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Edinburgh Live
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
Sex Pistols star John Lydon says 'the pain will never go away' after family death
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Sex Pistols legend John Lydon has opened up about the enduring pain following the loss of his wife Nora, confessing "the pain will never go away". The punk rock pioneer, who shot to fame in the 70s as the Sex Pistols' provocative lead singer. He met Nora, a German publishing heiress, shortly after the band's initial split. Despite their age difference, with Nora being fourteen years older, the pair formed an inseparable bond. In her final years, as she faced Alzheimer's disease, John devoted himself to caring for her full-time. Nora died, aged 80 in 2023. While caring for his wife, John was in a legal battle with the remaining members of the Sex Pistols - guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook - after he attempted to veto the use of the band's songs in a Disney+ series. After losing the legal fight, John cut ties with his former bandmates. Steve and Paul however continued to perform with original bassist Glen Matlock and Gallows' Frank Carter stepping in for John, reports the Mirror US. (Image: 2017 Brian Killian) John has slammed the legal wrangle as "just disrespectful all round" and admits it's something he "won't forget". Despite his history of stirring controversy as Johnny Rotten, the passing of Nora saw fans rally around him with support. Speaking to The Telegraph, he says he has "done my moping" and is now "very much raring to go". He knows he needs to get out of the house and is currently on tour with his band PiL - Public Image Ltd. He is working on a new book and album and has rediscovered his passion for painting. But he still occasionally finds himself stopping to think about his much-loved wife. "The pain will never go away," he told the Telegraph. "She died painfully, suffocating. They call it the death rattle." (Image: Getty Images) He vividly remembers the heart-wrenching moment when doctors questioned whether they should cease life-prolonging efforts. He reflects: "I couldn't say 'yes, stop.' No. I fought for her life as hard as she fought for it. And now I'm on the other side." Despite experiencing a phase of anger, he believes this prevented him from becoming a "sympathetic doddering old idiot". The God Save the Queen singer confesses to having "no regrets" about how he's lived. Nora's passing has altered John's perspective on his own mortality at 69, stating that the thought of death "no longer terrifies" him. He does though say he "misses her like mad" and reveals he sleeps with Nora's ashes by his side. In recent times, John has surprisingly found favour with conservative media circles, puzzling many long-time Sex Pistols fans. He clarifies that his stance isn't black and white, expressing disdain for all politicians. Although he's shown support for former US President Donald Trump, he's critical of him too, labelling Trump as a "wrecking ball" and dubbing him "the Orange Bad Man".
Scotsman
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
How a Dundee shop out-punked the biggest punk band of them all
Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the punk movement of the late 1970s was 'often politicised', 'full of vital energy beneath a sarcastic, hostile facade' and 'armed with a critique of the music industry and consumerism'. So when a Dundee opticians hit upon the name, 'Spex Pistols', they may have thought the most punk of all the genre's bands would have been fine with it. After all, the Sex Pistols' debut single was called Anarchy in the UK. So anything goes, right? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Wrong. The band's lawyers sent a 'cease and desist' letter, highlighting similarities between the shop's logo and the band's. Not exactly a very punk thing to do. The biggest punks of all: the Sex Pistols perform in San Francisco in 1978 (Picture: George Rose) | Getty Images Following discussions, the lawyers agreed to live with Spex Pistols but wanted a new logo. However, rather than submit to their conditions, shop owner Richard Cook showed his own punk credentials and instead changed the name to Land O'Spex in tribute to former Dundee bakers Land O'Cakes.
Edinburgh Reporter
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Sex Pistol Glen Matlock returns to Edinburgh
The departure of original Sex Pistols' bassist and songwriter, Glen Matlock, is now widely regarded as one significant reason the Pistols imploded shortly after the release of their debut album, Never Mind The Bollocks. That record in 1977 helped thrust punk into the mainstream and is still heralded as a classic. Matlock, however, is on his way for a Scottish tour to celebrate a long career working with the likes of Blondie and the Faces as well as his solo work. Before the Sex Pistols headline in Glasgow at a punk-all-day event in June, Matlock will be touring with his solo band after his most recent long player Consequences Coming and an autobiography Triggers: A Life In Music were both well received by fans and critics. As well as Glasgow and Aberdeen he will return to Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms where he previously performed Iggy Pop's Lust for Life album in 2023. The record simmered away as a music fan favourite and was given a shot in the arm nearly 20 years later when the lead track 'Lust For Life' featured in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting film, highlighting the album's kudos among Edinburgh's young working-class of the late 1970s and early '80s. The city's Hibernian FC play the track before kick-off with an accompanying video on the big screen. The 2023 show was attended by Irvine Welsh and featured legendary Blondie drummer, Clem Burke, on drums. The news of his death from cancer in April was a shock. Matlock explained: 'We've been friends for fifty years. it's been weird because he would stay with me whenever he was in London and I would stay at his place in L. A when I was over there. Just wandering around the house (since his death) has been a little bit odd. Clem and I were cut from the same cloth. When Debbie (Harry) got Covid the dates were postponed and we ended up kicking about New Jersey where he was from and where his old man lived and worked. He had an American version of my upbringing really.' Burke was that rare example of someone in the music industry that no one had a bad word to say about while being highly regarded as one of rock n' roll's greatest drummers. Glen said: 'He was a fantastic showman and drummer. He would instigate things and make them happen. When I went to America last year he put the band together for me and brought in people like Kathy Valentine (Go-Gos) and Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns N' Roses). He adds that while Blondie has a new album ready to be released the future is uncertain. 'I don't know what will happen, I knew Clem had been ill for a little while and Blondie had been put off, there's a new Blondie album in the can but I don't know what will happen and now the Pistols stuff has come up.' The return of the Sex Pistols is going from strength to strength despite John 'Johnny Rotten' Lydon not being in the line-up. Frank Carter whose punk credentials were cemented with Gallows and Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes was drafted in to join three of the original Pistols and his performances have helped attract a new generation of fans. 'I could be cynical and say we are helping everyone relive their youth but that's not true,' explained Matlock. 'With Frank being in the band it helps and the music we did is timeless really, we sound like we did (almost 50) years ago.' John Lydon has slammed the reunion saying 'I am the Pistols and they're not' and left the media under no illusion about how he feels. Matlock added that 'it was Steve's band. We were all the songwriters and we all did our bit. It would never have happened without any one of us. The problem is John won't give anyone else any credit which is why we are where we are now. He still can't think it through …. but he can do what he likes. He comes across as bitter and twisted while we are all having a laugh, making some good money and sending everyone home with a smile on their face.' So does that mean there will never be a reunion with Johnny Rotten? 'Never say never. It's sad the way it's unfolded, life is short and the hourglass of time is dripping away for us. Who wants to sit at home thinking about what could have been?' Matlock originally left the Pistols to make way for the late Sid Vicious on bass. While he became a punk icon, especially after his premature death, the band imploded leaving Steve Jones to admit that if Matlock had remained in the Pistols they would have made more records. With former disagreements now put to rest is there likely to be more music? 'I don't know but nobody is saying 'no'. We're not like The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night. When I first saw that I did think they all lived in the same house. On tour now we have breakfast together and get on the same flights and trains in Japan and that's quite a novelty since the days of yore. Steve Jones came round the other day to watch QPR (v Swansea) I'm a QPR fan, he likes to bet on everything. We got beat (2-1) so he went home with £10 of mine in his pocket.' When I ask Matlock about the guitarist's football leanings he compared him to the memorable cigar-smoking Scottish character in a camel coat Charlie Endell (Iain Cuthbertson) from the 1970s television series Budgie also starring Adam Faith. 'When Steve lived in London he would watch QPR, Fulham and Chelsea. When he moved to L. A the team doing best was Chelsea so he had a better chance of watching them on TV and ended up more of a Chelsea fan. He was like Charlie Endell who Budgie was always falling fowl of, he'd say 'Why do you put yourself through it all Budgie? Why don't you just be like me and support the winning team?' Glen Matlock will play The Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh on Tuesday 20th May Glen Matlock Like this: Like Related
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How King George V's head ended up on a barbecue
Credit: Instagram/ @Unitedstrugglecombatwombat Monarchs strive to make their mark on history, but King George V could never have imagined that, almost 90 years after his death, he would go viral on social media. His majesty's extraordinary resurgence involves decapitation, theft, political protest, a republican Belfast rap group, and an ongoing cat-and-mouse chase between criminals and Australian police. The story began to unfold last year, on the King's Official Birthday in Australia. In the early hours of the morning on June 10, activists used a mechanical saw to hack off the head of a statue of George V which resides in Melbourne's aptly named park, Kings Domain. A video filmed by the vandals and posted on social media showed a person clad in hi-vis and a headlamp decapitating the effigy, while another daubed it with red paint and the message 'The colony will fall'. The video is soundtracked by the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen, and ends with the written message 'Happy birthday mother----er'. Police have been chasing the offenders – and the head – ever since as it has popped up around the city, on barbecues, down toilets and even in food delivery bags, in moments publicised online by anti-monarchy protesters. Its most recent appearance came earlier this month, when Kneecap, a hip-hop trio from west Belfast whose music has republican themes, paraded the King's head with its imperial crown during their March 14 gig at Melbourne club 170 Russell. 'Some madman dropped by with a huge King George's head so he could hear a few tunes for our last Melbourne show! He was put on stage for a few tunes and then whisked away,' the band posted on Instagram. The Telegraph understands that the group had the head at their soundcheck prior to the gig and it left the venue with them, suggesting that this was a fully co-ordinated stunt. But it's also telling that the trio, who understand how anarchic art can boost political protest, appeared to have joined forces with the statue bandits. The latter have kept their cause in the headlines through similarly creative means, after all. After spending months seemingly stashed away, King George V's head first resurfaced at the beginning of this year in an Instagram post that riffed on a very Australian activity. Instead of shrimp on the barbie, we had a king: a video captured the bust engulfed in flames, accompanied by an audio clip of Jamie Oliver enthusing about getting colour and caramelisation via direct heat. The clip was posted simultaneously by three activist organisations – Whistleblowers, Activists and Communities Alliance (WACA), Disrupt Wars, and hip-hop group Combat Wombat – on Australia Day (Jan 26). It was accompanied by a caption that read: 'Cooking with king. Hot tips for roasting #invasionday #notourking #cooking #cookingwithlove.' Several other brazen videos were posted online in late January. There was a two-part series entitled 'Toilet King' which saw the bust shoved down a loo. The first featured a voiceover imitating an irate George V, whose imagined voice boomed 'This is treason. I'll see you hanged', followed by the sound of a toilet flushing and the monarch gurgling. The second video declared 'Some turds don't flush' and co-starred one of the activists, their identity concealed by oversized pink glasses, a hospital mask, and a bright green shower cap, as they scoured the head with a scrubbing brush. Other clips include a comic skit between an imagined George V and Queen Victoria, in which the King complains to her that he won't regain his head unless the Crown gives Indigenous Australians back their land. Perhaps most gallingly for police, the thieves even returned to the scene of the crime. Another video, which features the jaunty Cliff Richard song Summer Holiday, sees the head being packed into a Deliveroo bag, while in a Monty Python-esque voiceover George grumbles: 'Help me out of here'. The bag is taken to Kings Domain, just yards from the desecrated statue. The video ends with clips of the Aboriginal protest group Camp Sovereignty lighting a ceremonial fire, adding a sober message to the stunt. Despite the publicity, however, authorities have yet to catch up to the pranksters. 'Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives continue to investigate damage to a statue in Kings Domain last year,' a spokesman for Victoria Police says. 'Investigators are also aware that the head from what appears to be a statue appeared at a concert in Melbourne on March 14. Detectives will investigate whether there is any link between the two incidents. No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.' Meanwhile, republican groups are embracing the opportunity to amplify their message. 'The removal of King George's head is emblematic of a growing imperative to decapitate the monarchy and return the continent known as Australia to its original custodians,' says a spokesman for Disrupt Wars. 'The toppling and beheading of colonial statues is both fun and deadly serious. Ever greater numbers in this colony demand an end to the monarchy […] the return of all stolen lands, reparations for the harm and probably trials for genocide for the Crown.' Credit: Instagram/ @unitedstrugglecombatwombat A spokesman for WACA expresses similar sentiments – albeit in more colourful language. 'The beheading of the King's statue was an act of anti-colonial resistance and solidarity. Sovereignty in this country was never ceded. The only good king is a dead king. F--- the monarchy, f--- colonial statues and f--- Rupert Murdoch. The colony will fall.' But the vandalism is a major headache for local authorities. The 12ft, 2½-ton bronze likeness of King George, which sits atop a grand 55ft granite and sandstone column, has been a familiar landmark in the city since it was unveiled in July 1952. Created by artist William Leslie Bowles, it commemorates the monarch who ruled the British empire from May 1910 until his death in 1936. As a prince, he first visited Australia in 1880 and returned in 1901 to open the country's first Commonwealth Parliament. Melburnians regularly pass the statue on their commutes, as they head to concerts at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, or jog around the city's botanical gardens. A spokesman for the City of Melbourne Council says: 'At the moment, the statue cannot be repaired – we have to locate the missing head, which is under investigation. The original artist passed away many years ago – so it is problematic.' He adds that the last statue they had to repair, one of Captain Cook in Fitzroy Gardens, which was similarly damaged in February 2024, required nearly 12 months of repair, at a cost to the public purse of 13,000 Australian dollars (£6,325). Melbourne's lord mayor, Nicholas Reece, says: 'Defacing or damaging city assets in Melbourne will not be tolerated. We are working with Victoria Police and taking proactive steps to stop damage to our statues in its tracks.' Such measures include installing CCTV cameras around major monuments and increasing security patrols. 'While there are a range of views on statues and memorials, each time a monument is damaged, it's ultimately the ratepayer footing the bill and that is unacceptable,' adds Reece. 'I am open to a debate about the future of statues and memorials in Melbourne, but I will never tolerate or reward vandalism.' Despite the fightback, anti-colonial statue attacks are still on the rise. Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, is the most frequent target, but others – including a Queen Victoria statue that was defaced in January 2024 - have also been vandalised. It follows a wider trend that has seen historical monuments become a lightning rod in Britain, too, from the Rhodes Must Fall debate in Oxford to Black Lives Matter protestors hurling a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour in 2023. And while Melbourne's authorities are pushing back, others are waving a flag of surrender in the so-called 'statue wars'. In 2022, vandals toppled a statue of former premier William Crowther in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. Crowther, a surgeon, reportedly mutilated the bodies of Aboriginal people. The local council had actually agreed to remove the monument, but they didn't get the chance to do so before it was ripped down by activists. Hobart's Lord Mayor, Anna Reynolds, says: 'The vandals got the satisfaction of gazumping what had been a much more official – and, some might say, credible – democratic process.' She adds that the perpetrators seemed 'quite specialised on the removal of statues' and knew 'how to cover their tracks'. As the trend continues, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams warns of thuggish, copycat vandalism, and protest which takes historical figures out of context. 'Just look at the absurd plans to 'decolonise' Shakespeare's birthplace. It's positively terrifying,' he says. Fitzwilliams points out that, by its very nature, we can never fully protect public art. 'But it would be a real shame if we had to lock everything away,' he adds. 'And where does it [this type of protest] end: will people attack monuments in graveyards?' Coming back to Melbourne's own missing monarch, Fitzwilliams thinks the British royal family is doing the right thing in not commenting on the desecration of George V. 'The protestors would love that. There is a purpose to being silent,' he says. But the activists who decapitated the King are unlikely to keep quiet – not when they still have such a potent prop, and continue to lead the police on a merry dance. As a spokesman for Disrupt Wars put it when they released their first video: 'We will BBQ a monarch every year on January 26 until Australia Day is abolished.' The statue wars are just beginning. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
How King George V's head ended up on a barbecue
Monarchs strive to make their mark on history, but King George V could never have imagined that, almost 90 years after his death, he would go viral on social media. His majesty's extraordinary resurgence involves decapitation, theft, political protest, a republican Belfast rap group, and an ongoing cat-and-mouse chase between criminals and Australian police. The story began to unfold last year, on the King's Official Birthday in Australia. In the early hours of the morning on June 10, activists used a mechanical saw to hack off the head of a statue of George V which resides in Melbourne's aptly named park, Kings Domain. A video filmed by the vandals and posted on social media showed a person clad in hi-vis and a headlamp decapitating the effigy, while another daubed it with red paint and the message 'The colony will fall'. The video is soundtracked by the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen, and ends with the written message 'Happy birthday mother----er'. Police have been chasing the offenders – and the head – ever since as it has popped up around the city, on barbecues, down toilets and even in food delivery bags, in moments publicised online by anti-monarchy protesters. Its most recent appearance came earlier this month, when Kneecap, a hip-hop trio from west Belfast whose music has republican themes, paraded the King's head with its imperial crown during their March 14 gig at Melbourne club 170 Russell. 'Some madman dropped by with a huge King George's head so he could hear a few tunes for our last Melbourne show! He was put on stage for a few tunes and then whisked away,' the band posted on Instagram. The Telegraph understands that the group had the head at their soundcheck prior to the gig and it left the venue with them, suggesting that this was a fully co-ordinated stunt. But it's also telling that the trio, who understand how anarchic art can boost political protest, appeared to have joined forces with the statue bandits. The latter have kept their cause in the headlines through similarly creative means, after all. After spending months seemingly stashed away, King George V's head first resurfaced at the beginning of this year in an Instagram post that riffed on a very Australian activity. Instead of shrimp on the barbie, we had a king: a video captured the bust engulfed in flames, accompanied by an audio clip of Jamie Oliver enthusing about getting colour and caramelisation via direct heat. The clip was posted simultaneously by three activist organisations – Whistleblowers, Activists and Communities Alliance (WACA), Disrupt Wars, and hip-hop group Combat Wombat – on Australia Day (Jan 26). It was accompanied by a caption that read: 'Cooking with king. Hot tips for roasting #invasionday #notourking #cooking #cookingwithlove.' Several other brazen videos were posted online in late January. There was a two-part series entitled 'Toilet King' which saw the bust shoved down a loo. The first featured a voiceover imitating an irate George V, whose imagined voice boomed 'This is treason. I'll see you hanged', followed by the sound of a toilet flushing and the monarch gurgling. The second video declared 'Some turds don't flush' and co-starred one of the activists, their identity concealed by oversized pink glasses, a hospital mask, and a bright green shower cap, as they scoured the head with a scrubbing brush. Other clips include a comic skit between an imagined George V and Queen Victoria, in which the King complains to her that he won't regain his head unless the Crown gives Indigenous Australians back their land. Perhaps most gallingly for police, the thieves even returned to the scene of the crime. Another video, which features the jaunty Cliff Richard song Summer Holiday, sees the head being packed into a Deliveroo bag, while in a Monty Python-esque voiceover George grumbles: 'Help me out of here'. The bag is taken to Kings Domain, just yards from the desecrated statue. The video ends with clips of the Aboriginal protest group Camp Sovereignty lighting a ceremonial fire, adding a sober message to the stunt. Despite the publicity, however, authorities have yet to catch up to the pranksters. 'Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives continue to investigate damage to a statue in Kings Domain last year,' a spokesman for Victoria Police says. 'Investigators are also aware that the head from what appears to be a statue appeared at a concert in Melbourne on March 14. Detectives will investigate whether there is any link between the two incidents. No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.' Meanwhile, republican groups are embracing the opportunity to amplify their message. 'The removal of King George's head is emblematic of a growing imperative to decapitate the monarchy and return the continent known as Australia to its original custodians,' says a spokesman for Disrupt Wars. 'The toppling and beheading of colonial statues is both fun and deadly serious. Ever greater numbers in this colony demand an end to the monarchy […] the return of all stolen lands, reparations for the harm and probably trials for genocide for the Crown.' A spokesman for WACA expresses similar sentiments – albeit in more colourful language. 'The beheading of the King's statue was an act of anti-colonial resistance and solidarity. Sovereignty in this country was never ceded. The only good king is a dead king. F--- the monarchy, f--- colonial statues and f--- Rupert Murdoch. The colony will fall.' But the vandalism is a major headache for local authorities. The 12ft, 2½-ton bronze likeness of King George, which sits atop a grand 55ft granite and sandstone column, has been a familiar landmark in the city since it was unveiled in July 1952. Created by artist William Leslie Bowles, it commemorates the monarch who ruled the British empire from May 1910 until his death in 1936. As a prince, he first visited Australia in 1880 and returned in 1901 to open the country's first Commonwealth Parliament. Melburnians regularly pass the statue on their commutes, as they head to concerts at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, or jog around the city's botanical gardens. A spokesman for the City of Melbourne Council says: 'At the moment, the statue cannot be repaired – we have to locate the missing head, which is under investigation. The original artist passed away many years ago – so it is problematic.' He adds that the last statue they had to repair, one of Captain Cook in Fitzroy Gardens, which was similarly damaged in February 2024, required nearly 12 months of repair, at a cost to the public purse of 13,000 Australian dollars (£6,325). Melbourne's lord mayor, Nicholas Reece, says: 'Defacing or damaging city assets in Melbourne will not be tolerated. We are working with Victoria Police and taking proactive steps to stop damage to our statues in its tracks.' Such measures include installing CCTV cameras around major monuments and increasing security patrols. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Izzy Brown (@unitedstrugglecombatwombat) 'While there are a range of views on statues and memorials, each time a monument is damaged, it's ultimately the ratepayer footing the bill and that is unacceptable,' adds Reece. 'I am open to a debate about the future of statues and memorials in Melbourne, but I will never tolerate or reward vandalism.' Despite the fightback, anti-colonial statue attacks are still on the rise. Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, is the most frequent target, but others – including a Queen Victoria statue that was defaced in January 2024 - have also been vandalised. It follows a wider trend that has seen historical monuments become a lightning rod in Britain, too, from the Rhodes Must Fall debate in Oxford to Black Lives Matter protestors hurling a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour in 2023. And while Melbourne's authorities are pushing back, others are waving a flag of surrender in the so-called 'statue wars'. In 2022, vandals toppled a statue of former premier William Crowther in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. Crowther, a surgeon, reportedly mutilated the bodies of Aboriginal people. The local council had actually agreed to remove the monument, but they didn't get the chance to do so before it was ripped down by activists. Hobart's Lord Mayor, Anna Reynolds, says: 'The vandals got the satisfaction of gazumping what had been a much more official – and, some might say, credible – democratic process.' She adds that the perpetrators seemed 'quite specialised on the removal of statues' and knew 'how to cover their tracks'. As the trend continues, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams warns of thuggish, copycat vandalism, and protest which takes historical figures out of context. 'Just look at the absurd plans to 'decolonise' Shakespeare's birthplace. It's positively terrifying,' he says. Fitzwilliams points out that, by its very nature, we can never fully protect public art. 'But it would be a real shame if we had to lock everything away,' he adds. 'And where does it [this type of protest] end: will people attack monuments in graveyards?' Coming back to Melbourne's own missing monarch, Fitzwilliams thinks the British royal family is doing the right thing in not commenting on the desecration of George V. 'The protestors would love that. There is a purpose to being silent,' he says. But the activists who decapitated the King are unlikely to keep quiet – not when they still have such a potent prop, and continue to lead the police on a merry dance. As a spokesman for Disrupt Wars put it when they released their first video: 'We will BBQ a monarch every year on January 26 until Australia Day is abolished.' The statue wars are just beginning.
