Reworked Brussels metro map celebrates Irish women
Constance Markievicz and Mary Robinson in roll-call of women who have helped shape Europe
Belgium’s King Philippe expresses ‘deep regret’ for colonial past in Congo
First expression of regret by a reigning monarch comes as Leopold statues defaced
The Irish Times view on historical monuments: The statues keep falling
The rereading of history is a constant process, and no statue, any more than any historical figure, should be guaranteed a permanent place in the national Pantheon
Thousands seek to remove colonialists’ names from Uganda’s streets
Petition calls for use of domestic heroes in nomenclature rather than British overlords
Africans wrestle with implications of Black Lives Matter protests
Demonstrations across continent prompt renewed focus on police violence and colourism
Richard Stanley: ‘I’m the guy for the doomed project’
The cult director on tackling the ‘unfilmable’ work of HP Lovecraft and ‘mad’ Nicolas Cage
Belgium to apologise for historic kidnapping scandal
Mixed-race children taken from Congolese mothers and fostered by Catholic orders
Brussels: So much more than the sum of its diplomats
Enjoy layer upon layer of cultural endeavours over the course of a weekend at the Belgians’ inimitably leisurely pace
Congolese fallout gives fuel for thought to electric car drivers
Demand for cobalt to greatly increase but people of country unlikely to gain from it
Art exhibition confronts Belgium’s troubled Congo past
Brutal acts of colonisation under King Leopold II are context and content of artworks
President honours Casement’s ‘empathy for the oppressed’
Wreaths laid at Banna Strand to mark centenary of capture after arrival on U-boat
Brought to Book: Sheila Agnew on Middlemarch’s wisdom and the title that brought her home
The rewards of being a writer outweigh the wages she earned as a Manhattan lawyer
The plunder years: culture and the colony
The Royal Museum of Central Africa in Brussels is at the centre of a debate about how to present the complex legacy of the colonial past and the ethics of cultural ownership
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