Local museum renews pledge to move slaver statue overlooking its entrance – a year after its original promise
Hackney Stand Up to Racism demands action – as Museum of the Home says ‘repositioning is ongoing’
Hackney Stand Up to Racism demands action – as Museum of the Home says ‘repositioning is ongoing’
‘No better time for offensive statue to be removed,’ says anti-racism group
Museum of the Home says there is ‘potential’ for monument of Robert Geffrye to be relocated to a ‘less prominent space’
National Education Union representative backs protesters in battle against Museum of the Home at an event in Newington Green
Museum says it is ‘continuing to explore options for the statue’ as anti-racism campaigners keep up pressure
Demonstration comes after Museum’s decision to keep the likeness of Robert Geffrye above its entrance
Despite heavy opposition, museum says keeping statue is ‘only practical option for foreseeable future’
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley recounts her personal experience of events in Hackney during one of the most tumultuous years in living memory
Campaigners applaud ‘transgressive, yet progressive act’ following Museum of the Home’s recent decision to retain slaver monument in face of widespread public opposition
Sonia Solicari says museum ‘should ideally be free to act with integrity’ in appearance before parliamentary committee
Town Hall administration asks Oliver Dowden to apologise in letter accusing government minister of ‘overreaching his position’
Geffrye, whose money was used to build the museum’s almshouses in 1714, was a merchant involved in the slave trade
New name signals a more contemporary direction for the Hoxton institution, which has been closed for renovations for two years