Radio 4’s new film show is a winner; a close brush with Rubens works a treat; plus the compelling case for the return of museum artefacts a long way from home
The History of the World in 100 ObjectsUnfiltered History TourThe episode I heard, which discusses what the west calls “the Easter Island heads”, and what the Rapa Nui islanders call moai – it means living faces, was touching and exceptionally interesting. The British Museum has a prized moai called Hoa Hakananai’a, taken from Rapa Nui by British explorers in 1868. We heard from islanders Sergio Mata’u Rapu and Tarita Alarcón Rapu, who are working to get Hoa Hakananai’a back.
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