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I’m sorry, dear Greeks, but the Elgin Marbles simply must stay here

Yesterday I made my way in the crisp morning sunshine to the British Museum to gaze at the utter magnificence of the Elgin Marbles, the future of which have become a thorny topic again. In December we heard it was likely they were returning to Greece, this week they are…

Evening Standard

Artist asks British Museum to return Assyrian treasure to Iraq in swap

Sculptor Michael Rakowitz says he will give his fourth-plinth bull to Tate Modern if Iraq can share custody

The Guardian - UK

Struggle to reach deal in secret talks to return Elgin Marbles to Greece

Sources say two sides cannot agree on how much of the disputed artefacts should return to Athens and for how long

The Independent UK

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Who is Napier Marten? Father who made emotional appeal for daughter missing with baby

Napier Marten sent a heartfelt plea to his daughter to hand herself in

The Independent UK

Mother missing with newborn baby is part of aristocratic family with links to the Queen Mother

Constance Marten, who went missing after their vehicle broke down on the M61, is part of the Marten family who used to own Crichel estate in Dorset

The Independent UK

Lest we forget: our NHS crisis is the deadly legacy of George Osborne’s austerity

Excess deaths are the highest in 70 years. Everyone outside the Conservative party knows the cause – 13 years of underinvestment

The Guardian - UK

Full list of government departments and services due to be hit by civil servant strike on February 1

A huge number of public services are set to impacted when 100,000 civil servants walk out

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Greece has rejected the idea of a Parthenon Marbles ‘loan’ from the British Museum

THERE were reports last week that a deal between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon marbles could be close. It was said that talks were in “advanced stages” and the stones could begin moving “sooner rather than later”.

Evening Standard

Greek PM dashes hopes of swift return of Parthenon marbles

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday dismissed reports of an imminent repatriation of the Parthenon sculptures known in Britain as the Elgin marbles.

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Matt Hancock denies going to Turkey for a hair transplant

The ex-Health Secretary was spotted in Istanbul

Evening Standard

The Parthenon marbles: George Osborne wants to return the statues to Athens, but can he? A legal expert explains

George Osborne – former UK chancellor and now chair of trustees at the British Museum – is reported to have negotiated the repatriation of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon marbles to Athens.

The Conversation

Mother missing with newborn baby is part of aristocratic family with links to the Queen Mother

Constance Marten, who went missing after their vehicle broke down on the M61, is part of the Marten family who used to own Crichel estate in Dorset

The Independent UK

Stephen Fry calls for return of Parthenon marbles to Athens

Removing sculptures from Greece was like ‘removing Eiffel Tower from Paris’, says actor

The Guardian - UK

The best exhibitions in London this winter, from Chanel to Marina Abramović

It’s a fabulous season for art lovers...

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53% of public support sending Elgin Marbles back to Greece

The findings come amid reports that the British Museum has moved closer to a landmark deal with Athens that could see the artefacts returned

Daily Mirror

British Museum in 'constructive' talks with Greece over return of Elgin Marbles

The museum's chairman - former Tory austerity Chancellor George Osborne - has been engaged in negotiations over a possible deal with the Greek authorities for the 2,500-year-old cultural treasures

The Independent UK

Everything you need to know about the controversial Elgin Marbles

Rishi Sunak caught up in diplomatic row with Greece over the potential return of the artefacts

The Independent UK

British Museum confirms ‘constructive discussions’ with Greece on Elgin Marbles

The sculptures have been the subject of controversy over where they should be displayed.

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The Independent UK

Elgin Marbles could ‘soon be returned to Greece’ as part of ‘cultural exchange’

Current laws prevent British museums from legally giving away items considered national treasures.

Manchester Evening News

All the ancient artefacts the rest of the world wants back from the UK including the Elgin Marbles

There's been a lot of conversation about the return of these artefacts

The Independent UK

Detectorists who stole £3m worth of buried treasure ordered to repay £1.2m in three months

George Powell and Layton Davies were jailed for more than 18 years after failing to report their find and handing over just three ‘valueless’ coins out of a 1,100-year-old collection from the reign of King Alfred

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Hunter-Gatherer Social Relationships Carried Pottery-Making Techniques Far, Wide

Analysis of over 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites revealed that pottery-making methods spread great distances in a short amount of time due to social customs being passed down. Read on for details:

The Conversation

The 2,700-year-old rock carvings from when Nineveh was the most dazzling city in the world

Archaeologists in northern Iraq, working on the Mashki and Adad gate sites in Mosul that were destroyed by Islamic State in 2016, recently uncovered 2,700-year-old Assyrian reliefs. Featuring war scenes and trees, these rock carvings add to the bounty of detailed stone panels excavated from the 1840s onwards, many of…

Evening Standard

Germany returns 20 stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Germany ‘played a dark role’ in colonialism, the Foreign Minister said

The Guardian - UK

Germany returns 21 Benin bronzes to Nigeria – amid frustration at Britain

Artefacts looted in 19th century by UK soldiers and sold on, with many more still held by the British Museum

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