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Scotland Yard is investigating the incident but said no arrests have yet been made

Treasures including jewellery and gems kept in a storeroom were found to be missing, stolen or damaged, the London museum said

Over 80 public figures tell museum’s director it would send a ‘powerful message’ on fossil fuel sponsorship

An anonymous artists worried about reprisal from the Myanmar government is also featured in the exhition.

The face of the British Museum’s big summer show, China’s Hidden Century, is that of an elderly woman wearing jade earrings, dressed in a blue robe with ornate gold embroidery decorating its collar.

‘There’s a discussion to share some of this stuff’ Khan told a Greek newspaper

Like any author, translators want to receive credit for their work instead of being treated as an afterthought

The British Museum has had to apologise after a translator’s words were used without permission. Writer and translator Yilin Wang shared on Twitter that their translations of work by the Chinese feminist poet Qiu Jin appeared in the museum’s exhibition, China’s Hidden Century, without consent.

The move comes amid a dispute over pay, pensions and jobs in the civil service