Monday briefing: Are the vanished British Museum relics the tip of the iceberg? (www.theguardian.com)

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In today’s newsletter: As police in the UK launch an investigation into what happened to missing artefacts, an art detective explains why such thefts are so difficult to prevent

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[-] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

If they can't hold on to these, they should just return them.

Even if they could hold on, they should return them, but clearly aren't willing to.

[-] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

That was their whole reason to still hold onto them. That's an inflammatory amount of hypocrisy.

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