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Category Archives: Riesco Collection
Council report admits overwhelming opposition to Riesco sale
This is how “consultation” operates in Tory-run Croydon Council. The council had its hand forced (through questions by Inside Croydon) to admit that it had already off-loaded 24 pieces of precious china to a posh West End auction house and … Continue reading
Arts Council finds cracks in Croydon’s crockery sale scam
Croydon Council’s secret scheme to flog off parts of the publicly owned Riesco Collection of ancient China and ceramics – first revealed by Inside Croydon – might yet end up costing the council millions. That is the implicit threat, of … Continue reading
Sotheby’s spotted surveying remainder of Riesco collection
A little bird has been in touch with Inside Croydon Towers to tell us that a couple of big buzzards, vultures even, have been seen hovering around what’s left of the Riesco Collection at the Museum of Croydon. Spotted one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Council, Education, History, Riesco Collection
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hong Kong, London, London Borough of Croydon, Museum of Croydon, Sotheby, Tory
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Riesco family opposes “unethical” china collection sale
The influential Museums Association and members of the Riesco family have added their voices to the condemnations of Croydon Council’s proposal to flog off some of the most valuable items from the publicly owned and priceless Riesco Collection of ancient … Continue reading
Is Croydon on the brink with £1 billion borough debt?
Four articles and announcements have appeared in the past few days, all apparently unconnected. Yet if the strands of the four stories are drawn together, they illustrate how badly run is Croydon Council, negligently wasting vast sums of public money … Continue reading
Priceless: Nailing the council’s lies over Riesco sale
HAMIDA ALI sets the record straight on some of the deceits and outright untruths put forward by Croydon Council leader Mike Fisher and others to try to justify flogging off the borough’s heritage To quote Indiana Jones – it belongs … Continue reading
Gone to pots: Protest against Riesco sell-off gathers pace
In just two days, 100 people, all angered by the council’s secret plans to flog off the Riesco Collection, have signed a petition to protest this latest piece of cultural vandalism in Croydon. Inside Croydon last week exposed the deceit … Continue reading
Residents called to attend Council Question Time: June 3
Residents and community groups angered at some of Croydon Council’s latest outrageous decisions are planning to gather in numbers to put senior Conservative cabinet members under intense pressure at a “Council Question Time” event in Addiscombe on Monday night. Council … Continue reading
Croydon’s secret plan to flog £13m-worth of Riesco Collection
Maybe someone at Croydon Council does have a sense of irony, however twisted. Because no sooner is a local antiques dealer installed as the borough’s Mayor, than it emerges that Croydon’s Conservative-run council is secretly trying to flog off two … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, History, Margaret Mead, Riesco Collection, Theatre, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Arts Council, Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Hall, London, London Borough of Croydon
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