As rumours about talks to repatriate the Elgin Marbles to Greece resurface, we get two experts to make the case for and against their return.

On May 22, 2025, the government of the United Kingdom signed the much-discussed treaty transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, which included a lease agreement for the ...

The Parthenon Sculptures (AKA Elgin Marbles) were removed from the Acropolis in Greece between 1801 and 1805 at the instruction of the 7th Earl of Elgin. Although this was a different era, it wasn’t ...

George Osborne is negotiating a 'reciprocal loan deal' that would send the Elgin Marbles back to Greece.. The former chancellor, now the chairman of the British Museum, is understood to be ...

There is no question that the British Museum purchased the collection legally from Lord Elgin, who had acquired it with the full permission of the authorities. Elgin had not at first intended to ...

The Elgin Marbles were legally acquired by the British Museum through an Act of Parliament in 1816, after the British government purchased them from Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador to the ...

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Classiness and classicism combined at this afternoon’s Brunello Cucinelli presentation in Milan. Classy touches included a ...