British escapee’s military disguise goes on display in London
One afternoon in August 1809, a young man entered into his mother’s house in Lincolnshire, having walked the 20 miles ...
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British Museum reveals that 2022 bequest from tycoon and former trustee was worth £123m
In 2022 the British Museum hailed a bequest of Chinese antiquities by the late Hong Kong businessman, philanthropist and former ...
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Jala Wahid confronts the colonial legacy of the British Museum in London exhibition
With her latest show, the artist Jala Wahid wades into the charged, ongoing debate over the legacies of museums in ...
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London’s prestigious Courtauld Institute to create British art centre with $12m donation
The Courtauld, a public museum and institute for art history teaching and research in London, has announced plans to build ...
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Online casinos will add $7.10B a year to the British economy by 2029, according to market data
UK online casino sector to grow from $6.47B to $7.10B annually by 2029 UK leads globally in online casino revenue, ...
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From the courts to the British Museum—it’s time to stop hiding from the realities of climate breakdown
Last week, five climate activists, the “Whole Truth Five”, were given record prison sentences for their part in allegedly organising ...
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Hartwig Fischer, former British Museum director, is appointed to run Saudi museum of world cultures
Hartwig Fischer, the former director of the British Museum who resigned last year after a devastating theft scandal, has been ...
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Sit on a sponsor? Maybe after visiting a sweeping show of British still lifes
Perhaps it is the ordinariness of arranged inanimate objects that makes the still life an alluring subject—it gives scope for ...
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British Museum on the hunt for ‘visionary’ design team to help transform space
The British Museum has launched a competition to find an architectural practice which can transform around 7,500 square metres of ...
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British Columbia Regulates Electrical energy for Crypto Miners
The Canadian province of British Columbia is taking steps to control electrical energy utilization by crypto miners, citing considerations over ...
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