In 1787 Thomas Clarkson went on a five month speaking tour of England, showing people chains and irons, and a model of a slave ship. During the 1770s the abolitionist campaigner Granville Sharp ...

Stephen Fry criticises social media’s impact on culture, calling for reform to protect future generations from its harmful effects ...

Stephen Fry has said he wants to “destroy” social media because it has “polluted” our culture. The actor, 67, was previously ...

Fry said he may dedicate his life to being like the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson, who travelled thousands of miles a week telling people about slavery and “what it really was”. “I try and ...

Figures like Thomas Clarkson used graphic imagery, such as the image of the slave ship Brookes, to convey the horrors of slavery, galvanizing support for abolition. Early animal welfare advocates ...

Tighthead has impressed through the ranks with Wicklow, Blackrock, Trinity, Leinster and Ireland Thomas Clarkson in action last weekend against England. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile If there is ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...