The delicate diplomacy between France and the UK which resulted in the 230ft tapestry travelling to the UK for the exhibition ...

The Elgin Marbles could be loaned to Greece under a similar scheme to the one which brought the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK, ...

The UK Prime Minister had previously endorsed returning the contested sculptures, but walked back on his comments this summer ...

The British Museum has agreed to loan two marble fragments to the Liebieghaus exhibition, which recreates the east pediment ...

Andy Burnham has retreated from his longstanding calls for the so-called Elgin Marbles to return to Greece, now saying that ...

The Prime Minister had supported returning the sculptures, saying two years ago they should be shipped to Greece with 'no ...

In 2023, when he was mayor of greater Manchester, Burnham had expressed unequivocal support for returning the Parthenon ...

Greece on Friday blasted the British Museum’s unprecedented loan of one of the Elgin Marbles — Greek sculptures also known as the Parthenon Marbles that Athens wants returned to Greece — to a Russian ...

11:55, Tue, Jul 21, 2026 Updated: 11:59, Tue, Jul 21, 2026 Greece's decades-long campaign to secure the return of the iconic Elgin Marbles could face a dramatic new political reality following Andy ...

Dame Tracey Emin said she hoped France's loaning of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum will encourage the UK to share ...

I am a classical archaeologist who has devoted many years to studying Greece and ancient Greek culture. I also lived in Athens for four years, enjoying the warmth of both its weather and its people.