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Hunt calls for a ‘programme of cultural partnerships’ with former colonies

PCS Union plan represents significant escalation in a long-running dispute over pay, pension and job security demands

Treasure including 16th century gold neclace found by detectorists is going on show in museums

Artifacts from ancient Egyptian culture reveal a culture that was far less puritanical about oral sex than we are

Yesterday the Prime Minister and his Cabinet gathered at Chequers for a spot of truth-telling by Isaac Levido, their elections guru. There was to be no “sugarcoating” during Levido’s election strategy briefing, we were told. The presence at the large shiny mahogany table of the Conservatives’ embattled chairman Nadhim Zahawi…

Move leaves British Museum and Science Museum isolated as arts institutions with fossil fuel sponsors

Medieval art investigator, Amanda Luyster, has managed to digitally reassemble most of a mosaic pavement design, originally created for use in the palace

Politicians fear that handing back disputed items would asset-strip the British soul. The truth is, it might enrich us, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

Napier Marten sent a heartfelt plea to his daughter to hand herself in