Two ‘Benin Bronze’ sculptures gifted to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1982 that are set to be repatriated to Nigeria were made in the 1980s, officials have said. Sculptures and plaques made for royalty in the former Kingdom of Benin and seized by British forces in 1897 have been the subject of growing calls for … Read more
Two researchers are running a study to determine if there is any link between abnormal periods and the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr Kathryn Clancy, an associate professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dr Katherine Lee, a post-doctoral scholar in the public health sciences division at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, … Read more
New questions for former Prime Minister David Cameron over links to crashed Greensill By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 22:46 GMT, 20 March 2021 State-owned bank NatWest handed a contract to a firm with close ties to Lex Greensill – the financier at the centre of … Read more
Telegram updates are always something to look forward to since they consistently bring exciting and useful goodies to the digital table. The latest one is no exemption as users can now enable an auto-delete timer to all kinds of chats. You can also now access your chats faster with two kinds of home screen widgets … Read more
The descendants of a 17th century benefactor of one of Cambridge University’s richest colleges have criticised bosses’ plans to move a memorial of their ancestor into a wine cellar due to his alleged slavery links. Jesus College, which is worth £344 million, plans to move the funeral monument to Tobias Rustat from its chapel because … Read more
The descendants of a 17th century benefactor of one of Cambridge University’s richest colleges have criticised bosses’ plans to move a memorial of their ancestor into a wine cellar due to his alleged slavery links. Jesus College, which is worth £344 million, plans to move the funeral monument to Tobias Rustat from its chapel because … Read more
Lloyd’s of London has pledged to publish a catalogue of its 3,000 treasures to root out any connections with the slave trade. The world’s oldest insurance market is seeking an archivist to examine its vast trove of goods obtained over more than three centuries, including paintings, furniture, swords and silverware. Lloyd’s has posted an advert … Read more
Canterbury Cathedral has won praise for resisting calls to remove statues with historic links to slavery despite calls by Justin Welby to look at them ‘very carefully.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury last year suggested the monuments should be reviewed to see if they ‘should all be there.’ He made the comments last June, when monuments … Read more
Canterbury Cathedral has won praise for resisting calls to remove statues with historic links to slavery despite calls by Justin Welby to look at them ‘very carefully.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury last year suggested the monuments should be reviewed to see if they ‘should all be there.’ He made the comments last June, when monuments … Read more
Oxford University is to rename a prestigious professorship of physics after a Chinese software company accused of close links with the Communist regime’s intelligence services in return for a £700,000 donation, the Daily Mail has learned. The Wykeham chair of physics, which was established in 1900 and comes with a fellowship at 14th-century New College, … Read more