We must confront racist history of UK parliament's art, says curator

Exclusive: Officials looking again at collection of 9,000 pieces in light of BLM protests The curator of parliament’s extensive art collection has acknowledged that many artefacts that adorn the plinths and corridors of Westminster have a “racist history” and were bought with slave-owning and colonial wealth.Melissa Hamnett, who is also the head of heritage collections in the Palace of Westminster, said that officials and parliamentarians were attempting to re-evaluate how to p