Jill Hope

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BOROUGH COUNCIL LOSES ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS after sale of Egyptian statue

by Jill Hope on 2 August, 2014

TWO MUSEUMS IN NORTHAMPTON have lost their accreditation status as a result of the Tory Council Leader David Macintosh’s decision to “sell the family silver”.

Macintosh sold the priceless 4,000 year old Sekhemka Egyptian statue to a private collector for £16m to “help fund an extension to the town’s museum”.
Read the BBC’s report here.

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