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This Lancaster Priory monument was a culture wars flashpoint. Then it became a force for good
Dr Chris Donaldson and Dr Sunita Abraham

This Lancaster Priory monument was a culture wars flashpoint. Then it became a force for good

Rather than removing a contested monument, civic institutions are contextualising it within a broader story that includes voices once excluded from public memory

Why working as a butcher’s boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
John Bird

Why working as a butcher’s boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI

We are at a crossroads as capitalism potentially reduces us to little more than stimulators of machines

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family’s links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica
Books

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family’s links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica

Author Diana McCaulay thought she’d written her last novel, but a surprising discovery got her thinking

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?
Maya Esslemont

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK
Modern slavery

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK

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Enslaved Africans put the ‘great’ in Great Britain. We must give them long overdue remembrance
Oku Ekpenyon

Enslaved Africans put the ‘great’ in Great Britain. We must give them long overdue remembrance

John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler: ‘When are Black people not in dire straits?’
Film

John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler: ‘When are Black people not in dire straits?’

Slavery reparations: A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean
Eleanor Shearer

Slavery reparations: A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she’s speaking out to help others
Modern slavery

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she’s speaking out to help others

TV historian David Olusoga: ‘My family were driven from our home by the National Front’
Letter to my younger self

TV historian David Olusoga: ‘My family were driven from our home by the National Front’

Samira Ahmed: Even high seas pirates can cut through whitewashing
Opinion

Samira Ahmed: Even high seas pirates can cut through whitewashing