‘Turkish troops fired on our hotel, the invasion had begun’: 50 years after Cyprus was torn apart
Belgium museum wrestles with colonial past, with 40,000 objects tainted with violence
US steps up sanctions against Israeli settlers and ‘outposts’ in occupied West Bank
The Audio Long Read
From the archive: ‘Colonialism had never really ended’: my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes – podcast
‘We want to ruffle a few feathers’: Liverpool gallery confronts colonial past
Firelei Báez review – bring on the furry ciguapas: magnetic visions of diaspora
Artist or monster? Mammoth new Gauguin show reckons with colonial legacy – to limited success
Push to rename La Trobe University due to namesake’s links to ‘genocidal violence’
June 2024
‘Imperial nostalgia has become so extreme’: Sathnam Sanghera on the conflict surrounding colonial history
Rise of far right makes reparations debate tough, says Cape Verde president
May 2024
Manahahtáanung or Manhattan? Tribal representatives call for apology for Dutch settlement of New York
Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Namibia’s Shark Island
I agree that Britain is a work in progress. But let’s be wary of distorting the past
UK university courses on race and colonialism facing axe due to cuts
So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch
Will Hutton
Dorset auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale
April 2024
I came to Britain from India, fulfilled a dream, and I say this: we’re a great country, but a work in progress
Mihir Bose
There is still a misrepresentation of the colonial past. Without the truth of what we have been, how can we move forward, asks author and broadcaster Mihir Bose
Noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European: Nigeria welcomes a museum like no other
The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos ‘pops with colour and sound’ in a dazzling departure from the colonial model
‘One of the most racist things I’ve ever seen’: how RIBA is decolonising its HQ
The Royal Institute of British Architects has been taking stock of the disturbingly imperial decoration of its palatial home – with a new show telling a larger, more unsettling story