I’ve learnt a lot about this particular day from your post. As a Brit I hate the way we’ve been with other countries and to a certain extent still are a bit up our arses when it comes to colonialism. Many of us hate that identity. Then again the many are just ordinary folk, carving a living versus the elitist lot who’ve been screwing us over for centuries. We too are having multiple identity crises here in the UK.
You may recall there was a case of statue toppling here in England not that many years ago. Many people were angry because they were of the opinion that people were trying to cancel history and I like your view that taking monuments down is not a bad thing, we still remember the events that happened, they’re still written down in our history books, etched into our collective memories. We don’t have to ram these things into people’s faces every corner they turn.
Also Woolworths still exists?? Wow!! Do they still have pick n mix? I miss that old shop!
I was there actually when they pulled the slaver statue down in Bristol and threw him in the canal. I don't think it serves us well to cling to the old. We forget that we are just seconds within a larger history anyway. I think the identity crisis is absolutely what a lot of the world is facing. Who are we, going forward as the world whimpers?
Haha Woolies - it's just a big supermarket here like Tesco. I can't recall why we still have it and you don't.