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“Design and Healing” at the Cooper Hewitt shows adaptations to disease through history that shaped health care, behavior and the form of buildings.

From piercing studies of colonialism to powerful domestic sagas and all points in between, our panel of writers share their favourite titles of 2021

Museum Of International Folk Art Hosts ‘#Mask: Creative Responses To Global Pandemic’, Waives Admission Today - 6:49 am Bill Mendoza (Oglala Lakota/Sicangu Lakota), dentalium and quilled mask, 2020, quillwork, dentalium, braintanned leather. Courtesy/MOIFA Pilar Agoyo (Ohkay Owingeh/Cochiti/Kewa Pueblos), Bread is Life, 2020, blue bird cotton flour sack, swarovski crystals, rayon and grosgrain ribbons. Courtesy/MOIFA MOIFA News: If you want to be one of the first peop...

Chairman Tim Parker left 24 hours after members launched a bid to depose him The charity faces mounting criticism for the woke direction it has been taking  Now, Restore Trust say director-general Hilary McGrady really needs to go next The campaign group hope to bring back the heritage bodys apolitical ethos Say National Trust has 3 senior management figures with highly woke agenda

Tim Parker resigned as National Trust chairman amid a bid to depose him Former volunteer Tony Adler pointed finger at director-general Hilary McGrady  More than 50 members said they had no confidence in his leadership  Last September the Trust published 115-page report which blacklisted 93 estates over links to slavery  Mr Adler claimed he was forced out after pointing out reports inaccuracies  Leading historian Simon Heffer said Ms McGrady is responsible for turning Trust into left-wing f...

Auschwitz survivor went through five camps We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Heather Morris Normal text size 1923 - 2021 The extraordinary Lotte Weiss was one of the first Jewish prisoners of Auschwitz. In March 1942, at the age of 18, she was forcibly transported by cattle wagon to Auschwitz, along with her two older sisters. Her number 2065 – indelibly embedded on her left arm by the tattooist of Auschwitz, Lale Sokolov – bore a lasti...

Trusts report detailed links between 93 properties and slavery and colonialism Winston Churchills former home, Chartwell, in Kent, was on the list  Move prompted a fierce backlash and the trust faced accusations of wokeism But Charity Commission today cleared it of breaking charity law Brexiteer Nigel Farage said he had become increasingly appalled by the trust Historian Simon Heffer said he was astonished the trust had not been censured

The academic behind the National Trusts Woke review to identify properties with links to colonialism today astonishingly accused the government of weaponising history by trying to stop Left-wing academics denigrating Britains past.  The study, which blacklisted - among others - the Lake District home of avid anti-slaver William Wordsworth because his brother was involved in the trade, was accused of re-writing history after assembling a team of left-wing and politically biased experts. Its le...

Museums will be told by the government to present a more positive view of Britains history rather than focusing on its imperial past. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will urge heritage institutions on Tuesday to present a more rounded view of Britains impact on the world. He will tell 25 of the countrys biggest heritage bodies, museums and art galleries to not skew the publics understanding of history. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will urge heritage institutions on Tuesday to present a more ...

The project was carried out by University of Leicester with National Trust funds  It received a grant of £99,600 from the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund through the National Trust and a further £60,000 from the Arts Council The project linked almost 100 National Trust properties to British colonialism A group of Tory MPs have written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden for an explanation to why the project was given the funds