Turner prize-winner’s tribute to 1819 pro-democracy rally set for August opening
For most of the last two centuries it has been an anniversary marked with little fanfare, if at all. But next August, 200 years after 18 people paid with their lives at a protest in Manchester demanding parliamentary democracy, the Peterloo massacre will finally be remembered with a new monument.
Designed by Turner prize-winner Jeremy Deller, the permanent memorial will be a six-foot “hill” constructed of concentric steps made from stone sourced from all regions of the UK and other parts of the former British empire.
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