From his home office on a Danish island, he used his uncanny memory to uncover the pilfering of ancient gems and artifacts.

After spending centuries in France, the 1,000-year-old tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of England is traveling to its ...

As the historic display of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum nears, the institution has teased plans for how it will ...

The trail covers the history of the Stockport Jewish community from the 19th century to the closure of the Chestergate ...

Could the UK win Eurovision 2026 with the act Look Mum No Computer? (Picture: BBC/ PA Wire) It’s finally time for the Eurovision Song Contest final in Vienna – and the UK will be hoping they can get ...

Ittai Gradel died of renal cancer days after museum awarded him medal for ‘very significant contribution’ The academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of hundreds of artefacts from the ...

Dr Ittai Gradel, the academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of many hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum, has died of cancer, aged 61. In his final days he received a rarely ...

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Pulling the cultural institution into the 21st century is ‘a battle’, says artist Anita Singh joined the Telegraph in 2008, covering television, books, music, film and popular culture, and has written ...

The British Museum is accused of having removed the term "Palestine" from its exhibits under pressure from a pro-Israeli group. In reality, only certain panels regarding the Antiquity period were ...

The British Museum has removed the word Palestine from its ancient Middle East displays following complaints about historical accuracy. Curators said the term was not “meaningful” as a geographic ...