Main venue remains closed but Courtauld Gallery reopens having not been affected by Saturday’s blazeParts of the Somerset House complex in central London remain open to the public despite 125 firefighters being required to...
Read MoreChancellor says date would allow a spending review to be carried out in time for next AprilSir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory MP and former business secretary, has described as “barmy” a ruling from Ofcom saying that GB...
Read MoreLifesize replica of 70-metre work was part of sale of late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s estateIn 1872, a photographer from the South Kensington Museum – now the Victoria and Albert – travelled to...
Read MoreInstitution’s chair of trustees admits its reputation has been damaged by suspected theftsThe recovery of missing British Museum artefacts is under way, George Osborne, the institution’s chair of trustees, has said...
Read MorePeter Higgs was curator of Greek collections and sculpture until he was sacked, but his family says he has ‘not done anything’The British Museum employee sacked after the disappearance of precious objects has been...
Read MoreBlack Country Living Museum, which displays recreated historical buildings, says it is not able to save demolished Staffordshire pubEver since it burned down and was then demolished last week, there have been calls for the...
Read MoreExclusive: museum in London agreed to take care not to say anything that could damage sponsor Equinor’s reputationThe Science Museum in London signed a sponsorship contract containing a gagging clause with the Norwegian...
Read MoreThe master craftsman was once lauded in Ditchling, Sussex. Now, as the grotesque truth of his life is acknowledged, all that has changedEric Gill was one the most celebrated British artists of the 20th century – and for...
Read MoreMinisters asked for funding to cope with a rise in the number of visitors seeking shelter this winterBritain’s libraries and museums are preparing to act as warm havens for people unable to afford to heat their homes in...
Read More100 years after the discovery of the tomb of the boy king, a previously unpublished letter backs up long-held suspicionsHoward Carter, the archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, was long suspected by...
Read MoreRelics of the failed siege of the Ukrainian capital ‘show what happens when lessons of history are not learned’ A young woman takes a selfie in front of the burned-out carcass of a Russian armoured personnel carrier....
Read MoreRijksmuseum aims to bring together all the works by Girl with a Pearl Earring painter that are fit to travelAmsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has announced a “first and last” exhibition of all the paintings by Johannes...
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MPs vote to give leave to bring in private
As part of a comprehensive programme of renationalisation, the
Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to
Members of the national assembly banned from entering building
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to
Andrew RT Davies narrowly won a confidence vote but
Change in schedule comes after Wallace stepped back from
Davies says position ‘untenable’ despite narrowly winning confidence vote,
Tougher guidance in England and Wales will also prevent
Minister for safeguarding unveils measures including ‘right to know’,