Curated edits mean people are treating museums as stand-alone shopping destinations rather than simply exit points First it came for bookshops. Then your favourite coffee shop. Now there is a new frontier when it comes to upping...
Read MoreDisplayed in a redesigned space, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert’s expansive collection of decorative items is not only gorgeous, at last it boldly tackles the question of where these valuables came fromWe periodically hear when a...
Read MoreGovernment’s own advisers warn of funding crisis for BBC World Service, British Council and universitiesAs US retreats, is there a ‘soft power’ opportunity for UK?Ministers have been accused of being “asleep at the wheel” over...
Read MoreMore walkouts planned in 2025 at V&A, Natural History and Science museums as workers demand living wageThree of the UK’s biggest museums face the threat of strike action in 2025 by security guards over pay and...
Read MoreAllegations against Ben Elliot, knighted by Boris Johnson, come amid concerns over political appointments to public and cultural bodiesA senior Tory knighted in Boris Johnson’s honours list has been accused of a fresh...
Read MoreFormer Lib Dem leader tells Hay festival he fears for his country and criticises Theresa May for refusing to take part in live debatePaddy Ashdown has said he sees horrifying parallels between 1930s Germany and what is happening...
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