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Edinburgh councillors agree proposals to apologise for city’s slavery links

Edinburgh councillors have agreed to implement recommendations made in a report into the city’s historic links with slavery and colonialism. It will see a public apology issued to those who suffered through the city’s involvement. A report by ...

30 Aug 2022 at 13:45

Scotland

Edinburgh should apologise for role in slavery and colonialism, says academic

Edinburgh council should issue an apology for the city’s historic links to slavery and colonialism, a report commissioned in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests has said. Sir Geoff Palmer’s report has made 10 recommendations for how ...

24 Aug 2022 at 17:03

Scotland

Scotland’s complicity with slavery cannot be glossed over – country’s top judge

Scotland’s complicity with slavery cannot be “glossed over”, Scotland’s most senior judge has said, as a plaque to a landmark legal case was revealed. Lord Carloway said it is important to mark the “true extent” of Scotland’s historic role ...

06 Dec 2022 at 14:49

Scotland

Scots university professor wins prestigious Edinburgh award

A human rights campaigner and Scots professor emeritus has won a prestigious award for his dedication to Scotland’s capital city. Sir Geoff Palmer, chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, was presented with the Edinburgh Award 2022 in a ...

14 Nov 2022 at 22:00

Tributes paid to ‘trailblazer’ academic Sir Geoff Palmer after death aged 85

Sir Geoff Palmer, one of Scotland’s best-known academics who was the country’s first black professor, has died at the age of 85. The professor was long associated with Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, serving as chancellor and ...

13 Jun 2025 at 10:27

Sir Geoff Palmer’s ‘extraordinary life’ hailed at memorial celebration

Hundreds of people have paid tribute to Scotland’s first black professor and remembered his “extraordinary life” at a memorial service in Edinburgh. Sir Geoff Palmer, former chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, died in June aged ...

10 Oct 2025 at 14:59

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