In the UK calendar the last night of the proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London is pretty important. It is an occasion when lots of very English music is performed and the audience (mainly young flag waving people) goes mad.
Knowing that we got wealthy on the back of the evil slave trade makes me uneasy. On the one hand I want to just enjoy the music. On the other hand, I am bothered.
It is with mixed feelings I enjoy it.
In the end we have to work for a fairer, more just, world. We cannot deny the past. It happened. What we can all do is make a better future.
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