(New to) Great Regulars: The justification for its collection

was being undermined by fundamental ethical issues (why should the Parthenon Marbles be in London and not Athens?) and postmodern doubts (why should all the accumulated meanings of all this loot be mediated by a bunch of dusty, cloistered types in Bloomsbury?).

[Neil] MacGregor’s solution was so suavely done that nobody noticed how radical it was.

from Bryan Appleyard: The Times: Behind the scenes at the British Museum

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It's Alright, Ma and Subterranean Homesick Blues, and these innocent but adoring English kids. "When I look at those songs, I really believe it will never happen again. They were the key; they were what held that dour English audience bound to their seats."

from Bryan Appleyard: The Times: This reel's on fire

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