Waverley paddle steamer marks 80th anniversary since launch

BBC Scotland Friday 02 October 2026, 13:33 UTC 1 min read

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The Waverley passed through London's Tower Bridge as part of the anniversary voyage on the Thames.

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The exhibition includes 10 national treasures and official Korean designations recognising their cultural importance, with most exhibits drawn from the collection of late Samsung billionaire Lee Kun-Hee. Long before K-pop filled stadiums and Korean films won global acclaim, the peninsula’s artists were casting temple bells, shaping delicate ceramics and capturing mountains in ink. That older cultural world takes centre stage in ‘Korea’, the British Museum’s first major exhibition on Korean...

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Waverley paddle steamer marks 80th anniversary since launch

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