[Long shadows: truth, lies & history]

In October, "The Famous Five" statues were hauled from their graves and thrust, walking and talking, onto the lawn of the Parliament Buildings. At least, that's what should have happened, but, instead, we got the kind of historical fakery that governments love to indulge in as they rewrite histor...

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