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Plenty of questions await British Museum when it begins search for next director

Challenges facing institution include debate over Parthenon marbles, protests about BP links and a police investigation into missing items

The Guardian - UK

British Museum ‘knew three years ago that treasures were being sold on eBay’

The British Museum was facing fresh criticism on Friday after it was claimed that it was warned three years ago that missing artefacts were being sold on eBay.

Evening Standard

British Museum employee sacked over missing items was senior curator

Peter Higgs was curator of Greek collections and sculpture until he was sacked, but his family says he has ‘not done anything’

The Guardian - UK

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British Museum worker sacked after treasures vanished named as senior curator

Peter John Higgs, 56, revealed by son as staff member sacked from his role

Evening Standard

Greek marble head and £750,000 Cartier ring: Other items previously stolen from the British Museum

Roman coins have also gone missing over the years

The Independent UK

Named: Curator sacked after British Museum treasures vanished

Expert in Greek antiques Peter Higgs protests his innocence over theft of gold and jewellery worth tens of millions

The Independent UK

Questions over safety of Elgin Marbles at British Museum after artefacts stolen

The London institution is undertaking a security review after items from its collection were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.

The Independent UK

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Priceless British Museum items stolen ‘may already be melted down’ expert warns

It is thought around 3,000 priceless items were taken from museum storeroom, ranging from 15th century BC to 19th century AD

The Independent UK

Education secretary defends ‘incredibly rude’ comments about the value of A-level results – as it happened

Gillian Keegan told Sky that employers ‘won’t ask you anything about your A-level grades in 10 years’ time’

The Guardian - UK

Stolen British Museum artefacts may have already been ‘melted down or sent abroad’, expert warns

Scotland Yard is investigating the incident but said no arrests have yet been made

Evening Standard

British Museum sacks staff member after items vanish from collection

Treasures including jewellery and gems kept in a storeroom were found to be missing, stolen or damaged, the London museum said

The Guardian - UK

British Museum says staff member dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged

The British Museum said a member of staff has been dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged

The Independent UK

British Museum boss reveals items have been stolen as staff member dismissed

The matter is under investigation by the economic crime command of the Metropolitan Police.

The Independent UK

British Museum worker sacked after items found ‘stolen or damaged’

The matter is also under investigation by the economic crime command of the Metropolitan Police

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

British Museum staff sacked after 3,000-year-old artefacts go missing

Scotland Yard are investigating

The Guardian - UK

British Museum urged to remove BP’s name from lecture theatre

Over 80 public figures tell museum’s director it would send a ‘powerful message’ on fossil fuel sponsorship

The Guardian - UK

Khosrow Hassanzadeh obituary

Artist who applied the techniques of pop art to exploring Iranian life past and present

The Guardian - UK

British Museum director to step down next year after eight years in charge

Hartwig Fischer was appointed with a brief to develop a masterplan for badly needed renovation

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The Independent UK

Hartwig Fischer to step down as British Museum director next year

He has been in the post since 2016.

The Conversation

How the British Museum's new exhibition reveals China's Hidden Century through everyday lives

The face of the British Museum’s big summer show, China’s Hidden Century, is that of an elderly woman wearing jade earrings, dressed in a blue robe with ornate gold embroidery decorating its collar.

The Hindu

Loot, intransigence, and the darkening of a colonial blot

The return of cultural artefacts is a moral obligation which the West owes to its former colonies

Daily Record

Edinburgh landmark named most 'overcrowded' tourist destination in Europe

The most "overcrowded" and "busy" tourist destinations in Europe have been revealed in new research, and a popular and historic Edinburgh spot has topped the list.

Evening Standard

‘Share the Parthenon marbles’, mayor Sadiq Khan tells the British Museum

‘There’s a discussion to share some of this stuff’ Khan told a Greek newspaper

The Guardian - UK

‘Translation is an art’: why translators are battling for recognition

Like any author, translators want to receive credit for their work instead of being treated as an afterthought

The Conversation

Controversy over poems at British Museum shows urgent need for more recognition for translators

The British Museum has had to apologise after a translator’s words were used without permission. Writer and translator Yilin Wang shared on Twitter that their translations of work by the Chinese feminist poet Qiu Jin appeared in the museum’s exhibition, China’s Hidden Century, without consent.

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