A London university has been blasted for its latest "woke" move after slapping a trigger warning on one of Sandro Botticelli's most iconic works.
Bosses at the University of Roehampton have cautioned students studying a module on medieval and Renaissance gods and heroes that some works they encounter will "contain nudity", including Botticelli's classical work Birth of Venus.
However, the university has defended its decision and claimed the warning is "part of good practice and common courtesy" to students.
Reacting to the warning on the artwork from the 1480s, broadcaster and commentator Christopher Biggins hit out at the "woke" authorities at the university for implementing such a warning.
Biggins fumed: "This is the Botticelli's Birth of Venus - this gets me incensed, this is unbelievable!
"Woke uni chiefs said this must be taken down, this must not be watched, you mustn't look at this."
Eamonn Holmes questioned "where is the offence" which warranted the trigger warning, Biggins responded: "You can see her belly button. Oh, and a little bit of her t*****s.
"It's a beautiful painting, there are lots of wonderful paintings that involve nudity - you can't suddenly say, now in 2025, you can't look at these."
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In agreement with Biggins, host Ellie Costello claimed there would be a need "to shut down every art gallery in the world" to remove nudity from paintings, which Biggins exclaimed: "Exactly! It's ridiculous."
Highlighting the rise of "censorship" in Britain, commentator Dawn Neesom delivered her verdict on the trigger warning.
She said: "The trigger warning is that this painting may involve nudity - well, it is a Botticelli, it is Venus, it's going to involve nudity.
"We are living in 1984 now, aren't we? Not literally the year, but the whole censorship thing. It's like groupthink - you must do this, you must do that, you can't have independent thought. You can't look at works of art in case you start thinking the wrong way.
"Compared to what you can see on Instagram too?"
Ellie then concluded: "It's just like, newsflash, classical paintings will probably have nudity in them!"
A spokesman said in a statement: "The University of Roehampton provides insight into course content prior to students accessing it as part of good practice and common courtesy, and to provide our students with freedom of choice."
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Bosses at the University of Roehampton have cautioned students studying a module on medieval and Renaissance gods and heroes that some works they encounter will "contain nudity", including Botticelli's classical work Birth of Venus.
However, the university has defended its decision and claimed the warning is "part of good practice and common courtesy" to students.
Reacting to the warning on the artwork from the 1480s, broadcaster and commentator Christopher Biggins hit out at the "woke" authorities at the university for implementing such a warning.
Biggins fumed: "This is the Botticelli's Birth of Venus - this gets me incensed, this is unbelievable!
"Woke uni chiefs said this must be taken down, this must not be watched, you mustn't look at this."
Eamonn Holmes questioned "where is the offence" which warranted the trigger warning, Biggins responded: "You can see her belly button. Oh, and a little bit of her t*****s.
"It's a beautiful painting, there are lots of wonderful paintings that involve nudity - you can't suddenly say, now in 2025, you can't look at these."
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In agreement with Biggins, host Ellie Costello claimed there would be a need "to shut down every art gallery in the world" to remove nudity from paintings, which Biggins exclaimed: "Exactly! It's ridiculous."
Highlighting the rise of "censorship" in Britain, commentator Dawn Neesom delivered her verdict on the trigger warning.
She said: "The trigger warning is that this painting may involve nudity - well, it is a Botticelli, it is Venus, it's going to involve nudity.
"We are living in 1984 now, aren't we? Not literally the year, but the whole censorship thing. It's like groupthink - you must do this, you must do that, you can't have independent thought. You can't look at works of art in case you start thinking the wrong way.
"Compared to what you can see on Instagram too?"
Ellie then concluded: "It's just like, newsflash, classical paintings will probably have nudity in them!"
A spokesman said in a statement: "The University of Roehampton provides insight into course content prior to students accessing it as part of good practice and common courtesy, and to provide our students with freedom of choice."
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