You pair of hawkers: Furious Earl accuses interior design pair who inherited most of £33m family fortune of flogging his history – including a £300,000 tiara – in £2m auction Gloria Wesley left most of her £33m fortune to a pair of interior designers The two men are now selling many of the Dowager Countess … Read more
Google will automatically delete search and location history by default after 18 months, but existing users have to activate controls in settings Google has made changes to its privacy policy on Wednesday The firm will auto-delete search and location history after 18 months The default is only for new users, existing accounts need to setup … Read more
Ancient Viking settlement found in Iceland dates back to 800 AD and challenges records of the first colonists who arrived nearly 75 years later Two Viking longhouses were unearthed in an eastern region of Iceland The oldest was built in 800 and was used as a seasonal hunting camp The younger one was created some … Read more
Top private schools want to ‘decolonise’ their curriculum by altering history lessons after Black Lives Matter protests Private schools to plan ‘new approaches’ on teaching Britain’s colonial history History lessons could be altered in an attempt to ‘decolonise’ school curriculums Tony Blair’s school Fettes said it would use moment as ‘catalyst for real change’ By Josh White … Read more
NYC’s Museum of Natural History will remove its statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback flanked by Native American and African men because it ‘symbolizes racism and colonial expansion’ The bronze statue depicts Theodore Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and an African man standing next to the horse It has stood at the museum’s … Read more
A ‘kind and inspiring’ history teacher has today been named as one of the three people killed in a frenzied knife attack in Reading, since declared as a ‘terrorist incident’ by police. James Furlong, head of history at the Holt Community School in Wokingham, was stabbed to death during the incident in Forbury Gardens, Reading, … Read more
The curator of parliament’s art collection said that artefacts in Westminster are being reevaluated, as many statues and paintings have a ‘racist history’ and were bought with wealth from the slave trade. The Palace of Westminster lobbies, which are open to the public, are lined with artwork featuring 18th and 19th Century politicians, many of … Read more
HISTORY ON ASSASSINATIONS by Kenneth Baker (Unicorn £20, 256pp) Too close for comfort and too often — that is Tory grandee Lord (Kenneth) Baker’s personal experience of assassinations. In 1979, he was in the library of the House of Commons when he heard the bang and felt the shock as, just yards away, a bomb … Read more
We’re all going on a summer holiday! Charming new book presents a series of heartwarming snaps to celebrate the history of traditional seaside trips in Britain Kathryn Ferry explores the history of seaside objects in a charming new tome Among the photos is a family of middle-aged ladies and gents on an outing The craze … Read more
Amazon UK boss quits to become director of the Natural History Museum By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:58 BST, 18 June 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 18 June 2020 Doug Gurr (pictured) will replace Sir Michael Dixon at the Natural History later this year Amazon UK’s boss is quitting to become director … Read more