angela billings

Culture obsessed

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Great encouragement to the @nationaltrust from @EasternEye for illuminating colonial history & standing by our report, an audit of peer reviewed research on country houses & empire. This work is right to pursue and widely appreciated
https://t.co/ZrzvMPYquI

[Hope Mill Theatre @hopemilltheatre]

This is your reminder that Head Over Heels opens in just 2 days time!!
Have you got your tickets?

Get up and get your tickets now 💘
🎟️ https://t.co/jI0dViUW8a

[angela billings @sparkledust09]

Always a pleasure to chat to you @jon_sleigh . Can’t wait to read this much needed book 👏🏾

[angela billings @sparkledust09]

@cultureand_ @ace_national Best day ever!

[Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni]

Today, the University of Cambridge is sharing research into its historical connections to slavery.

Read the summary, a response from the Vice-Chancellor, and our plans for creating a Cambridge Legacies of Enslavement Fund.

[angela billings @sparkledust09]

@prm_laurita @Pitt_Rivers 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Laura Van Broekhoven @prm_laurita]

“On 7 January 2022, @Pitt_Rivers received a claim from NCMM, for the return of 97 objects… On 20 June 2022, the council of the University of Oxford considered and supported the claim for the return to Nigeria of the 97 objects. Now being submitted to Charity Commission.”

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

Last night I became a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. At the same time @bernardineevaristo made history by becoming president of The Royal Society of Literature.

Photo taken yesterday as I presided over a degree ceremony at @officialuom by Ben Paulden .

[angela billings @sparkledust09]

Most excellent !@profdanhicks @cultureand_

[angela billings @sparkledust09]

@CesareCuzzola @LeicsMusStud @RSMuseumStudies Congratulations @CesareCuzzola 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[*Svetlana @SvetlanaL26]

So incredibly happy for our @cultureand_ Chair Miranda Lowe @NatHistGirl who has been awarded a CBE for services to Science Communication and to Diversity in Natural History in the Queen’s Birthday Honours today 🥳🥳🥳

[angela billings @sparkledust09]

Huge congratulations to all award winners @museum_forum - courage is what is needed

[Pitt Rivers Museum @Pitt_Rivers]

Awarded by @museum_forum, The Kenneth Hudson Award for Institutional Courage & Professional Integrity celebrates museum practices that challenge common perceptions of the role & responsibilities of museums in society. See all tonight's winners & awards at https://t.co/kcE8WQH4Qj

[angela billings @sparkledust09]

@RSMuseumStudies @cultureand_ @LeicsMusStud @uniofleicester @CesareCuzzola @UniOfLeics_EDI @LeicesterCSSAH So lovely to meet you all in person , I’d temporarily forgotten that people don’t stop at the waist! 😂

[Tortoise @tortoise]

On 10 February, join us for a ThinkIn on the controversy surrounding the true ownership of the 'Elgin Marbles'.

Should the UK agree to return them to Greece, what other antiquities would need to be considered for repatriation?

Book your place here:

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

@PrivateEyeNews Watch all the cringe-inducing best bits here: https://t.co/aYDfekXr2y

[Tortoise @tortoise]

At the first @KITEFstvl taking place in June, we’ll be hearing ideas from @DalrympleWill and @DavidOlusoga.

Join these two powerhouse historians as they share their ideas on the end of history.

Book your place here 👇

[angela billings @sparkledust09]

@prm_laurita Laura, I am so very sorry to hear of your loss he sounded like an amazing presence in your life and the lives of your children. I am holding you , your mum and family in my thoughts as you travel through this difficult time together ❤️

[Normal Island News @NormalIslandNws]

BREAKING: You will be astonished to hear the quarantine hotel for Heathrow which reportedly charges people 5x over the odds for crappy food is owned by a Tory donor x

[Pitt Rivers Museum @Pitt_Rivers]

Find out more about the 'Devolving Restitution' series sponsored by @Pitt_Rivers, @OpenSociety and hosted by @AFFORD_UK at https://t.co/jAt1167Wvl