Chair resigns from Royal Museums Greenwich after minister’s refusal to reappoint Dr Aminul Hoque

The chair of an influential museum group has resigned after an academic whose work calls for “decolonising” the curriculum was dropped from the board, amid reports of a government-sanctioned culture war.

Sir Charles Dunstone, the founder of Carphone Warehouse, reportedly resigned from the Royal Museums Greenwich board after the culture secretary refused to reappoint trustee Dr Aminul Hoque, an education academic at Goldsmiths, University of London.

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