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Clive of India’s Durbar set at risk of export An export bar has been placed on a Durbar set owned by Clive of India in order to give UK institutions an opportunity to acquire it for public display From: 15 January 2021 The set, used in formal court assemblies, is extremely rare and is of fundamental importance to the study of Indian silver An incredibly rare darbār or Durbar set owned by Clive of India is at risk of being lost abroad unless a UK buyer can be found. Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage has placed a temporary export bar on the Durbar set, which includes rose water sprinkle...

Credit: getty SIR – You report on the two women who were fined £200 by Derbyshire police after driving into the countryside for a walk with cups of coffee. The case is now under review – but should such excessive enforcement occur again, the consequences for policing by consent and the public’s respect for the police are likely to be negative. A degree of common sense must be applied. Phil Coutie   SIR – Here in a Derby suburb on the edge of a local park, there is a stall selling coffee and soup and attracting large groups, yet there has not been a policeman in sight.

An elite private school has renamed Clive of India house over the military leader's links to colonialism and Empire. Robert Clive was a notoriously wealthy military leader in the 18th century and attended Merchant Taylor's School for Boys in Hertfordshire for one year before being expelled for fighting. A low-born Clive went on to become a clerk for the East India Company before rising up to a high position within the British military, reported The Telegraph. The school's headmaster Simon Everson wrote a letter to its old boys reading: 'Robert Clive has always been a controversial figure.  R...

A private school house named after a controversial military leader with links to colonialism has been renamed.

Clive of India's name dropped from house at his former school over links to British Empire The East India Company leader was expelled from Merchant Taylors' boys' school Robert Clive has been credited with helping to establish British rule in India Clive of India's name has been stripped from a house at his former private school over his links to empire, sparking warnings from professors about the “craven” trend of erasing history  The Merchant Taylors' day school for boys in Hertfordshire briefly educated the low-born Robert Clive before he was expelled for fighting. The East India Com...