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Churchill, Cambridge and the battle for history

19 June 2021

4:09 PM

19 June 2021

4:09 PM

Is the tide in the so-called culture wars beginning to turn? Recent evidence suggests that at least a mainstream effort to push back against activism by a vocal minority is working. Oriel College, Oxford is not going to remove its Rhodes statue. On Thursday, Churchill College, Cambridge announced the disbanding of its ‘Churchill, Race and Empire Working Group’, which was established in the wake of the Black Lives Matters protests last year.

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