During the launch at the British Museum of 'Africa 05', a nationwide festival of the continent, the museum's director, Neil MacGregor, said, 'I have always thought of the British Museum as the other World Service.' That he should see a link between the British Broadcasting Corporation's World Service radio channel, which broadcasts to everywhere, and the museum, which exhibits artefacts from everywhere, was not coincidental. For 'Africa 05', which includes not only exhibitions at the ...