35 results for looting
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Break from the past
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The Monocle Daily - Tuesday 24 January
24 January 2023
Aliona Hlivco and Enrico Franceschini join Andrew Mueller to discuss a shake-up in the Ukrainian government, looted artefacts returned to Italy, train travel and paper vs digital maps. Plus: the 2023 Oscar nominations.
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The Monocle Daily - Monday 28 November
28 November 2022
Daniella Peled and Phil Clark discuss attacks on journalists in China, concern of a new Turkish offensive in Syria, Russian troops looting Ukrainian museums and the schools considering a smartphone ban. Plus: Henry Rees…
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The Comment
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Should museums heed calls for restitution?
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As darkness falls
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The Foreign Desk - Bringing the ‘Benin Bronzes’ home
17 April 2021
In recent weeks several museums in Europe announced that they are planning to return the treasures known as the ‘Benin Bronzes’, which were looted from what is now Nigeria by British troops in 1897. But why now, after years…
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The Late Edition - Thursday 1 April
1 April 2021
Monocle’s editors discuss US president Joe Biden’s landmark infrastructure spending plan. Plus: New York’s vaccine push and Germany’s plan to return looted artefacts.