Why One Trustee Quit The Board Of The British Museum

Ahdaf Soueif: “Public cultural institutions have a responsibility: not only aprofessional one towards their work, but a moral one in the way theyposition themselves in relation to ethical and political questions. Theworld is caught up in battles over climate change, vicious and wideninginequality, the residual heritage of colonialism, questions ofdemocracy, citizenship and human rights. On all these issues the museumneeds to take a clear ethical position.” London Review of Books