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New national ‘ prayer landmark’ given green light

15th September 202015th September 2020 Josie McFarlane 97 Views 0 Comments Architecture, community, Faith, God, landmark, prayer, project, Religion, Statue, The Bible

A new national landmark which aims to profile a million answered prayers has been given the go ahead to be

Huge church statue in Mexico is being mocked for looking like Phil Collins

21st November 201921st November 2019 Josie McFarlane 989 Views 0 Comments Christ, Church news, Jesus, Mexico, Phil Collins, Statue

Social media users have been quick to point out the baby Jesus statue’s resemblance to former Genesis drummer Phil Collins.

University College London students demand removal of Black Watch officer’s statue due to its links to ‘racially prejudiced policies’ of British colonial rule

8th November 20197th November 2019 Josie McFarlane 1089 Views 0 Comments prejudiced, Racism, Statue, students, University College London

UCL students are calling for the removal of a Black Watch officer statue because of its links to the ‘racially

Hidden St Christopher statue discovered in Lydiard church

27th October 201923rd October 2019 Josie McFarlane 813 Views 0 Comments church, Church news, Discovery, hidden, St Christopher, Statue

A statue of St Christopher thought to have been concealed by a stone mason in the 17th century has been

Bristol school to remove slave trader’s name from house

13th February 201911th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 632 Views 0 Comments community, removed, school, Slavery, Statue

The head teacher of a secondary school says it will remove Colston as a house name for the next school

Haile Selassie: Why the African Union put up a statue

12th February 201911th February 2019 Josie McFarlane 967 Views 0 Comments Africa, Belief, black, christian, community, emperor, Ethiopia, God, Haile Selassie, messiah, Rasta, Rastafarians, Statue

A statue of Ethiopia’s last emperor has been unveiled outside the African Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The likeness

Statue for Wales’ first black headteacher Betty Campbell

28th January 201924th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 861 Views 0 Comments Betty Campbell, black, Black teacher, community, Head teacher, memorial, Statue, Wales

A statue will be placed in Cardiff to immortalise Wales’ first black headteacher Betty Campbell after she topped a Hidden

Ghana university removes ‘racist’ Gandhi statue

13th December 201813th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 1118 Views 0 Comments black, community, Gandi, Ghana, Mahatma Gandhi, Racism, removed, Statue

A controversial statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the famed Indian independence leader, has been removed from a university campus in Ghana’s