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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

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What comes to your mind when you hear the term ‘samurai’? For most people, the imagination rolls out like men on the battlefield, clad in armour, wielding a sword, and unwavering in loyalty. From the medieval period, the story began during that period with an over 1000-year history, which holds…

Museum revises labelling on maps and panels, saying term used inaccurately and no longer historically neutral

The word “Palestine” has been removed from some British Museum displays following complaints from a pro-Israel legal group.

The 24-carat artefact was found by a metal detectorist in a Midlands field

The London museum launched an appeal in October to save the Tudor Heart.

The London museum launched has raised £3.5million in just four month to save the Tudor Heart

Success of the campaign shows the power of history to spark the imagination, says museum director