we need to talk about the limits to academic freedom in our national museums any culture of closing down the full range of debate about legacy colonial museums and their collections would always have no place in a bona fide research institution www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/h...

Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals

Yuko Kikuchi wrote a letter to the museum’s leadership that was supported by 12 academics and included student testimonials

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@danlyndon.bsky.social speaking to @profdanhicks.bsky.social about his route into history. Highlighting the interdisciplinarity which has underscored so much of this #SHP26 conference. #historyteacher @1972shp.bsky.social

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Exclusive: MPs demand investigation into British Museum’s 'erasure' of Palestine

Call for independent inquiry cites 'deeply troubling' MEE investigation, which revealed changes followed months of lobbying by pro-Israel activists

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Brilliant journalism here from @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social: www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/ex... I hate to say I told you so but I told you so. Many, many times and in the face of enormous criticism. It was historical accuracy, it was audience testing… as I said all along: it was Zionism.

Exclusive: British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays

Internal emails reveal changes resulted directly from complaints by pro-Israel activists, with the museum and its director subsequently misleading prominent critics

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Exclusive: @britishmuseum.bsky.social director Nick Cullinan made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays | Middle East Eye www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/ex...

Exclusive: British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays

Internal emails reveal changes resulted directly from complaints by pro-Israel activists, with the museum and its director subsequently misleading prominent critics

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Exclusive: How British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays - https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/exclusive-how-british-museum-made-false-claims-about-its-removal-palestine-displays

Exclusive: How British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays

Internal emails reveal changes resulted directly from complaints by pro-Israel activists, with the museum and its director subsequently misleading prominent critics

middleeasteye.net

“Dan Hicks said, ‘A clear, substantive, comprehensive, and fully transparent statement about the timeline, rationale, and process for these changes to public-facing signage is now urgently needed.’. “What could there possibly be to hide?’” full story >> www.middleeasteye.net/news/campaig...

Campaigners and scholars demand answers from British Museum following disclosures

Activists warn that museum may have breached code of ethics following false claims about its removal of 'Palestine' from exhibits

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a little louder for those at the back — the issue addressed here is one of the most important arts, culture and museums stories in 2026, exposing crucial and unanswered questions about process, transparency, and influence

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Exclusive: British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays

Internal emails reveal changes resulted directly from complaints by pro-Israel activists, with the museum and its director subsequently misleading prominent critics

middleeasteye.net

Thanks for this link as well. @profdanhicks.bsky.social writes brilliantly about this subject as an academic and museum professional, but also in the very accessible non-academic book 'The Brutish (sic) Museum'

Coming 10th September - the FIFTH book in our Writing... series for Dead Ink Books! This one's on creative non-fiction, including memoir, autofiction and personal essays, from the likes of Kit de Waal, Kirsty Logan, Nikesh Shukla & many more Open for preorders now: deadinkbooks.com/products/wri...

One week left to book your ticket for the SHP Conference! 40 wonderful workshops, 2 kicking keynotes, 1 raucous roundtable, fabulous fringe sessions, beautiful bildung sessions, and an exhilarating exhibition! If you can't make the whole weekend, then why not join us just for the Saturday!

Shoutout to Dan Hicks for the concept of “necrography,” which I use in this article @profdanhicks.bsky.social

Sam Coates of Sky News went to Manchester (43% Black and Asian) to do a piece on Andy Burnham’s prospects and in his 17 minute video interviewing residents failed to interview a single Black or Asian person news.sky.com/video/sam-co...

Special report: Burnham's Manchester blueprint

Greater Manchester, where Andy Burnham has been in power for nine years, gives clues to his ideology, known as Manchesterism.

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Under 16s to be banned from social media, and a white supremacist who fuels riots on our streets, still allowed to run a whole platform.

NOOOOOO! Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv‑Pechersk Lavra — a UNESCO World Heritage site and priceless cultural landmark — has been struck and is burning.

Thank you Toronto! An amazing few days giving four talks in five days about #everymonumentwillfall, culminating in a wonderful at-capacity talk at Toronto Public Library last night 💥💫

J’espère que l’étudiante de @sandeepbak.bsky.social fera de la recherche sur sa remarque lors du séminaire avec @profdanhicks.bsky.social, sur l’usage des AI qui maintient/remet des statues/objets qu’une communauté peut avoir décidé de détruire (parce que colonialisme).

💥 TORONTO and PRISTINA—three upcoming #everymonumentwillfall book events ✨ Wed June 3 Toronto's Type Books with Ilana Shamoon 💫 Fri June 5 Toronto Public Library with Sameer Farooq & Tandazani Dhlakama 🔥 Wed 10 June Pristina National Library of Kosovo with Francoise Vergès 👉 www.danhicks.uk/talks

💥 TORONTO and PRISTINA—three upcoming #everymonumentwillfall book events ✨ Wed June 3 Toronto's Type Books with Ilana Shamoon 💫 Fri June 5 Toronto Public Library with Sameer Farooq & Tandazani Dhlakama 🔥 Wed 10 June Pristina National Library of Kosovo with Francoise Vergès 👉 www.danhicks.uk/talks

The far right is being racist. Here's why it's the left's fault. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

💥Toronto! See you there www.eventbrite.ca/e/sameer-far...

Sameer Farooq and Dan Hicks: Restitution and Reimagining Collections

Artist Sameer Farooq and curator Dan Hicks consider new ways of building and exhibiting collections, with host Tandazani Dhlakama

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We’re thrilled that @profdanhicks.bsky.social will be a keynote speaker at the SHP Summer Conference this year (July 10-12, Leeds Trinity University). His books The Brutish Museums & Every Monument Will Fall challenge us to think critically about empire, museums, & the stories we choose to preserve.

💥 Every Monument Will Fall is an experiment that asks the question: Is it possible to build a community by writing a book? 💫 tonight in Bristol that felt possible 🙏 thank you so much to @drmaimusie.bsky.social and everyone who came to our sold-out event in Bristol tonight ✨ links in my bio

💥TOMORROW (Tues) — after selling out we now have a new venue with a few more tickets available (next door) for our #everymonumentwillfall event at East Bristol Books www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

Dan Hicks & Mai Musié: *Every Monument Will Fall* at East Bristol Books / IC Visual Lab

This event is co-hosted by East Bristol Books and IC Visual Lab. Dan Hicks' new work tears through the polished facades of museums and monuments to expose a grimy world of colonial loot, skull collec...

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It is with deep sadness that Dr Marianne Moen and I resigned our positions as Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Archaeology this morning. What follows is the letter we sent to the EAA's executive board, outlining the reasons for our resignation 1/n

Zena Kamash@zenakamash.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Well... A reminder of Jan vote: Motion A: 67% (486 members) agreed to exclude Israeli institutions (not individuals) from participating in EAA AMs until the end of the genocide in Palestine ends [paraphrased] 1/2 www.e-a-a.org/EAA/News___P...

good riddance Wes Streeting

crucial context: Peter Mandelson was sacked from the first New Labour government for having a £373,000 *loan* (not a gift) from a Labour colleague (Geoffrey Robinson) to buy a house

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.

there’s no such thing as a “post-colonial museum” — but nonetheless this is an interesting development www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republi...

Post-colonial museums should return ‘plunder’ to Ireland, minister says

“Plunder” stolen from Ireland and stored in museums of former colonial powers should be returned, the Culture Minister has said.

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Palestinian ambassador protests to Foreign Office over ’erasure’ by British Museum

Objection after museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from list of countries of ancient Levant and Egypt and from some explanatory panels

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