All roads lead to Rees

It’s been a year since Colston’s Floating Harbour splash made ripples around the world. The mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees, saw his popularity rise astronomically with media outside Bristol. A documentary called Statue Wars featuring him about Colston’s toppling is premiering on 10 June 2021.

A year ago, in June 2020, he gave 60 interviews to media all around the world — and five to his local favourites Ujima and BCFM. He…