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Date: January 12, 2021 02:32PM
Beth Wrote:
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> Just saw a rerun of this in Antiques Road Show.
Interesting take on this show.
"There are much healthier approaches to archaeology and history on television. The popularity of programmes that dig up the past is terrific – and it has nothing to do with dosh. The Time Team don't hold a car boot sale at the end and sell off the stuff they have found. But Antiques Roadshow is an advert for a sleazy industry. The antiques business prospers by turning heritage and culture into a racket. It turns us all into money-grasping cynics who would sell Magna Carta, given half a chance."
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/oct/11/hatred-antiques-roadshow-jonathan-jones