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Reckoning With Empire at Britain’s Imperial War Museum

All nations have an excess of history. But none more so than the nation-states that were once nation-empires. The 1960s ...
Observer

Afghanistan’s War Rugs Weave a Knotty History at the British Museum

War rugs blur the line between artifact and artwork, offering a form of vernacular expression that questions authorship, intention and audience. © The Trustees of ...
The New York Times

Looking Past the Gadgets, and Into Spies’ Minds

There are plenty of crowd-pleasing tools and weapons in a London exhibition about espionage. But spying is about more than cool stuff. By Rosa Lyster The critic Rosa Lyster saw “Spies, Lies and ...