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IQ2: The Parthenon Marbles debate
Several hundred people gathered at Cadogan Hall last night, 11th June 2012, to hear a lively Intelligence Squared debate over the sculptures popularly known as the Elgin Marbles, which have been housed in the British Museum for just under 200 years. The topic was, ‘Send them back: the Parthenon marbles should be returned to Athens’. The debate (rather […]
Captain Cook: Hummingbird nest
January 26, 2012
For the second installment in my series on London sites and objects relating to the great naval explorer Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779), I direct your attention back to the British Museum‘s Enlightenment Wing, where you will find a tiny hummingbird nest measuring about 45mm in diameter. This nest, believed to belong to the glittering-bellied emerald hummingbird, is significant as one of the few remaining zoological […]
Captain Cook: Bark shield
December 10, 2011
Welcome to the first of several posts, in no particular order, on London locations and objects relating to the great naval explorer Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779). In the British Museum‘s fabulous Enlightenment Gallery (Room 1), an 18th century bark shield is displayed behind glass. This shield most probably belonged to the Gweagal (‘fire’) clan, the Indigenous inhabitants of […]
Bloomsbury Bytes
- Dirty Wars: Jeremy Scahill @ Doughty St May 16, 2013
- In Search of Classical Greece April 3, 2013
- View of the week: UCL’s Institute of Making March 16, 2013
June 12, 2012
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