Asylum for artefacts: Paris's plan to protect cultural treasures from terrorists

The president of the Louvre has drawn up a 50-point plan to protect artworks under threat around the world. At last, someone is responding to Isis with a full-throated defence of our common human heritageWe’ve had an era of “cultural diplomacy”, when museums aspired to spread global goodwill. Now, as Isis continues to attack both humans and human heritage, it’s time for a more hard-headed approach – the defence of civilisation and its treasures. And France is leadin