Craig Simpson

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Fight to save graves where Churchill wept for fallen comrades

By: Craig Simpson

In war, Winston Churchill changed the world. But the war that changed him was in the mountains of Malakand.

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Caribbean envoys to deliver slavery reparation demands to King

By: Craig Simpson

Craig Simpson A Caribbean delegation is to deliver demands for slavery reparations to the King.

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Canterbury battles Hastings over who jumps queue for Bayeux Tapestry

By: Craig Simpson

It seems fitting that residents of Hastings, which gave its name to the battle shown by the Bayeux Tapestry , have been offered priority access to see it in London.

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Stitched up: Canterbury angry at missing out on Bayeux tickets

By: Craig Simpson

It seems fitting that residents of Hastings, which gave its name to the battle shown by the Bayeux Tapestry , have been offered priority access to see it in London.

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The Raj-era railway at heart of Pakistan's play for Unesco recognition

By: Craig Simpson

Pakistan is planning to use a triumph of British engineering to help secure a Unesco world heritage status for the Khyber Pass

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US museum uses benches that National Gallery ditched over safety fears

By: Craig Simpson

A museum in the United States has installed ornate leather benches ditched by the National Gallery over health and safety fears.

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British Museum in talks with slavery campaigners to return artefacts

By: Craig Simpson

The British Museum is set to hold talks with slavery reparations campaigners about returning tribal artefacts to the Caribbean.

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Suffolk up in arms over 'unfair' Bayeux swap deal

By: Craig Simpson

A row has broken out over an “absolutely unfair” deal that gave Suffolk residents no priority booking for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, despite the county lending its own Anglo-Saxon treasures to France.

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From tapestry to tap-room: British Museum commissions its own mead

By: Craig Simpson

While some may find history to be a bit dry, the British Museum has pulled out all the stops to make the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition a truly intoxicating experience by commissioning its own bottles of mead.

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Pakistan demands return of Buddhist statue from British Museum

By: Craig Simpson

Craig Simpson Pakistan plans to claim ancient Buddhist statues back from the British Museum