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6 Nov, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Page 3 of today’s @Telegraph
For those who missed my op-ed in for @Telegraph, referenced in this news story, here is is >> telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-se…
And here is the news story seen in print above in its online format >> telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/0…
Finally, for those finding the Telegraph registration process difficult to navigate, here's my op-ed in screen-shots (with apologies for the slightly odd formatting that results)

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8 Nov
Here is a link to my op-ed published in Thursday's Daily Telegraph — and below is the text as a THREAD (1/34)
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I had always believed what I’d been told about the Benin Bronzes. That the British punitive expedition against Benin City (today in Edo State, Nigeria) was a necessary reprisal against a bloody massacre. That there was a grim justification to the looting of the city
(3/34) in February 1897, because the Government needed to auction African artefacts to defray the costs of the naval operation. That taking the spoils of war is a human universal, so special pleading in the case of the Kingdom of Benin would only open a Pandora’s box.
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6 Nov
It's been a busy week around the publication of #TheBrutishMuseums - here's a quick summary of some of the key media coverage in case you missed some of it!

1/ On Tuesday I spoke to @AaronBastani for @novaramedia Image
2/ Yesterday I published this op-ed on returning the Benin Bronzes in the Daily Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-se…
3/ On Thursday there was also this write-up of #BrutishMuseums for Libération - "Diplomatie muséale britannique et restitution des objets d’art volés " libeafrica4.blogs.liberation.fr/2020/11/05/dip… Image
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28 Oct
All my retweets are endorsements.
How that cannot be the case for everyone is something I will never understand about what people say on this website.
(Also, pretty sure that not every "like" is something I actually like.)
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28 Oct
We "have a responsibility to explore the complex ways in which colonialism & exploitation have played a part in palaces' histories" say @HRP_palaces

Any opportunity to understand historic buildings better is welcome.

But what about the @RCT objects displayed in them? THREAD👇👇
Just a few examples of what we do know about colonialism and the royal collection

My new book talks about the 2 ivory leopards, with spots of inlaid copper, specially reserved for Queen Victoria during the 1897 sacking of the royal palaces of Benin City rct.uk/collection/699…
My book also talks about this doubly-looted Bronze Head— taken in 1897, bought back by Nigeria in thee 1950s, then taken from Lagos National Museum by General Gowon as a gift for the Queen on his 1973 state visit.
The legality of that export may be unclear rct.uk/collection/725…
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1 Oct
Sounds like National Trust bosses are still seeking to push through cutting the two curatorial jobs at @AveburyNT—downgrading the curator role & cutting 2 FTE to 0.5. This’d be sheer vandalism at Britain’s best small archaeology museum, a collection gifted to the nation in 1966.
Letters sent by the leading @StoneAveWHS archaeologists last month—and the museum’s Advisory Board—haven’t yet led to action. The Trust has cared for the Keiller Museum for 26 years so far in its 82 years—it is a key element of the visits made by 250,000 people a year to Avebury.
Trust bosses seem committed to cuts in curatorship, archaeology & education—Apart from 'Treasure Houses' where they're creating new Property Curators due to the significance of the properties. World Heritage Site status clearly doesn’t tick this box—due to free public access?
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28 Sep
What strongly-expressed view about museums and galleries would’ve got you in this situation like five or six years ago, but in 2020 turns out to be just the normal mainstream view of a majority in this sector? Image
* Mine is “Remove all human remains from public display and return the Benin Bronzes” obvs
Exhibit A
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