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"Keeping the camera steady in a vibrating door-less helicopter with the wind blasting in is one of the most important tasks", Donn Delson on photography at 3000 feet

Donn Delson takes his photography to new heights using a helicopter to capture the world from above

Digital Camera World

Ralph Jackson obituary

Archaeologist, curator at the British Museum and leading expert in the field of Greco-Roman medicine

The Guardian - UK

Friends Find Real-Life Buried Treasure in Farmer's Field, Sell It for Millions: 'It's Like Winning the Lottery'

A group of amateur treasure hunters uncovered a hoard of historically significant coins buried in a field for over one thousand years.

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Norman coin hoard becomes England’s most valuable treasure find after being sold for record-breaking sum

The coins date back to the transition from Saxon to Norman rule in 1066

The Independent UK

Detectorist’s hoard of 1,000-year-old coins that could rewrite English history sells for millions

The Chew Valley Hoard has been bought for the nation with money from the charitable arm of Britain’s national lottery

The Independent UK

Detectorist hails ‘lottery’ payout five years after finding ancient coins

Adam Staples found the Chew Valley Hoard, worth £4.3m, in Somerset in 2019 but has only just received his share of the treasure’s value.

The Independent UK

Coin trove from time of Norman conquest becomes England’s highest-value find

£4.3m hoard acquired for the nation by South West Heritage Trust will be displayed at British Museum next month

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King Charles heckled: What Indigenous Australian artefacts does Britain still possess?

Thorpe disrupted Charles’ visit to Australia with demands that Britain returns ‘stolen items‘

The Independent UK

Hew Locke: what have we here?; Haegue Yang: Leap Year – review

In a show packed with treasures and tales of imperial theft, the Guyanese-British artist compels you to look twice – and rethink everything. And poetry in the every day, Korean-style

The Guardian - UK

Iron Age swords seized at Heathrow revealed to be glued together fakes

Discovery calls into question authenticity of ancient Iranian swords held by many museums, scientists say

The Independent UK

Hew Locke at the British Museum review: a dense but endlessly fascinating look at untold histories

The artist is after serious dialogue with the BM’s collection, not finger-wagging – and this is a show the institution absolutely should be doing

Evening Standard

Hew Locke’s British Museum looting exposé: ‘inescapably, deeply shocking’

In a show full of beauty and horror, which even includes ‘Jamaica’s Elgin Marbles’, the artist places his own works alongside those plundered by Britain from long-destroyed peoples

The Guardian - UK

Echoes of empire, a million rabbit holes and a close look at a cave – the week in art

Hew Locke interrogates the British Museum, Rirkrit Tiravanija interacts with the tense US election and a ‘library cave’ spills its secrets – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Arrests made at London pro-Palestine protests

Arrests have been made as tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in central London ahead of the anniversary of the October 7…

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Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian protests in London

Police make 17 arrests at march that marks a year since the war in Gaza began

Evening Standard

Police arrest 17 as thousands attend pro-Palestinian protest in London ahead of October 7 attacks anniversary

Three people were arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, the Metropolitan Police said.

Evening Standard

Around 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters gather in central London ahead of march

Activists convened in Bedford Square on Saturday morning ahead of a planned march to Russell Square amid a heavy police presence.

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‘They must be somewhere’: appeal for British oak to recreate Sutton Hoo ship

Charity makes appeal after struggling to source wood in UK and says it may be forced to look abroad

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Evening Standard

OPINION - George Osborne: Does Rachel Reeves really care about London?

Then she needs to prove it in the Budget — here’s how I’d do it, says former Chancellor George Osborne

Evening Standard

Silk Roads at the British Museum review: conjures the romance of captivating ancient cities and civilisations

The sprawling and ambitious exhibition showcases more than 300 wonderful pieces from around the world

The Guardian - UK

Silk Roads review – mesmerising show turns world history upside down

Following China’s epic ancient trade routes through fabulous oases, desert palaces and burial mounds will radically change the way you feel about borders

LiveScience

Babylonian Map of the World: The oldest known map of the ancient world

The ancient map offers a glimpse of how the Babylonians viewed the world thousands of years ago.

The Guardian - UK

Picasso the printmaker takes centre stage at British Museum

Big exhibition will reflect life and loves of artist, from his first professional print in 1904 to 1960s masterpieces

Evening Standard

Silk Roads at the British Museum: a first look at a route of staggering significance

This expansive exhibition is the kind of thing the British Museum is made for

The Guardian - UK

Victoria Siddall becomes National Portrait Gallery’s first female director

Former global director of Frieze says she is ‘thrilled’ to take up position left by Nicholas Cullinan

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