“The Parthenon Marbles, widely believed to be one of the “most important collections of classical art in existence”, were stolen from the Acropolis of Athens in Greece, at the dawn of the 19th century, by an Englishman entrusted to serve as an ambassador…

“What’s changed this time is that the chair of the British Museum, George Osborne, has been willing to call Rishi Sunak out politically as well as ethically…”

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IMAGE: Visitors to the Acropolis Museum’s Parthenon Gallery experience the remaining works that form the magnificent frieze under the eternal gaze of the Parthenon. Photograph by Esther Anatolitis.