Alexander Chula

The uncomfortable lessons of the new Fourth Plinth statues

The story of Revd John Chilembwe and John Chorley reveals both the injustice and the beneficence of Empire

Samson Kambalu’s ‘Antelope’, soon to adorn the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. Credit: James O Jenkins

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