Watching Brief - August 2020 - Part 2 SoupCast

57:26 - British Museum removes statue of slave-owning founder:



https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/aug/25/british-museum-removes-founder-hans-sloane-statue-over-slavery-links?

 

New Statue Context: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3362294473818000&id=169284376452375

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3362294473818000&id=169284376452375

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3362294473818000&id=169284376452375Museum felt 'Extremely Compromised' by Minister's Plea to Keep Slave Trader Statue:



https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/museum-of-the-home-robert-geffrye-statue_uk_5f480bb2c5b6cf66b2b4ed4c? [https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/museum-of-the-home-robert-geffrye-statue_uk_5f480bb2c5b6cf66b2b4ed4c?fbclid=IwAR19TRuQV-C4bRE7Jx-t30lmTZRln9RIxrPCvu1L_YHHVGXc-c0uxHrFWOM&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sLmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALCoz4FMJzI11RtX93yAjppNH2Udh-EisddfiqyUg6_0UDJRQ8FlMpoMqSy6-kYcuSmjmYtzXMkZQmgBC3SZJPoWEDVqPpO1XevK1lNCVCpudvpyBhwUUpDZQgpjNyg7CYkHM9ok2Bbm9UMWGwYj5LHTwuZjhAaNSMrXy7U2gCmY]

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/museum-of-the-home-robert-geffrye-statue_uk_5f480bb2c5b6cf66b2b4ed4c?fbclid=IwAR19TRuQV-C4bRE7Jx-t30lmTZRln9RIxrPCvu1L_YHHVGXc-c0uxHrFWOM&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sLmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALCoz4FMJzI11RtX93yAjppNH2Udh-EisddfiqyUg6_0UDJRQ8FlMpoMqSy6-kYcuSmjmYtzXMkZQmgBC3SZJPoWEDVqPpO1XevK1lNCVCpudvpyBhwUUpDZQgpjNyg7CYkHM9ok2Bbm9UMWGwYj5LHTwuZjhAaNSMrXy7U2gCmY

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/museum-of-the-home-robert-geffrye-statue_uk_5f480bb2c5b6cf66b2b4ed4c?fbclid=IwAR19TRuQV-C4bRE7Jx-t30lmTZRln9RIxrPCvu1L_YHHVGXc-c0uxHrFWOM&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sLmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALCoz4FMJzI11RtX93yAjppNH2Udh-EisddfiqyUg6_0UDJRQ8FlMpoMqSy6-kYcuSmjmYtzXMkZQmgBC3SZJPoWEDVqPpO1XevK1lNCVCpudvpyBhwUUpDZQgpjNyg7CYkHM9ok2Bbm9UMWGwYj5LHTwuZjhAaNSMrXy7U2gCmYBonnie Greer Interview:



https://youtu.be/u0CcdkFFv7M



In defence of Hans Sloane:



https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/in-defence-of-hans-sloane?





The Little-Known Role of Slavery in Viking Society:



https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/little-known-role-slavery-viking-society-180975597/



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01:22:12 - National Trust restructuring plans are 'one of the most damaging assaults on art historical expertise ever seen in the UK':



https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/national-trust-restructuring-plan-job-cuts?



The trendies have destroyed the National Trust:



https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-trendies-have-destroyed-the-national-trust?

 

Is the National Trust turning into a National Joke?



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8652387/Is-National-Trust-turning-national-joke-GUY-ADAMS-investigates.html?



Oxburgh Hall: Thousands of 'rare items' found in attic:



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-53804700?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-53804700?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-53804700?Amazing secrets found under National Trust manor house's floorboards:



https://www.edp24.co.uk/features/heritage/oxburgh-hall-norfolk-discovery-under-floorboards-1-6796085?