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The matter is under investigation by the economic crime command of the Metropolitan Police.

The matter is also under investigation by the economic crime command of the Metropolitan Police

He has been in the post since 2016.

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.

The return of cultural artefacts is a moral obligation which the West owes to its former colonies

The most "overcrowded" and "busy" tourist destinations in Europe have been revealed in new research, and a popular and historic Edinburgh spot has topped the list.

‘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.