Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai MohammedMinister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has renewed calls for the repatriation of all looted Nigerian artefacts, while also commending those countries that have returned such antiquities.
In a statement issued in Abuja, yesterday, to mark the 2021 International Museum Day, Mohammed appealed to Nigerians, especially the elite, to join the ongoing campaign to repatriate all looted Nigerian artefacts. x
He said the campaign for the repatriation of looted artefacts, which was launched by the Federal Government in October 2019, had yielded fruits, with the spate of return of stolen Nigerian antiquities from around the world.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has renewed calls for the repatriation of all looted Nigerian artefacts, while also commending those countries that have returned such antiquities. In a statement issued in Abuja, yesterday, to mark the 2021 International Museum Day, Mohammed appealed to Nigerians, especially the elite, to join the ongoing campaign to repatriate all looted Nigerian artefacts. He said the campaign for the repatriation of looted artefacts, which was launched by the Federal Government in October 2019, had yielded fruits, with the spate of return of stolen Nigerian antiquities from around the world.
A NORTH Yorkshire brick maker has played a pivotal role in the creation of a new library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. York Handmade Brick Company, based at Alne, near Easingwold, supplied more than 300,000 bricks for the £17 million building at the historic college. The contract is worth £300,000 for York Handmade, one of the leading independent brickmakers in the UK. David Armitage, chairman of York Handmade, said: “It was a tremendous honour to be asked to provide our bricks for such a prestigious project. Magdalene has a rich cultural heritage and this stunning new building reflects this. “The finished building is absolutely magnificent and provides a wonderful place for Magdalene students to work. It is one of our flagship projects over the past few years and we are proud of what we have achieved.
May 16, 2021 Fig 1: Bampton Castle, now called Ham Court, from the south-west, seen across the waters of the moat. The gatehouse and the short section of wall are all that survive of the medieval stone defences. Credit: Paul Highnam / Country Life
Bampton Castle was an ambitious castle in the Cotswolds area that languished in obscurity after it was left unfinished in the early 14th century though several hundred years later it became Ham Court, Oxfordshire, and is now the home of Matthew Rice. Edward Impey investigates the remarkable story of this building and its recent revival; photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
What does wine aged in space taste like? Experts weigh in on the ultra-rare £700,000 bottle
A bottle of Pomerol that spent over a year in space is being offered for private sale at Christie s - this is what it tastes like
16 May 2021 • 4:00pm
The rare wine, being sold with a comparison bottle of ‘terrestrial’ Petrus 2000, decanter, glasses, and a corkscrew made from a piece of meteorite
Credit: Christie s Images Ltd. 2021
Buzz Aldrin took communion when he landed on the moon in 1969, sipping wine from a silver cup that he kept in his “personal preference” kit. Russian cosmonauts also enjoyed a sharpener during those early days of space travel, when they were given Cognac rations onboard Mir to “stimulate their immune system,” according to Chris Carberry’s book