4 h. ago London’s New Gala: British Museum Hosts An Inaugural Fundraising Ball

London’s New Gala: British Museum Hosts An Inaugural Fundraising Ball  Forbes

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16 h. ago Black Battle of Waterloo veteran identified 200 years later: Sitter in 'exceptionally rare' painting is former slave who fought for Britain, experts believe

Private Thomas James is believed to be the bandsman depicted in an 'exceptionally rare' painting from 1821, by respected artist Thomas Phillips.

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22 h. ago London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting

‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic warsHe fought in the Napoleonic wars and is one of only nine Black soldiers known to have received the Waterloo Medal, the first British medal awarded to soldiers regardless of their rank.Yet the story of Pte Thomas James has been overlooked for centuries. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago JIBBOOM CLUB #1 at the Custom House Maritime Museum in New London

JIBBOOM CLUB #1 at the Custom House Maritime Museum in New London  CT Examiner

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31 h. ago ‘ICE agent’ asks Black cop if he’s Haitian after being pulled over for driving drunk with his children in the car

A Miami man who identified himself as an ICE agent questioned the nationality of a Black police officer who pulled him over for driving recklessly with his children in the car.

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34 h. ago Every Star at the British Museum Pink Ball: London's Met Gala

Every Star at the British Museum Pink Ball: London's Met Gala  E! Online

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55 h. ago New York Has the Met Gala—Now, London Has the British Museum Ball

New York Has the Met Gala—Now, London Has the British Museum Ball  AOL.com

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66 h. ago In pictures: Stars dazzle at the British Museum's inaugural Pink Ball

In pictures: Stars dazzle at the British Museum's inaugural Pink Ball  London Evening Standard

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3 d. ago Mick Jagger and Janet Jackson lead guests at London’s answer to the Met Gala

Naomi Campbell and director Steve McQueen also in attendance at inaugural British Museum Ball

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3 d. ago Pretty in pink: Celebrities dazzle at inaugural British Museum ball

Stars have begun arriving at the British Museum

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6 d. ago Free family fun things to do at the RAF Museum London this October half term

Free family fun things to do at the RAF Museum London this October half term  Times Series

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7 d. ago National Army Museum in Chelsea to get huge extension in £240m new homes plan

The new space will include 9,000 sq ft of extra gallery space and a 140 seat auditorium to enable museum to “tell the story of soldiers through the ages.”

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1 week ago King Charles and Prince William come together for a rare joint engagement at London's Natural History Museum

King Charles and Prince William are at the Natural History Museum in London for 'Countdown to COP30', which brings together organisations and individuals tackling the environmental crisis.

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1 week ago King Charles and Prince William make rare joint appearance as major announcement made

King Charles and Prince William attended a reception at the Natural History Museum in London to mark six weeks to go until world leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 climate change summit

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1 week ago King Charles and Prince William come together for a rare joint engagement

King Charles and Prince William are at the Natural History Museum in London for 'Countdown to COP30'.

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2 w. ago Nordic Noir review – one severed horse’s head is just not nearly enough noir

British Museum, London While some prints are suitably nasty, these mostly so-so drawings feel more like something you’d see in Ikea. Who thought they were worthy of purchase for the nation?Nordic noir. Wasn’t that a genre that had people abuzz back in the 00s? Its revival by the British Museum’s prints and drawings department as a title for an exhibition of modern and contemporary Scandinavian graphic art seems desperate. Forget our oldies like Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci – we’re all about new stuff by hot young Scandi artists! Maybe it’s understandable; after all the National Gallery is also moving in on modern art. But Nordic Noir shows just how far overeager neophilia can go wrong. A museum that specialises in history has gone fishing in contemporary waters and, like a lonely angler on an Arctic lake, has come up with absolutely nothing.The big surprise is that most of the works here are not on loan. The British Museum owns them. It has “acquired” 400 exampl...

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2 w. ago New exhibit at New London art museum offers vision of the apocalypse

New exhibit at New London art museum offers vision of the apocalypse  CT Insider

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2 w. ago Everything we know about London's answer to the Met Gala, including the theme and celebrities who'll be attending

The British Museum is launching its own version of the Met Gala in London. Here's everything we know about the inaugural Pink Ball

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2 w. ago Campaign against Museum of London demolition to be heard at High Court

Campaign against Museum of London demolition to be heard at High Court  Dezeen

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2 w. ago Man touched by commuters' heartwarming gesture after wife falls outside landmark

A tourist has taken to social media to thank the "complete strangers" who helped him and his wife after she fell outside the British Museum in London, saying they have "never felt so much at home"

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