Tag: British
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£100M boost for UK healthtech as British Business Bank backs Apposite growth fund
The British Business Bank has agreed to make a £100 million commitment to Apposite Healthcare Growth I, a fund investing to support the growth of health technology companies, primarily in the UK. This will be the British Business Bank’s largest fund commitment to date and is the Bank’s first commitment to Apposite Capital, a specialist read more
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Brian Eno and 200+ Artists Urge British Museum to “Stop Erasing Palestine”
News An open letter criticizes the institution for allegedly altering displays in its Middle East galleries after complaints from a pro-Israel group. Musician, producer. and activist Brian Eno at the 32nd National March for Palestine in London on October 11, 2025 (photo Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images) Over 200 artists and cultural groups are read more
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Works by Auerbach, Chadwick, and Hepworth to Spearhead Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Sale in London
After taking an impressive £197.5 million ($265 million) from its marathon, three-pronged modern and contemporary evening sale last week, Christie’s London is now preparing for its modern British and Irish art sale on March 18. Frank Auerbach, Lynn Chadwick, and Barbara Hepworth spearhead the tightly curated auction of 26 works. Among the top lots is read more
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Dueling Hares and Leaping Toads Top the 2026 British Wildlife Photography Awards
Is there anything more soothing than a sleeping baby swan—known as a cygnet? Or anything more illustrative of the relationship between nature and urban development in the U.K. than the red fox, which are seen in neighborhoods as often as in the wild? For this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA), photographers from around Great read more
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New Book Reveals British Museum Staffer Stole 350 Artworks
A former British Museum staffer who worked in the prints and drawings departmentin the 1970s stole more than 350 artworks and sold some of his haul at an antiques market, according to a new book. As reported by the Independent, “The story of the thefts is recounted in Barnaby Phillips’s forthcoming book, The African Kingdom read more
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British defence tech outfit Mutable Tactics raises over $2M in pre-seed round
A British defence tech startup developing AI software which helps improve the deployment of drones when communication is lost in combat has raised over $2m in a seed funding round. Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1m in a funding round, led by spacetech investor Seraphim Space, with funding also fromthe UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund,Koro, read more
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350-Year-Old Vrindavani Vastra Returns to India
The Vrindavani Vastra, a 350-year-old tapestry woven in the foothills of the Himalayas and depicting the life of the god Krishna, will make a six-month homecoming, as part of a loan struck between the British Museum and the state government of Assam in northeastern India. The London institution agreed to return the tapestry in 2027 read more
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Did the British Museum Remove Palestine From Its Displays?
News The institution acknowledged altering some texts to refer to Canaan, an ancient name for the region, but said the word “Palestine” still appears elsewhere. Pro-Palestine activists and climate advocates rally at the British Museum on June 1, 2024. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images) The British Museum acknowledged that it had updated read more
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British Museum Contests Report on Removal of ‘Palestinian’ from Some Wall Texts
The British Museum contested a Telegraph report from this weekend, saying that it had not entirely stripped the word “Palestinian” from its wall texts in response to pressure from a pro-Israel group. The Telegraph report stated that UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) had written to British Museum director Nicholas Cullinan, claiming that using the word read more
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British Business Bank invests up to £45M in VC fund targeting consumer brand startups
The British Business Bankis investing up to £45m in a VC fund which makes seed-stage investments in consumer brand startups and B2B tech that supports them. The UK state-backed bank is investing the funds in Redrice Ventures, saying it will help promising startups scale, commercialise research and attract follow-on investment. It is investing in Redrice’s£75m read more
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British Museum Removed the Word ‘Palestinian’ from Some Displays Amid Pressure from Pro-Israel Group
The British Museum in London stripped the word “Palestinian” from some of its displays about the Middle East amid pressure from a prominent pro-Israel group. The Telegraph reported this weekend that UK Lawyers for Israel had written a letter to Nicholas Cullinan, the museum’s director, seeking the removal of that word, specifically in texts that read more
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British Museum Raises $4.8 M. to Keep ‘Tudor Heart’ Pendant in UK
The British Museum announced that it has successfully raised £3.5 million ($4.8 million) to acquire the “Tudor Heart” pendant and keep the centuries-old object in the UK. The museum described the Tudor Heart as “unlike any object in the British Museum collection or elsewhere in the UK.” The 24-carat-gold pendant, which is accompanied by a read more
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2024 Was a Record Year for Archeological Finds Made by the British Public
The British Museum announced today that 2024 was a record year for archeological discoveries made in the UK by members of the public, with 79,616 finds recorded. Of those, 1540 were “treasure” as defined by the UK’s 1996 Treasure Act, the highest number ever recorded for a single year. The announcement was first reported by read more
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British Business Bank invests £25M in Kraken Technologies
The UK government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) is taking a £25m stake in Kraken Technologies, the software entity being spun out of Octopus Energy, marking the bank’s biggest ever direct investment into a private firm. Octopus Energy sold a $1bn stake inKraken last month to a syndicate of investors, paving the way for its demerger read more
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