A former European Commission chief has urged Sir Keir Starmer to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece as a gesture to reset ...

The Elgin Marbles – and the debate over which country owns them – are in the spotlight yet again after Keir Starmer met with his Greek counterpart in Downing Street today. The artefacts ...

Talk of the return of the Elgin Marbles has reached new intensity, now being described as a political gesture not just to Greece but to the European community as a whole. Roger Michel, director of ...

Margaritas Schinas, a former European Commission vice-president, tells the Prime Minister to ‘open a new era of mutual ...

Roger Michel, director of the Institute for Digital Archaeology, in front of the real Elgin Marbles in the British Museum - Jeff Gilbert Few Greek myths have as many twists as the story of the ...

Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis The Chairman of the British Museum trustees is George Osborne, and he is thought to favour a long ...

Britain should return the controversial sculptures to reset relations with the EU, a former European commissioner has said ...

In 1801, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, took the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from Athens to England. Fifteen years later, he sold them to the British Museum, where they ...

A former adviser to the Greek government has told the BBC that a deal that could see the Parthenon Sculptures - also known as the Elgin Marbles - returned to Greece is "close." The Greek Prime ...

Stories in StoneDefenders of Lord Elgin argue that the removal of the marbles ensured their preservation. His critics point out that British attitudes to conservation were not always historically ...

The Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Sculptures, are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures that were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. These ...

George’s great-grandson King Charles III is known to have a keen interest in the fate of the Marbles, although he is unable to get personally involved in any diplomatic discussions. Elgin was ...