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Blood and Bronze: unveiling the British Empire's brutality in Nigeria

In his book Blood and Bronze: the British Empire and the Sack of Benin, historian Paddy Docherty reveals the brutality of high-ranking British officials in destroying the Kingdom of Benin in 1897. Justified by Whitehall at the time, the wrongdoings would now be considered crimes against humanity.

Radio France Internationale

National Justice Museum to work with LGBT+ community on displaying Nottingham history

The project will host sessions to work with the community across June and July

Nottingham Post

Londoner’s Diary: British Museum project reignites restitution row

In today’s Diary: British Museum repairs mean tough conversations / Would Victoria make of Elizabeth? / Harry Hill on his Blair musical / Gove declines Grenfell play invite / Nile’s fashion forward

Evening Standard

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It is dishonourable for the British Museum to keep the Parthenon marbles

Letters: Margaret Squires and David Simmonds on the row over returning the sculptures to Greece

The Guardian - UK

Metal detectorist unearths 2,000-year-old penis pendant

Rare item may represent ‘an almost barbaric sexuality’, experts say

The Independent UK

British Museum to return looted medieval artifacts to Ukraine after exhibition

There are 86 recovered metalwork antiquities which include pendant crosses and disc pendants

Evening Standard

Metal detectorist unearths 2000-year-old penis pendant

Rare item may represent ‘an almost barbaric sexuality’, experts say

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Why shouldn’t the Greeks have their marbles back? We proved we lost ours years ago

Antiquated excuses for keeping the sculptures are wearing thin after 12 years of Conservative cultural freezes

The Guardian - UK

Munch masterpieces, open-air Emin and a pint-pulling EastEnders jamboree – the week in art

Munch shows his bleak brilliance, Tracey goes pastoral, the Queen Vic opens all hours and Hockney gets sketchy

The Guardian - UK

Londoner’s Diary: Rory Stewart mulls a return to the political fray

In today’s Diary: Rory Stewart ponders a return / Gary Lineker says more footballers will come out / Guilty Feminist on the ‘trans debate’ / Robert Harris couldn’t invent partygate

Evening Standard

Greece clash with British Museum over Parthenon marble claims

Greece has rejected claims made by the British Museum that marbles taken from the Parthenon were “removed from the rubble”.

Evening Standard

Greece rebuts British Museum claim Parthenon marbles were ‘removed from rubble’

Museum’s deputy director had told Unesco meeting contested treasures ‘were not all hacked’ from Greek temple

The Guardian - UK

Goddesses, she-devils and a tangle with textiles – the week in art

Lonnie Holley scours Britain for material, demons seize the British Museum and feminist fabrics come to Cambridge

The Guardian - UK

Parthenon fragment from Italy can stay in Greece "forever", Greek ministry says

A marble fragment of the Parthenon temple will be permanently returned to Athens from a museum in Italy, a significant move for Greece which has stepped up its campaign for the return of the sculptures from its most renowned ancient monument.

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‘Goddesses, I yield to you!’ Marina Warner on the volcanic power of witches, she-devils and divinities

The writer has always resisted deity worship but she found her senses sparking at the British Museum’s gripping show about female superbeings – one wearing a necklace of severed heads

Daily Mirror

Schoolboy, 12, finds Bronze Age gold ribbon worth £1,000 with metal detector

Patrick Hooper took up the hobby of searching for treasure with his metal detector three years ago. He regularly visits remote country fields with his dad, hoping to make some great discoveries

Evening Standard

The Platinum Jubilee Weekend: Here are all the London cultural events to mark in your diary

It’s going to be one packed four day bank holiday weekend

The Canberra Times

Lonely Planet names Canberra's ultimate tourist experience - and it's not the AWM

What is Canberra's ultimate tourist experience?

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Climate and heritage experts call on British Museum to end BP sponsorship

Culture Unstained put together submission stating oil company ‘falls short’ in response to climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

The $1m challenge: ‘If the Turin Shroud is a forgery, show how it was done’

Expert on revered relic calls on British Museum to back up the results of its disputed carbon dating tests

Evening Standard

New director of the Acropolis Museum calls for Parthenon marbles to be returned to Greece

Athens museum director Nikos Stampolidis said Westminster could rule on the issue.

Evening Standard

Send Ethiopian treasures back, former Archbishop of Canterbury tells British Museum

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the British Museum to return a collection of Ethiopian religious treasures to Africa.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on museums and communities: shaping the future

Editorial: The UK’s galleries need not just protect the past. They can be ethical actors in the present

Evening Standard

From Meghan Markle to Fergie and Peter Phillips — a brief history of the best royal side hustles

From newspaper columns to YouTube channels and ad campaigns for milk, Juliana Piskorz on the royals working 9-5 (and beyond) to make it rain

Inverse

'Moon Knight' theory reveals a shocking 'Doctor Strange 2' connection

'Moon Knight' doesn't have any obvious connections to the rest of the MCU, but one subtle clue could reveal how it sets up Marvel's biggest movie of 2022.

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