Jun 14
(Illustration : Banksy) Bristol-born Edward Colston (1636-1721) was a leading profiteer and organiser of the English slave trade in the late seventeenth Century. Predicated upon his philanthropy, during the Victorian era, Colston was reinvented by Bristol’s business elite as a ‘merchant prince’ and ‘moral saint’ effectively becoming the City’s father. The Countering Colston (CC) campaign …
Jun 14
Take a walk on the Joyceside of Dublin’s Docklands in a pre-Bloomsday contemplation of two iconic Dubs. They both have their own statue, they both have bridges named after them , and both men had a deep understanding and experience of the darker side of Docklands culture . Hugo McGuinness will deliver a 15 minute …
Jun 01
“Bodies , the Bishop , and Molotov cocktails :The 1832 cholera pandemic in North Inner City”. Illness , death , social-distancing , lockdown and fake news – we’ve been here before ! Join the East Wall History Group on Thursday 4th June @ 8pm for our first ever on-line event , when Hugo McGuinness will …
