© 2020 – 2024 AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
Image default
News

Nadine Dorries grants listed status to Cecil Rhodes plaque at Oxford college

Culture secretary overrides Historic England’s judgment on controversial plaque for Victorian imperialist

The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has been accused of stoking culture wars after deciding to grant listed status to a controversial plaque commemorating the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes at a University of Oxford college.

The decision to grant the plaque Grade II listed status overrides an earlier judgment by Historic England determining that the plaque lacked the “richness of detail” required for listed status.

Continue reading…

Related posts

‘Secretive and evasive’: Patel criticises plan to house asylum seekers at Essex RAF base

AEA3

Discrimination against women working in English football on rise, survey says

AEA3

Brentford v Tottenham: Premier League – live

AEA3