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UK’s free museums are in trouble. Should tourists start paying?

IN FOCUS: Visitors to London’s galleries and museums can see some of the finest artworks in the world without paying a penny – but for how much longer? Annabel Nugent explores the fraught debate about who should foot the bill for keeping them free of charge

The Independent UK

‘Young people can come in and have life-changing moments’: Gus Casely-Hayford on V&A East, a new museum for Gen Z

The director wants London’s long-awaited institution to ignite creative passion in the Gen Z visitors it’s aimed at. As he unveils the building and its contents, can he pull it off?

The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker reveals subject of new 'The Rest Is...' podcast

The latest spin-off of The Rest is History is in the works

Evening Standard

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Lola Young and Alexa Chung's confessions at the Elle Style Awards

Plus what went on in London this week

Evening Standard

Princess Kate Embraces the Déjà Vu Blue Trend For Surprise Appearance—And Her Necklace Is On Sale

And her necklace is on sale.

Marie Claire

New report calls for return of human remains – but UK museums lack the resources to act

The display of human remains in museums has long been a contentious issue. Last week, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR) published a report on the African human remains collected by British museums during, and due to, colonialism and the slave trade.

The Conversation

The Standard 100: People shaping London in Music, Culture, Art, Stage, Screen and Podcasts

The Standard 100’s list of people shaping London across arts and culture from Charli XCX to Tracey Emin and Idris Elba

Evening Standard

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Rare early medieval ivory carving acquired for £2m by V&A

Revered 12th-century sculpture of Christ to stay in UK museum after successful fundraising

The Guardian - UK

Brits, Burberry and the Biennale! What happened inside the British Pavilion opening

As the art world flocks to Venice, Joe Bromley joins the fray for the British Pavilion’s star-studded opening bash and beyond

Evening Standard

Naomi Campbell ‘stressed out’ as V&A tickets for show in her honour go on sale

Exhibition will give glimpse into model’s life and feature Vivienne Westwood platforms and personal items

The Guardian - UK

British Museum and V&A to lend Ghana looted gold and silver

Objects to go on show at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi as part of Asante king’s silver jubilee celebrations

The Guardian - UK

V&A director says museum trustees ‘infantilised’ amid row over Parthenon marbles

Tristram Hunt says trustees should be able to ‘make case’ for items to be retained or returned to countries of origin

The Guardian - UK

V&A to exhibit four ancient carved stones from Yemen found in London shop

The V&A has reached a historic agreement with the Republic of Yemen to research and temporarily care for four ancient carved stones.

The Independent UK

V&A to look after ancient Yemen stones found in London shop

Museum agrees to care for stelae dating from second half of first millennium BC until it is safe to return them

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Kate Middleton's hilarious six-word response when group of kids asked how old she is

The Princess of Wales found herself up against one particularly awkward question during her visit to the opening of young V&S Museum in London on Wednesday.

Daily Record

Kate Middleton's sweet-five word question for young tour guides as she opens new children museum

The Princess of Wales visited the new Young V&A museum where she spoke with school children about their stories and admired their creative inventions.

The Guardian - UK

My school is getting creative with a private partnership for its arts provision

Letter: The head of a state school describes how his students are teaming up with their counterparts at a nearby private school

Daily Mirror

Kate Middleton's sweet five-word question to young tour guides at new children's museum

The Princess of Wales visited the V&A's new museum - Young V&A - in London's Bethnal Green on Wednesday as she spent time chatting with children asking about their ambitions

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The Guardian - UK

‘Horrible’ disparity emerging in cultural education in schools, says V&A head

Speaking at launch of UK’s ‘first museum created with and for young people’, Tristram Hunt said it could help fill gap

Evening Standard

Sugababes don’t push the right buttons at V&A summer party

‘It was okay, apart from the fact that all of their songs sounded the same,’ said Dame Zandra Rhodes

Evening Standard

5 things to know about the monumental Coco Chanel exhibition coming to London

As tickets go on sale for The Victoria and Albert Museum’s blockbuster exhibition of the legendary French couturière, Joe Bromley dives into the seminal looks and details to be discovered in September

Bangkok Post

David Bowie archive to open in 2025

 LONDON: A six-decade archive charting pop icon David Bowie’s career will open in London in 2025, providing a “new source book for the Bowies of tomorrow”, a museum director said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Don’t give away colonial treasures, ‘share’ them, says V&A’s Tristram Hunt

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

Evening Standard

Rising fuel prices, depressed box office, skill shortages - London’s culture leaders on the state of the arts

‘We have to be scrappy: we have very little, but have to spin it into gold’

Evening Standard

V&A looks to return Asante treasures to Ghana, putting it at odds with the PM

V&A DIRECTOR Tristram Hunt has put himself at odds with the Government by signalling the museum will give back looted Asante gold treasures to Ghana.

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