 10 Jun 2020 : 'We will not give up on London slavery memorial'.


Channel 4 - 10 Jun 2020 : US authorities begin to remove monuments amid Black Lives Matter protests.


Alexandra Sims: TimeOut - 11 Jun 2020 : Campaign reignited for London slavery memorial in Hyde Park.


Andrew Jack: Financial Times - 16 Jun 2020 : Monumental struggle: the 20-year campaign for a slavery memorial in London.


Carolyn Sim: ITV - 22 Jul 2020 : Memorial 2007: Campaign for Hyde Park statue dedicated to the victims of the slave trade.


Front Row: BBC SOUNDS - 3 May 2021 : How should we memorialise in the 21st century?


Kaya Burgess: The Times - 29 Jun 2022 : Church of England urged to pay for slavery memorial.

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