Records released by Irish and British archives include details of a ‘republican’ artefact thief and a ‘radical’ UK proposal to hold asylum seekers on a Scottish island
The Greek friezes are not the only artefacts to end up in the British Museum in dubious circumstances
One obvious solution gets around the issue of ownership of the Parthenon sculptures put on display in the British Museum in 1832
Athens has repeatedly called on British Museum to return 2,500-year-old marbles removed from Parthenon temple in 1806
The British Museum and Greece’s prime minister are getting closer to a deal on returning the so-called Elgin Marbles to Athens. But key differences remain
James Cuno of the Getty Foundation says that antiquities belong to us all, not to the states where they happen to be, and that they should be universally accessible
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Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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