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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Craig Simpson
Displaying Egyptian mummies is ‘morally wrong and should be illegal’The mummy of an Egyptian woman on display in Manchester Museum - OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty ImagesDisplaying ancient Egyptian mummies in museums is morally wrong and should be made illegal, according to a group of MPs.The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Afrikan Reparations has claimed that displaying Egyptian mummies is “unethical” and disrespects “wishes of the ancestors”.
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1 month ago | 
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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Craig Simpson
The Churchill painting is the latest in a string of former great Britons to have their likenesses removed from state buildingsRachel Reeves has replaced a portrait of Winston Churchill with a woollen tapestry depicting an “unknown woman” in Number 11. A prominent painting of Britain’s wartime leader had long looked down on visitors from above the mantelpiece in the state dining room of the chancellor’s Downing Street residence.
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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Craig Simpson
Five images of Winston Churchill were removed from parts of the parliamentary estate occupied primarily by MPs’ officesPortraits of Winston Churchill have been removed from Parliament since Labour’s landslide general election victory, The Telegraph can reveal. Drawings, prints and photographs of the Second World War leader were taken down following the arrival of new MPs in Westminster last year.
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2 months ago | 
aol.co.uk | Craig Simpson
Folk dancing should drop terms like “ladies and gentlemen” to avoid offending minority genders, a leading music organisation has said. The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) is attempting to make centuries-old traditions more “inclusive”. The charity, which is backed by the Arts Council, has created guidance that tells teachers and those hosting group dances to use “gender-free language”.
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2 months ago | 
aol.co.uk | Craig Simpson
Rachel Reeves has swapped paintings of former prime ministers and royalty from No 11 for artworks commemorating lockdown, The Telegraph can reveal. The Chancellor has removed the portraits depicting her famed male predecessors David Lloyd George and Benjamin Disraeli, who both led the Treasury before leading the country. Portraits of British monarchs have also disappeared from No 11’s walls since Labour won the election.
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2 months ago | 
aol.co.uk | Craig Simpson
Gino D’Acampo was warned about his expected on-set behaviour in 2019 while filming with Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix, sources have said. D’Acampo has been accused this week of making inappropriate sexual comments while working on a string of ITV programmes since 2011. His legal team said he “firmly denied” the “deeply upsetting” allegations, some of which relate to the show Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Craig Simpson
The Royal Society of Literature’s leaders are set to step down following a civil war between writers over diversity and free speech. Molly Rosenberg and Daljit Nagra had been accused of “dumbing down” the society through a series of reforms to diversify the “elitist” charity, whose patron is the Queen. Fellows of the society quit following a series of rows, including what was seen as its lukewarm support for Sir Salman Rushdie, a fellow of the society, after he was stabbed in 2022.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Craig Simpson
The BBC’s director-general has insisted that the broadcaster takes complaints seriously in the wake of “upsetting” claims about Gregg Wallace. Tim Davie wrote to staff to reassure them after the BBC faced criticism for not launching its own investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour by the MasterChef presenter. Banijay, the production company that makes the cooking show, announced it was launching an investigation into complaints last week.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
honey.nine.com.au | Craig Simpson
By Craig Simpson and Tom McArdleThe BBC has refused to pull programmes featuring Gregg Wallace off air despite No 10 calling his comments about middle-class women "inappropriate and misogynistic". MasterChef: The Professionals is scheduled to run through December, with the BBC schedules also showing planned repeats of Wallace's Christmas specials of MasterChef and Inside the Factory. However, executives have no intention of pulling these programmes.
