Long TextExercise 58 of 74

Cities are often described as repositories of memory - their streets, monuments, and buildings serving as tangible links to the events and individuals that shaped them. But the relationship between urban space and collective memory is considerably more fraught than this comforting narrative suggests. For every statue…

• What does the writer suggest about the way cities relate to the past?
• What argument does the writer attribute to those who supported monument removal?