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A brief history of the countryside in 100 objects
£10.99A brief history of the countryside in 100 objects
A Waterstones Best Book of 2024: Nature Writing
The untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts
?‘A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration of nature, history, and – of course – the countryside.’ Charles Spencer, author of The White Ship
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Battle for the museum
£20.00Battle for the museum
Galleries around the world are at an ethical crossroads. Can they resist pernicious corporate and political influence?Â
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Ghosts of the British Museum
£20.00Ghosts of the British Museum
What if the British Museum isn’t a house of learning, but a vast sinkhole of still-bubbling historic injustice? What if it presents us not with a carefully ordered cross section of history but is instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot swarming with volatile and errant spirits? When artist and writer Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum he had to find out more. What started as a trickle soon became a landslide as staff old and new, from guards of formidable build to respected curators, brought forth testimonies of their inexplicable supernatural encounters. It became clear that the source of the disturbances was related to the Museum’s contents – unquiet objects, holy plunder, and restless human remains protesting their enforced stay within the colonial collection’s cases, cabinets and deep underground vaults.
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