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X-rated reading at the British Museum

Letter: Jill Lewis recalls her reading of erotica for research in the British Museum’s Reading Room

The Guardian - UK

British Museum postpones lecture on ancient Israel over security concerns

British Museum says a ‘significant proportion’ of attendees intendedly to deliberately disrupt the event

The Independent UK

James Norton ‘told President Macron 1066 drama would be fair to both sides’

Norton, who plays Harold Godwinson in the drama, said he met President Macron at an event at the British Museum.

Evening Standard

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Lebanese architect selected for British Museum gallery design project

The galleries house ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian and Middle Eastern objects along with the disputed Elgin Marbles.

Evening Standard

Greeks Still Sceptical Britain Will Return Parthenon Marbles

"Positive" talks between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles have rekindled hope that the ancient friezes could be on their way back to Athens after more than two centuries.

International Business Times

Elgin Marbles not on agenda as UK and Greek PMs meet, No 10 says

The Prime Minister will welcome Kyriakos Mitsotakis to No 10 on Tuesday morning.

Evening Standard

Starmer rules out talks with Greek PM over Elgin Marbles

Sir Keir Starmer will welcome Kyriakos Mitsotakis to No 10 on Tuesday morning

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Majority back British Museum exhibit on transatlantic slave trade

New poll finds 53% of Britons support permanent exhibition on Britain’s role in slave trade at British Museum

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s quite a thing to do a show here and openly use the word looting’: artist Hew Locke on decolonising the British Museum

After his triumphant Tate installation, The Procession, the artist is preparing a radical exhibition tackling Britain’s imperial past. He talks about why we must return plundered artefacts and rethink attitudes to heritage

The Guardian - UK

Man jailed for 'upskirting' woman at British Museum after being spotted by off-duty police officer

A sex offender has been jailed after an off-duty police officer caught him ‘upskirting’ a woman at the British Museum.

Evening Standard

Brazilian artist swaps historical coin in British Museum for a fake

Ilê Sartuzi put original coin in museum donation box as part of project about number of foreign objects in its collection

The Guardian - UK

The Parthenon marbles evoke particularly fierce repatriation debates – an archaeologist explains why

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman authorities to remove the marbles from the Acropolis in Athens in the early years of the 19th century.

The Conversation

London Fashion Week Show At British Museum Irks Greece

The Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, expressed her anger late on Saturday after a London Fashion week show took place in front of the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum.

International Business Times

British Museum’s Instagram flooded with calls to return Easter Island statue

Chilean social media users target institution, forcing it at one point to close comments on posts

The Guardian - UK

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The Walrus

What Should Canadian Museums Do about Their Stolen African Art?

Repatriation efforts were stymied for decades. But the problem can no longer be stalled

The Independent UK

What visitors to the British Museum think should happen to the Elgin marbles

A diplomatic row erupted after Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with the Greek prime minister who wanted to discuss the statues

Evening Standard

Elgin Marbles: UK says any loan return to Greece would be 'slippery slope'

No10 says Rishi Sunak cancelled talks with Greek PM for allegedly breaking a promise not to raise the long-running row

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak to reject Greek leader’s appeal for return of Elgin Marbles

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he will raise issue in meetings Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer

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The Guardian - UK

Viral series about Chinese teapot escaping from British Museum to become film

Series with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relics

Al Jazeera

British Museum director resigns, admits to failings in theft investigation

Museum’s director Hartwig Fischer says that he did not take warning of theft from museum collection seriously enough.

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Are the vanished British Museum relics the tip of the iceberg?

In today’s newsletter: As police in the UK launch an investigation into what happened to missing artefacts, an art detective explains why such thefts are so difficult to prevent

The Guardian - UK

Thefts by staff a common problem in UK museums, say experts

Former long-term member of staff at London institution says they are ‘shocked at what goes on’

Evening Standard

Man, 37, charged with GBH over British Museum stabbing

A 37-year-old man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a stabbing outside the British Museum.

Evening Standard

British Museum stabbing: Arrest after ‘middle-aged man stabbed in queue’

The victim was rushed to hospital, while a suspect has been arrested on suspicion of GBH

The Independent UK

British Museum stabbing: Man arrested after victim attacked while waiting in the queue

Man arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm following incident outside popular attraction

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