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 Museum 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? Bonnie 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/ *** 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? 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? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.