BLM protests prompt Edinburgh to reassess fate of golliwog mural

Council says it will review 2013 decision to leave depiction at Wardie primary school intact

Edinburgh council could repaint a controversial mural in a school assembly hall that features a golliwog following the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests.

The council refused to remove the image at Wardie primary school in the north of the city in 2013 after a parent complained to the police that it was racist and offensive. lt said the depiction was a historic artefact within a mural of significant artistic importance.