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‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis?

Beset by colonial controversy, difficult finances and the discovery of a thief on the inside, Britain’s No 1 museum is in deep trouble. Can it restore its reputation? By Charlotte Higgins. Read by Diveen Henry. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  From the archive: The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were f…

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  My mother, the racist

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  The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its a…

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  From the archive: Votes for children! Why we should lower the voting age t…

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  The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Wh…

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  It came from outer space: the meteorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul-de-…

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  From the archive: ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis…

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  Holidays in hell: summer camp with Russia’s forgotten children

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  The savage suburbia of Helen Garner: ‘I wanted to dong Martin Amis with a …

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  From the archive: Is society coming apart?

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  The Coventry experiment: why were Indian women in Britain given radioactiv…

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  My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It wa…

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  From the archive: The revolt against liberalism: what’s driving Poland and…

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  Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a du…

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  From the archive: The end of Atlanticism: has Trump killed the ideology th…