Britain's statues must not fall – they're at the heart of our cultural heritage

'The demand to raze our monuments is self-indulgent, arrogant and historically illiterate. This must end, and it must end now' writes Simon Heffer

Using criteria adopted by protestors in recent days, any half-competent historian could make a case to remove almost every statue erected in Britain from the 17th to the late 20th century. One could also argue for the closure of many public buildings – including galleries, museums and concert halls – that owe their existence to the philanthropy of people who made money by means we now find offensive, notably the slave trade.

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