Tag: slavery
Edinburgh and slavery Part 2 – The Joseph Knight case and the Melville Monument
I had a long conversation with Sir Geoffrey Palmer in Part 1 of this series where we learned about the history of 24 Forth Street and its connections to the slave trade.Now in Part...
In Edinburgh this month: the 12th Africa in Motion Film Festival
‘Movies touch our hearts and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places, they open doors and minds.’ (Martin Scorsese, founder, World Cinema Fund)
The first film...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
Plenty happening again this week - from fundraisers for Palestine, Water for Life and the Scouts, to films from Poland, Africa and Italy. Books will be launched, exhibitions will be opened, French and Russian...
just Festival 2014 – home, freedom, forgiveness, fun
'Peace is not only an absence of conflict, it is a presence.'
The issue of how that peace can be created is the focus of the 2014 just Festival, which opens on 1st August 2014....
