Five Essex Police officers had seized the collection of dolls, which are based on 18th century minstrels and now regarded as racist caricatures, at the White Hart in Grays on April 4, as part of ...

A pub has closed a month after its collection of golliwogs was seized by police, amid a boycott by suppliers. Five officers removed a collection of the dolls – based on 18th century minstrels ...

Five officers took the dolls – which are based on 18th century minstrels and now regarded as racist caricatures – from the White Hart Inn in Grays, Essex, on 4 April after a hate crime allegation.