An Art Not Oil protest at the British Museum in 2015 Art Not OilA British Museum trustee has resigned in protest against its sponsorship by BP. Ahdaf Soueif, 69, a novelist who joined the board in 2012 after she was approved by David Cameron, wrote in a blog for the London Review of Books that she had quit over issues that included the museum’s failure to take “a clear ethical position” on climate change and the legacy of colonialism. The author Ahdaf Soueif was a trustee for seven years JON ENOCH FOR THE TIMESShe said that she was frustrated by the board’s other 23 members’ unwillingness to respond to protests against the oil giant. “The public relations value the museum gives to BP is unique, but the sum of money BP gives the museum is not unattainable elsewhere. I can only think, therefore, that the museum, which has just reaffirmed its relationship…

Source: The Times July 16, 2019 23:00 UTC