GHOSTS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Sub-titled 'A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects', this is an absorbingly creepy travelogue through the corridors, tunnels and basements of our most famous cultural repository. The British Museum becomes a haunted prison filled with imperial plunder and restless spirits clamouring for attention in this heady cocktail of history and folklore. You may come for the delicious ghost stories but stay for a complete takedown of the British Museum project. 'What if the British Museum isn't a carefully ordered cross section of history but is in instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot - swarming with volatile and errant spirits?' When writer and artist Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum, he had to find out more. Staff old and new from overnight security to respected curators brought him testimonies of their supernatural encounters. It became clear that the disturbances were related to the Museum's contents - unquiet objects, holy plunder, and restless human remains protesting their stay within cabinets and deep underground vaults. Chapters include When You Play A Violin The Violin Retains Your Energy, Who Runs Sutton Hoo?, Songs of a Murky Prison and The Enlightenment Gallery's Vault Door among them. A blend of paranormal pop-culture, folklore and hauntology and history that blows away the dust. 232pp.