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The National Archives admitted it was presenting a view of Britain’s colonial history without “due impartiality” after it was accused by a retired history lecturer of anti-British bias in an exhibition at its Keeper’s Gallery, where it introduces visitors to historic moments covered by its 11 million records. The archive, based in Kew in west London, at first rejected a complaint by Tony Adler about a description of British colonialism as “profoundly oppressive” but agreed to reword the display after he appealed to the organisation’s chief executive. http://bit.ly/2BnctFB http://bit.ly/2BnctFB+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra