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Arts Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph @Telegraph Feel free to get in touch: Craig.Simpson @telegraph .co.uk

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Drums beat, incense blows through the robes of sword-wielding chieftains in Kumasi, and British dignitaries bow to an African king to offer their gold. Where will it be kept, who will see it? What happens when British museums return their treasures:
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New: Oxford University has agreed to return its Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Scores of actresses turn down roles in play critical of JK Rowling's gender views Play originally titled TERF C*** features characters like a fictionalised Emma Watson remonstrating with Rowling But these female roles have not been filled
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Singing to a dying building. Devastating tribute to Notre Dame, the spirit of Paris, and France.
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Shakespeare's Globe has apologised for "offence caused" by a "moment of misjudgement", after sharing a poem directed at "terfs" Poem was used to promote I, Joan play about non-binary Joan of Arc, and has been deleted
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The Science Museum has dismantled a trans-inclusive display on sex and gender following complaints it was pushing “propaganda” and not biology.
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NEW: Writers leaving the Society of Authors after it was engulfed in a row of over gender ideology now offered protection at a rival union that has vowed to defend free speech
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New: Libraries across the country are being advised to prevent LGBT people seeing “offensive” gender-critical books Tips for council libraries suggest hosting drag queen events and limiting copies of “transphobic books” by gender-critical authors
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Royal Academy pulls artist’s work from gift shop over ‘transphobic’ views Jess de Wahls wrote in a blog in 2019 that ‘transwomen are biologically male’
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The Royal Academy has apologised to Jess de Wahls and pledged to support freedom of expression in future.
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Cambridge University (somewhat coincidentally) has also now decided to return its Benin Bronzes.
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Story here on Britain’s biggest repatriation:
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Campaigners making a statement outside Edinburgh TV Festival where producers discussed documentary Leaving Neverland
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National Gallery states that Just Stop Oil soup-throwing protesters did NOT damage Van Gogh painting, which appears to have been (thankfully) behind glass
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Exclusive: Gladstone Park - named for the former Prime Minister - could be renamed in honour of Diane Abbott in Labour council slavery review
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Tate galleries shares advice with teachers telling them to use "they" pronouns in class, and get pupils to draw pictures regarding their "bodies and sexuality" There are calls for Tate to remove what has been branded "gender propaganda"
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If you have experienced similar issues with that UK’s cultural institutions - my messages are open
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New: Eventbrite is waging a ‘campaign of cancellation’ against gender-critical events Organisers fear that women are being silenced
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New: Female-only Welsh publisher now invites submissions from trans and non-binary authors Has promoted fears that women’s press Honno has “caved to ideology”
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The Free Speech Union said: “Freedom of expression is under severe pressure within the literary world, with publishers and literary agents often failing to defend their authors when their speech rights come under attack. “ @SpeechUnion
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The Super League has pushed me to finally join the @nufctrust The could help bring about a less avaricious, more democratic future for football (or maybe I'm just glory hunting as NUFC might stand a chance if the 'big six' are banned🤞)
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“The freedom of authors to express themselves and of people to read their work without interference or mediation by self-appointed censors is a fundamental human right.”
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New: The Crooked House pub was subject to an application for listed status protection - which would have meant permission was needed for any structural changes - just one week before it burnt down… and was subsequently demolished
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New: The BBC has set itself as class quota. Corporation will ensure that 25% of its staff are from working class backgrounds by 2027
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Grandfather claims he used to get dragged from his bed to be raped at Surrey children's home
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Hard-working #NHS employee fears for his future after being 'branded undesirable' and being told the leave the country he calls home. He has lived and paid taxes in the UK for 11 years. #HighlySkilledMigrants #HostileEnvironment @SteveReedMP
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New: Rebel writers fear cancel culture has taken over Society of Authors following AGM vote following free speech row
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Delighted to say I’ll now be covering all things arts for @Telegraph Any stories, drop me a line
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NG: "There is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed."
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Gendered pronouns will be purged from official documentation by the Welsh government’s primary arts body The Arts Council of Wales will remove “he/him” and “she/her" from its literature
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Excl: An African king is seeking to permanently keep golden treasures loaned to him by the British Museum and the V&A in a landmark deal.
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Music industry in fourth year of growth after ‘mourn-fest’ of decline. The industry has clawed its way out of a trough and is now worth around £15 billion, close to 2006 revenue levels Drake, Ed Sheeran and BTS topping sales. #music #business
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“Stop Oil” protesters rush the limousine queue at the Bafta Awards in London
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EXCLUSIVE: James Bond books have been edited to remove many racial references after Ian Fleming’s work was subjected to the judgement of sensitivity readers
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NEW: Arts Council England advised all cultural institutions to sever ties with the Russian state. Exhibitions and concerts should be cancelled, and loan deals for art should be scrapped
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Exclusive: The Cambodian government has demanded the right to conduct inspections of British Museum in its search for ‘stolen’ Khmer statues
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#BBC to address ‘heteronormative culture’ with #LGBT reforms. There will be new 'straight allies', to be identified with badges, and education on transgender issues and non-binary language.
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. @thetimeteam set to return after fans of cult archaeology series raised funding for new episodes
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New: Caribbean nations are to formally demand slavery reparations from the Royal family. New approach being mulled will involve nations bypassing UK government and seeking reparations directly from institutions with links to the slavery
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Exlc: India is set to wage a diplomatic campaign to reclaim the Koh-i-Noor diamond and thousands of other treasures from Britain in a “reckoning” with the colonial past 🇮🇳
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NEW: Arts Council England new guidance urging museums to consider “right thing to do” when it comes to returning disputed treasures like the Elgin Marbles and Benin Bronzes
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Leeds legend, England legend. And for me, Jack Charlton was always an Ashington legend
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Ashington Football Club are deeply saddened to hear to loss of one of our very own World Cup Winners and heroes Jack Charlton. Jack has always been a proud Ashingtonian and was a welcome visitor at the club over the years. Our thoughts are with Jack’s family and friends.
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Russian classical music will not be boycotted British orchestras because it is “part of the western cannon” Association of a British Orchestras tells me regardless of Ukraine within, the genius of Rachmaninoff belongs to “all” and “not just Russia”
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@BarbaraHewson Hello Barbara. I was wondering if we might have a chat about your writing/campaigning re CSA survivors?
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NEW: Gender-critical books set to be reinstated in the library of a Labour council after a backlash against "censors" removing them from display. But council may to ensure that books questioning gender ideology are still not “promoted” in its libraries
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New from Iraq: Sumerians - who first told of the Flood story echoed in the Bible - were forced to invent a “civilisation-saving” device to control water and stave off drought 4000 years before the technology was thought to exist
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BBC plaque celebrating the “first black Briton” has been removed because scientific evidence shows she was not African in origin. The sign honouring “Beachy Head Lady”, was erected in an East Sussex village as part of the 2016 Black and British series
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The British Library has apologised the widow of Ted Hughes and withdrawn his name from a dossier of slavery links
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Haile Selassie’s grandson has bought an Ethiopian shield at auction in order to reclaim it from Britain, and return the artefact to its homeland. The shield was taken by British forces in 1868
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Please share - I am looking to speak to survivors in and around London. Please get in touch @Beecholme12 #purple2018 @DavidLeanLeano @Sunnyclaribel @Islingtonsn
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Arrests made as part of the investigation into sexual abuse at #Surrey children's home @Beecholme12 @reeves3915
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson has been named as an LGBT historical figure on a tour for schools, despite a lack of evidence that the poet had any homosexual relationships
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A University of Oxford museum has hidden an African artefact because it “must not be seen by women” The move to guarantee “cultural safety” is intended to ensure female visitors do not inadvertently break cultural taboos
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The British government has said the Parthenon Marbles will be off the table in planned talks with Greece… which were requested by UNESCO to discuss the Marbles
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Agatha Christie classics have been rewritten for modern sensitivities Passages from Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have been altered or removed
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Frantic search for missing girl, 13, who didn't make it to school. Police have asked the public to call 999 with any information or sightings. You can share @MPSMerton @MPSKingston @MPSWandsworth
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🇮🇳 🇬🇷 India may become ally in Greece’s fight for the Elgin Marbles as part of plans to support victims of “colonial appropriation” India will use its G20 presidency this year to cajole member states to support the return of historical artefacts
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Moped crime in #London laid bare as epidemic rocks to capital "They are not working on their own. They have international experts and the backing of organised crime. “Kids stealing mopeds is the business end of organised criminal networks.” @DavidVidecette
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No 10 has raised concerns on behalf of taxpayers, after the Telegraph discovered a London theatre receiving an annual £150,000 in public funding via the Arts Council staged its own show for an “all-black audience”.
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British Museum archaeologists have cracked a Sumerian “sacred code” after finding a lost temple in Iraq. “This has taken 140 years to crack"
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The term Anglo-Saxon has been removed from a University’s module titles to tackle “nationalist narratives”
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"It really gets rid of any prejudices as to what a body should look like" "It’s very healthy" Life drawing advocates believe sketching naked men and women should be part of a balanced curriculum @LondonDrawing @spiritedbodies via @telegraphnews
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@stonewalluk Advised the BBC on the use of identifiable 'straight allies', an idea that has been implemented elsewhere namely: Police forces, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sky and BuzzFeed
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Grenada calls wealthy British families with historic links to slavery to and set up charities to pay reparations, following the example or Laura Trevelyan It is hoped family charities could provide a “model” for paying reparations to the Caribbean
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Exlc: Ernest Hemingway’s work has now been given a trigger warning by his modern-day publishers over the “language” and “attitudes” in his writing
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@SVPhillimore @sarahstuartxx @eventbrite HI Sarah, I've just dropped you a message
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Gender-critical editor claims to have been dropped by agency over ‘five o’clock shadow’ tweet which questioned the ready acceptance of people with “heavy 5 o'clock shadow” as women.
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EM Forster’s A Passage to India has been given a trigger by publishers warning for “offensive” language, prompting concerns English literature is being tarnished by American cultural fixations.
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Highgate will begin making room for lucrative new burials near the tomb of Marx, on ground that is particularly coveted by communists.
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“It makes me more than angry. I’m seething. It is hard to believe the extent of the allegations" #csa @Beecholme12
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Been an exhilarating experience covering the heart of London for the past two years. Now joining @PA for the next challenge. Contact me on here with any stories
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Another British museum’s guidelines may restrict public access to artefacts because of cultural sensitivities about women viewing them. Policies for handling “culturally restricted objects” will inform displays
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Caribbean nations are set to demand slavery reparation  from European nations aided by lobbyists paid for by an Irish billionaire Bespoke reparations plans - to be presented to EU and UK - may be ready in a matter of months
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BBC Proms ticket holders have been told they will be barred from bringing “protest flags” to the Last Night. Explicit rules bar flags linked to “hatred”
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Westminster Abbey to return sacred tablet to Ethiopia after consulting with the Royal Household The Abbey, under the jurisdiction of the King, has been repeatedly asked to return the ‘tabot’ Decision marks major victory for repatriation campaigners
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Exlc: PG Wodehouse’s novels have been given a blanket trigger warning by publishers over concerns they contain “outdated” social attitudes
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