London marks abolition with slave exhibition
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To mark next year's bicentenary of the slave trade being abolished across the British Empire, London is to open its first gallery dedicated to the trade.
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London is hosting an exhibition about the art inspired by the irreverent punk rock movement that gripped and shocked both sides of the Atlantic three decades ago.
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The opening of the National Museum of the American Indian yesterday was both a celebration and a reminder of past and continuing injustices against Native American people.
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An extraordinary week in the short history of the contemporary art market in London has ended.
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Campaigners bound in chains take part in a 250-mile march to mark the abolition of slavery.
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Bereaved family members and survivors will be at the service A service remembering Britons killed or injured in terrorist attacks abroad last year is to be held in London.
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Britain kicked off a two-day European conference on Wednesday focused on sharing its experience in tackling the horrors of forced marriage.
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More than 1,000 prisoners are to be freed later ahead of schedule as part of a move to ease prison overcrowding.
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Campaigners are to gather at Stockwell Tube station to mark the anniversary of the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.
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An artwork created from guns from Mozambique is unveiled at the British Museum in London.
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As the Vote for Change tour kicks off tomorrow (Oct. 1) in Pennsylvania, London will have its own, similarly motivated event the same night.
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When more than 400 slaves were reburied last year at a site unearthed by construction workers in lower Manhattan, the occasion was marked by singing, dancing &#151; and promises for an elaborate memorial. Today, the site is marked by only one small sign.
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Britain may voice regret over its role in the slave trade when the country marks the 200th anniversary of legislation that outlawed the practice in the British Empire, newspapers have reported.
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In London this summer there have been two notable efforts to reclaim the past. The ever-venturesome Shakespeare's Globe, whose very architecture is an act of historicism, staged three performances in late June ...
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A major new exhibition traces the decline of absolute monarchy and rise of the Enlightenment that swept North America and Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, and shows how portraits reflected the revolutionary changes.
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An exhibition of art treasures which was almost prevented from going ahead opens in London.
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Five others appeared in London yesterday.One - Parviz Khan - is accused of plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier.Police have revealed they have seized over four-and-a-half thousand exhibits - including computers and mobile phones.  (c) 2007 Belfast Telegraph.