Gruesome tales of human body parts, including a mug made out of a skull, usually belong in the horror section of bookshops, not the council chamber. It's just that someone, more specifically, the Australian Government, would like the return of some historic finds, donated to Brighton Museum in 1925. Brighton & Hove City Council bosses agreed to return four items - two skulls and two thigh bones - but were reluctant to return the cranium cup. Makes the 'John Lewis list' for MPs seem positively wholesome, doesn't it? Why hang on to something that creepy? The distinction, we learn, between the items being returned and the noggin beaker is that the latter was not intended for burial.
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