Daisy Dunn

The jaw-dropping story of the British Museum thefts

Plus: Ian McMillan finds the moon in a stray rubber band

The British Museum has launched legal proceedings against curator Peter Higgs, who was dismissed from his curatorial post pending the investigation. Photo: Leon Neal / Getty Images
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