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Coverage of the Black Lives Matter Charter for the UK Heritage Sector 

Adams, Geraldine Kendall (2020) ‘Black Lives Matter charter calls on heritage sector to turn words into action’. Museums Association, 23 July. 

Alex Pleasants (2020) ‘Culture Stuff’. The Vaizey View, 22 July. 

Artnet News (2020) ‘Art Industry News: Need to Read’. Artnet News, 22 July.

Bakari, Lanre (2020) ‘Colonial art in UK museums is similar to Nazi-looted works, says charity boss’. MSN News 22 July. 

Bakari, Lanre (2020) ‘Colonial art in UK museums is similar to Nazi-looted works, says charity boss’. The Guardian 22 July.

Batty, David (2020) ‘Off with the heads: Pitt Rivers Museum removes human remains from display’. The Guardian, 13 September.

London Museum Development (2020) ‘E-update for London’s Museums – 27 July 2020: Culture&’s Black Lives Matter Charter’. London Museum Development. 27 July. 

Pes, Javier (2020) ‘Police search for Benin Bronze protestor—found guilty of ‘threatening behaviour’. The Art Newspaper, 24 September.

RT (2020) ‘British museums accused of hypocrisy over BLM support, as charity boss likens colonial art to Nazi-looted artefacts’. RT.Com, 22 July.

Styles, David (2020) ‘Black Lives Matter: Museums should not destroy the spoils of our colonial past — but put them in context, says arts charity chief’. Inews, 27 August. 

Culture& CEO, Dr Errol Francis interviewed – Russia Today

RT (2020) ‘British museums accused of hypocrisy over BLM support’. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtPtUNJe3Y0&feature=emb_logo , (Accessed 29 September).

Coverage of Culture&, awarded a grant from Arts Council England Elevate Fund 

Joel Campbell (2020) ‘Culture& awarded grant from Arts Council England – Arts and heritage charity set to deliver on key aims and objectives which helped them to land cash.’ voice-online.co.uk, 21 January. 

Coverage of Culture&, 2019 New Museum School Graduation

Eleanor Mills (2020) ‘New Museum School celebrates second year of trainees – The 2018-19 cohort graduate into the art and heritage sector’. Museums Association, 4 December. 

Coverage of Culture&, Welcoming Miranda Lowe and Svetlana Leu 

Museums and Heritage (2020) ‘Two ‘inspired appointments’ to Culture& Board aim to strengthen museums sector ties’ 

Culture& Artistic Director and CEO, Dr Errol Francis, on decolonisation of UK Museum collections

Lanre Bakare (2020) ‘Colonial art in UK museums is similar to Nazi-looted works, says charity boss’

Coverage of Culture&, New Museum School Advanced Programme

David Styles (2021) ‘New Museum School Advanced Programme to help diverse talent smash heritage sector ‘glass ceiling”