Why the correct answer has become the wrong answer
The racialised obsession with the colonial past isn't the half of it
Mad Hatter's tea-party; Tenniel illustration from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Boris Johnson’s government has made a number of gestures indicating its displeasure over the obsession with “de-colonising” the nation’s statuary, the curriculum and the rest of “white privileged” culture.
This week, the Telegraph tells us, the Culture Secr…
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