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BBC News
29-05-2025
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Hereford museum talk is 'woke virtue-signalling'
A Ledbury town councillor has claimed an event to chart the direction of Hereford's new £18m museum and gallery will be an exercise in "woke virtue-signalling".The free event by Herefordshire Council's museums and galleries department, called Contentious Narratives, will look at how museums should respond to fake news and misinformation, at the History Store on 7 Ewen Sinclair said the organisers would "tell people what to think", as he hit out at the event in a post on a council spokesman said: "In the upcoming session, we won't be telling people what to think." The lottery-funded session was to give people "the chance to understand how we're approaching the redevelopment of the museum, not just what the plans are, but the thinking, values, and principles behind them", he head of Herefordshire museums and galleries, Damian Etheraads, said the discussion would help shape displays based on what matters to work is due to begin shortly on the Broad Street museum. Sinclair's post said: "Herefordshire Council are funding an event to have an 'open' discussion, then the organiser will tell you what to think."He is going to discuss 'fake' news and 'misinformation'. Anyone who says disinformation and misinformation, is probably lying."In February, Sinclair was rebuked by Herefordshire Council's standards panel over an altercation with a was the third time he was found in breach of the town councillors' code of conduct since being elected in 2021. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
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Councillor hits out at ‘woke' 'fake news' event
This story is only available to Hereford Times subscribers. Click here to find out why and how to subscribe for exclusive stories. A Herefordshire town councillor has claimed an event to chart the direction of Hereford's new museum will be an exercise in 'woke virtue-signalling'. The latest in a series of events put on by Herefordshire Council's museums and galleries department, 'Contentious narratives' will 'invite local people to discuss how museums should respond to fake news, misinformation and contested histories'. The department's head Damian Etheraads said it would question 'how can we present complex or controversial subjects with integrity, resisting harmful ideologies without becoming dogmatic'. RELATED NEWS: Hereford protest in High Town: Great British National Strike Complaint over Herefordshire town councillor behaviour Councillors 'fail to attend or prepare for' key meetings This will help shape displays in the city's new £18-million museum and art gallery in Broad Street, on which building work is due to begin shortly, 'based on what matters to our communities', he added. But Coun Ewen Sinclair of Ledbury posted on Facebook: Herefordshire Council are funding an event to have an 'open' discussion, then the organiser will tell you what to think. He is going to discuss 'fake' news and 'misinformation'. Anyone who says disinformation and misinformation, is probably lying. Unfortunately I can't be there but can people please attend to question this self promoting, virtue signalling, woke and aggrandising individual. Who is squandering the Council Tax you pay. A council spokesperson said the public assembly is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of its package to support the museum and gallery project. What are your thoughts? You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by clicking here. Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence. 'Their aim is to give Herefordshire people the chance to understand how we're approaching the redevelopment of the museum; not just what the plans are, but the thinking, values, and principles behind them,' they said. 'In the upcoming session we won't be telling people what to think.' OTHER NEWS: No takers for mayor role after town council's 'difficult year' Anger as £25K spent on study to boost town's tourism Victory in builder's battle to keep living in caravan The event is being held at the History Store, the council's museums repository in Friars Street, Hereford, on Saturday June 7. It is free to attend with no booking required. In February Coun Sinclair was formally rebuked by Herefordshire Council's standards panel over an altercation with a resident. He claimed at the time that the council 'are trying to cancel me'. This was third time he was found in breach of the town councillors' code of conduct since being elected unopposed to Ledbury West parish ward in October 2021.
BBC News
09-03-2025
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Herefordshire museums get cash for climate change activities
Funding for activities designed to provoke discussions about climate change and the planet has been awarded to museums in awards of £3,000 and £2,000 will be spent on activities that engage people and encourage them to join in the conversation about the "huge effects" of climate change and people's "impact on our natural world", Damian Etheraads museum and art gallery lead at Herefordshire Council said competition for the grants was extremely tough and staff were "thrilled".He said the funding would allow them to connect with people in new ways around the subject. The £3,000 award from the Natural History Museum's Fixing our Broken Planet programme will be used to work with young people and create an exhibition looking at the impact of climate change locally that will run from this August to March next the £2,000 award is being spent on activities in Malvern in June to raise awareness about an event taking place this year, which is planned to inspire wonder for the natural world and spark a climate change Herds is a worldwide project that will see more than 100 life-sized animal puppets being taken on a journey of 20,000km across Africa and Europe between April and are two UK destinations for the procession, in London and Manchester. The actual procession will not visit Herefordshire. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
08-03-2025
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Hereford: Feel the weight of history with Viking hoard replicas
The public can find out how a Viking hoard feels when replicas of the treasure, discovered in Herefordshire, are made available for close-up actual hoard, found 10 years ago, is on display at a museum in Hereford, although only part of it may be viewed as some items are is because the men who made the find sold items to dealers instead of reporting their discovery. The Museum Resource and Learning Centre said the replicas - which may be inspected on Saturday - felt and weighed exactly the same as the objects in the glass cases. Herefordshire Hoard consists of artefacts including a gold arm bangle with an animal head clasp, a crystal pendant encased in gold, a gold octagonal ring, and a silver ingot, along with 29 silver Herefordshire Museum Service said it was "one of the most significant Viking treasures ever discovered in Western Britain".The county's head of museums Damian Etheraads said being able to touch items would hopefully give visitors a better appreciation of that which was buried in the ninth century."What you don't get when you see them in the cases is a sense of the weight of these things," he explained. Four people involved in the concealment of the hoard were jailed in 2019, and the hunt for the missing items museum estimates they may have included up to 300 coins, with a value of anywhere between £3m and £ at the weekend will learn about the hoard's discovery and the police investigation into its hands-on sessions, which have to be pre-booked, last for 90 Etheraads said more monthly events to show off the hoard were planned, including an "ask the expert" session next month. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
