"Portrait of tyrant Thomas Picton relocated" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	05 Aug 2022 1:58 a.m. PST
For more than a century, the portrait of Thomas Picton hung in a prominent position at the National Museum Cardiff, the image's description hailing him as a military hero rather than a tyrant and a torturer, before it was removed from view in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests. From Monday the two-metre-tall portrait of Lt Gen Picton is back on display in the Welsh capital – but in a very different context… The Guardian: link
42flanker	05 Aug 2022 6:13 a.m. PST
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79thPA	05 Aug 2022 6:18 a.m. PST
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All Sir Garnett	05 Aug 2022 10:58 a.m. PST
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