Bristol should make peace with slavery past, says Colston descendant

Exclusive: City should twin with metropolises in west Africa most affected by slavery, says Philip Colston Robins

A descendant of Edward Colston has written to Bristol's mayor to suggest ways of making peace with the past" such as twinning Bristol with cities in west African countries most affected by slavery

Philip Colston Robins, a former university dean and Treasury civil servant, told the Guardian he was disappointed that a peaceful demonstration with a moral cause" had descended into an unruly mob", after Black Lives Matter demonstrators toppled Colston's statue in the city.