First published on Sat 1 May 2021 09.04 EDT
The chair of an influential museum group has resigned after an academic whose work calls for âdecolonisingâ the curriculum was dropped from the board, amid reports of a government-sanctioned culture war. Sir Charles Dunstone, the founder of Carphone Warehouse, reportedly resigned from the Royal Museums Greenwich board after the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, refused to reappoint trustee Dr Aminul Hoque, an education academic at Goldsmiths, University of London.
The development is the latest in a series of vetoes by ministers seen as an attempt to assert authority over appointments to media and cultural institutions. The government refused to reappoint two women to Channel 4âs board of directors, including one of only two women of colour, last month.
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Royal Museums Greenwich - Cutty Sark and National Maritime Museum in south east London Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG), the owners of some of the borough s most iconic destinations, saw a devastating 96% decline in visitor numbers over the last year. RMG, which consists of the Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory, Queen s House and National Maritime Museum, was one of the worst affected destinations in the UK, and fell from 9th to 130th in visitor numbers. This comes as a tourism industry leader branded the decision to force England s indoor visitor attractions to remain closed when non-essential shops reopen as extraordinary. Bernard Donoghue, director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva), made the comment as he revealed major UK tourist sites suffered a 70% decline in visitor numbers last year compared with 2019.
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