I thought it looked very good - and particularly in that space. Congratulations to Arthur for getting it there, and to all those whose creative worked produced it.
Sandy
Sandy Nairne
Director, National Portrait Gallery
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On 14 Jun 2014, at 19:45, "msherwood" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
I suppose I should not be surprised either by the non-response of some and non-attendance of others.
Can we expect Eton/Oxbridge ‘products’ to pay any attention to something way beyond anything they were ever taught, or to an organisation not stemming/related to from their alma mater?
I saw the exhibition. They certainly would have learned a lot!
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Subject: MAKING FREEDOM in Parliament
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MAKING FREEDOM: A SUCCESSFUL TOUR
The exhibition, which is presented by Windrush Foundation, visited the House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, over the past seven day, and it was an opportunity for Members of both Houses to see the display. Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Nick Clegg told me they were too busy to visit (although the display was not far away from their offices). Deputy Prime Minister Ed Miliband, Chuka Umunna MP, Dr Vince Cable MP and Simon Hughes MP were among other leading MPs who did not reply to Windrush Foundation's invitations to see the exhibition. Nevertheless, dozens of others passed by and got a view of how Africans in the Caribbean were agents of their own freedom, and were prepared to be martyrs for the cause of liberty. It was not the story of William Wilberforce that some visitors were expecting to see.
On Tuesday 10 June 2014 in one of the Committee Rooms, Arthur Torrington presented the topic: How the Jamaica Rebellion led by Samuel Sharpe in 1832/32 put pressure on MPs to pass the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, and on Thursday 12 June 2014, Dr Nick Draper spoke in another Committee Room on: Parliament and Slave Ownership. The Presentations were chaired by Diane Abbott MP and Heidi Alexander MP, respectively.
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Some of the panels @ HoC Dr Nick Draper with Heidi Alexander MP (to his left)
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