News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
An unholy alliance of eco-zealots and pro-Palestinian protestors have joined forces to blockade the British Museum under the banner of Energy Embargo for Palestine.
The British Museum has been accused of celebrating fascist imagery and sexism in a new Roman Army exhibition. KCL's Dr Claire Millington seems to object to portraying history accurately, says Guy de la Bédoyère.
The first museum to display the Benin bronzes in 1897 became the first to 'give them back' in 2022. But the truth is these 'returned' historical artefacts are vanishing into the ether.
Mike Wells asks why British museums are morally obliged to return the Benin bronzes, given that they were created by a brutal, slave-owning regime that engaged in ritual human sacrifice, including the crucifixion of women.
We should not return the Elgin Marbles to Greece unless Greece can demonstrate it's 10 times more committed to the defence of Western civilisation than we are, argues Professor James Alexander in the Daily Sceptic.
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