Do you like historical context? Great news! We need to cover oh, say, over 2000 years of it in order to understand this particular story. Featuring: lots of Moses. For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]

It's been just over a year since the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol took a sudden swim in the local harbour. What's happened in that year? Statement by Countering Colston: https://counteringcolston.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/countering-colston-statement-on-the-merchants-venturers-29th-june-2020/ GoFundMe for the Colston Four: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gladcolstonsgone-support-the-bristol-topplers-d The MShed's Online exhibition: https://exhibitions.bristolmuseums.org.uk/the-colston-statue/?utm_source=whatson&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=colston For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]

This episode continues the story of the statue of Edward Coston, that statue, and the mystery of the missing second plaque. If you want to see a Tory councillor posing proudly with a racist mascot, here's the article with the photo: https://tinyurl.com/ycp7wscs Photo of the plaque after the statue came down: https://tinyurl.com/ybrrekuf For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]

This week we're talking about racist statues glorifying slave traders. In particular, we're talking about one specific statue that made headlines when protestors in Bristol dumped it in the harbour. But how did Bristol end up with a statue glorifying a slave trader in the first place? Images: Image of the monument to Colston inside All Saints Church: https://twitter.com/PoisonRoomPod/status/1277591699036999682?s=20 images of the plaques around the base of the statue: https://twitter.com/PoisonRoomPod/status/1277591703571050496?s=20 Image of the full statue as it stood before being pulled down: https://twitter.com/PoisonRoomPod/status/1277591706129530880?s=20 For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]

The final instalment (for now?) On the Shugborough Inscription. Featuring: more theories than you can shake a stick at. Gibsian sarcophagi: https://twitter.com/PoisonRoomPod/status/1270296258566029313?s=20 For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]

This isn't the final episode on the myriad theories about the Shugborough Inscription, but it IS the final episode about this particular theory. It's time to talk about Kabbalah, raising brides from the dead, and killing bridegrooms on their wedding day. For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]

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Part two of the discussion of the Shugborough Monument and its curious inscription, but part one of the discussion of one particular theory on what it means. I will never again assume I can cover a topic in a single episode. Here's a few photos of ancient Greco-Roman funeral stelae: https://twitter.com/PoisonRoomPod/status/1255178348558528513?s=20 For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]

One monument. Ten letters. So many theories. Today's story is about a man called Thomas Anson, gardening, and... a wikipedia edit war? Photo of the whole monument, with a close up of the inscription at the bottom: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gary_crutchley/3849908948/ For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]

Moo? For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: [email protected]