OPINION - Free museums, without borders, is Britain at its best — a policy to make us all proud What we need is a new museum strategy, not a superficial proposal, writes Alison Cole Evening Standard · Apr 19
Government could charge foreign tourists to visit top UK museums Charges would apply to international visitors at attractions including the British Museum and V&A The Independent UK · Mar 26
UK’s free museums are in trouble. Should tourists start paying? IN FOCUS: Visitors to London’s galleries and museums can see some of the finest artworks in the world without paying a penny – but for how much longer? Annabel Nugent explores the fraught debate about who should foot the bill for keeping them free of charge The Independent UK · Mar 8
Is the UK’s golden era of free museum entry coming to an end? The National Gallery’s latest financial woes have brought the possibility of charging visitors back into the frame The Guardian - UK · Feb 21
Richard Osman among authors backing call to issue library card to all UK babies The proposal, supported by Kate Mosse and Philip Pullman, aims to make public library membership a national birthright The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025
Tate Modern at 25: ‘It utterly changed the face of London’ It has hosted a huge spider and a pickled shark – and despite financial pressures, there can be little doubt about the gallery’s seismic impact The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025
Salvator Mundi, Saudi Arabia and the saga of the missing masterpiece In 2017, the portrait, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, sold for a record £360m and vanished. Now, it is claimed, it will reappear as the star exhibit in a Saudi branch of the Louvre The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024