News
Cheese rolling: an ancient Celtic rite?
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Another cheese roll and wake is behind us. Our UK correspondent, Liz Williams, reports from Cooper’s Hill and raises some hypothesized Celtic origins of the festival.
News
Pagan Community Notes: Week of June 5, 2023
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Vodou temple attacked in Haiti, Haystack monument vandalized, Hocus Pocus 3 announced, Events, and more news.
Arts & Culture
Following years of demand from climate activists, the British Museum cuts ties with BP
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Documents obtained through a freedom of information request indicate that the British Museum has ended its 27-year-long relationship with the oil company BP after years of campaigning by climate change activists.
Living
Pilgrimages: A Happy Accident Leads to Alaska
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Rounding the corner and seeing a vast glacier reminded me of how tiny we are as humans in comparison to the earth and its beauty.
Book Reviews
A Museum’s Worker Take on Repatriations
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Lyonel Perabo reviews “The Museum of Other People” by Adam Kuper and uses his experiences as a museum guide to consider the problems of repatriating artifacts and artworks.