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British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles
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Founded in 1983, the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM) are a group of British people who having considered the case for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, strongly support it. www.parthenonuk.com
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Reputation Lost: The Duveen Cleaning Scandal.
Against reunification, retentionists appeal to the British Museum's storied commitment to preserving the Parthenon Marbles. In reality, it's a fiction. Their record is disqualifying. @dominicwexler.bsky.social dominicwexler.substack.com/p/a-reputati...
A Reputation Lost: The Duveen Cleaning Scandal.
Against reunification, retentionists appeal to the British Museum's storied commitment to preserving the Parthenon Marbles. In reality, it's a fiction. Their record is disqualifying.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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"The Parthenon Sculptures are not simply works of art. They are irreplaceable, ancient, cultural treasures, part of world heritage and of global significance." Victoria Hislop, author & member of BCRPM.
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#reunitetheparthenonmarbles #juscause #timeisnow
When Barbie met the Parthenon Marbles
Last Saturday the Parthenon Sculptures were used as a backdrop for a Barbie party. Was this a deliberate insult to the Greek treasures? Or...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Michael Gove, once one of the most powerful figures in UK government, serving as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, added with a wry aside: “It would be great not only to have a deal on the Elgin Marbles, but also one on the Rolling Stones as well.”
Seriously?
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Britain's cultural ties with Europe and Michael Gove on the Parthenon Marbles
"At a Spectator event in London (Tuesday27/8), I asked Paymaster General Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister responsible for the UK’s relationship with the E
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August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The Parthenon today, in front of a beautiful sunrise! 🌅 🏛️ But did you know that this Classical temple for Athena was later converted into a church and then mosque? Join us on Sat 18th October to learn more about its fascinating history!
#athensarchaeologyfestival #aaf2025 #archaeologybluesky #greece
A view of the Parthenon with a sunrise behind
August 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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"We can’t give things away, but there is nothing preventing us from sharing the collection. I think you have to focus on what’s possible, rather than arguing over what you could try and make happen." Dr Nicholas Cullinan talking to Daniel García López, El País.

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Dr Nicholas Cullinan's interview with El País and the British Museum's collection partnerships.
Daniel García López, El País conversation with the British Museum's Director, Dr Nicholas Cullinan. Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum: "We
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August 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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From Athens' museums to the plight of the Parthenon Marbles. Anyone visiting Athens needs to also visit the Acropolis Museum.
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#acropolismuseum #athensgreece
From Athens' museums to the plight of the Parthenon Marbles. Anyone visiting Athens needs to also vi
Marialena Perpiraki writes in The Collector:' With more than 70 museums across the city, Athens has been a cultural hub for millennia. Here are seven of th
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August 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Time for a documentary. Time for the reunification of the #ParthenonMarbles and we do need as many visits as possible to: www.imdb.com/title/tt1273...
With thanks to Evdoxia Lymperi, the UK Senior Correspondent for the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) 👇
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The Marbles, a documentary by David Wilkinson. An exclusive interview on ERT for the trailer.
Evdoxia Lymperi's exclusive news report aired on the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), which included the world premiere of the official trailer for
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August 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Food for thought - thank you Stuart O'Hara for words and wisdom.

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#reunitetheparthenonmarbles #museums #makingadifference
August 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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And to read @dominicwexler.bsky.social excellent article: Whose marbles? Britain, Greece, and the Parthenon, www.parthenonuk.com/component/co...

#reunitetheparthenonmarbles #timeisnow #TellTheStory
Whose marbles? Britain, Greece, and the Parthenon
By natural law it is just that no one should be enriched by another's loss or injury.1- Sextus Pomponius, Roman Jurist.2           At Aôthen, through our
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August 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Happy to discover the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles @bcrpm.bsky.social is on Bluesky! Can't believe I didn't search earlier.

It's about time I started writing again to raise awareness and combat anti-reunification propaganda.

We can't let the new Verres win.
August 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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"My belief is that TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE." Victoria Hislop, author and BCRPM member speaking at Portcullis House last week.

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#reunitetheparthenonmarbles #timeisnow #tellthestory
Closing the Elgin Chapter, Portcullis House Event with Stephen Fry.
On Wednesday 16 July, an event was organised by Andrew George, the Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives. The event was entitled 'Closing the Elgin Chapter.' At
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July 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Seemingly social media posts played a role in determining the final result. With the 'No' side ultimately prevailed and the tone of what was written, speaks for itself.

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The Independent 'poll'
RE: the recent “Poll” conducted by The Independent newspaper asking readers whether the Parthenon Marbles should  1) Yes - they were never ours to keep or
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July 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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visited Acropolis museum last year, modern, amazing, breathtaking! explained their history, background & who stole them. Marbles are in excellent display condition there with gaps for the stolen pieces eventual return. Absolutely no excuse for not returning them to their rightful home!
July 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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"....amending the existing legislation in a narrow way to allow our national museums to return permanently certain artifacts to their country of origin on a case-by-case basis." The Earl of Clancarty ‪@houseoflords.parliament.uk‬

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Parthenon Sculptures: Return Volume 847: debated on Wednesday 16 July 2025, House of Lords
The Earl of Clancarty  My Lords, there is a case for amending the existing legislation in a narrow way to allow our national museums to return permanently
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July 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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"My initial reaction to the letter signed by Liz Truss and Co I have already commented upon thus: it is an intervention met with a certain wry amusement by the BCRPM." Janet Suzman, DBE, Chair of BCRPM

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BCRPM suggest anti-reunification campaigner, get their facts right
My initial reaction to the letter signed by Liz Truss and Co I have already commented upon thus: it is an intervention met with a certain wry amusement by
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July 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Reasons not to reunite the #ParthenonMarbles become part of the cultural rational of The Great British PAC.
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"Question why UK’s national museums remain unable to make permanent returns of stolen cultural objects on a case-by-case basis." @profdanhicks.bsky.social‬
A hard-right lobby group, the Great British Pac, calls for an end to any negotiations to return the
"A letter, exclusively obtained by Sky News, suggests legal action could be taken to prevent the UK government and British Museum from future negotiations
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July 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Stone of Destiny, John Major, the Parthenon Marbles and restitution in the 90's

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Stone of Destiny, John Major, the Parthenon Marbles and restitution in the 90's
'The return of the Stone of Destiny to Scotland would herald a spate of restitution claims, civil servants warned in the 1990s, as they criticised John Maj
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July 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Prof Godart speaking here, emphasising how the Parthenon sculptures represent world culture at its very height.
Film was produced in 2013 by the Swiss Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.
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#tellthestory #timesisnow #reunitetheparthenonmarbles
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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“Archaic elites: Warriors and princesses”, a new exhibition at the Acropolis Museum

29 June – 19 October 2025

Ancient Eleutherna: this city, this place it’s a myth. Professor Nikolaos Chr. Stampolidis

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#acropolismuseum #ancienteleutherna #museums
“Archaic elites: Warriors and princesses”, a new exhibition at the Acropolis Museum
“Archaic elites: Warriors and princesses” 9th – 5th cent. BC Museum of ancient Eleutherna 29 June – 19 October 2025 Professor Nikolaos Chr. Stampolidis
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June 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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"A request for repatriation should not be confused with a request for a loan or a partnership. These are entirely different things."

Catharine Titi, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

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#museums #internationalaw #repatriation
Museums and the Spoils of Empire: From the Benin Bronzes to Those Marbles Again
Museums and the Spoils of Empire: From the Benin Bronzes to Those Marbles Again Catharine Titi French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) T
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June 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Cultural cooperation between Italy & Greece continues, as does Italy's support for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.

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#internationalrelations #greeceanditaly #reunitetheparthenonmarbles
Cultural cooperation between Italy & Greece continues, as does Italy's support for the reunification
'Italy returns 145 Ancient Greek coins and supports the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles' is the headline in Proto Thema. Italy has announced the re
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June 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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BCRPM urges the British Museum to tell the true story

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#museums #narratives #culturalheritage
BCRPM urges the British Museum to tell the true story
I‘ve found amongst the general public, and more surprisingly among those who one expects to  know better, that there persists a vaguely formed belief that
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June 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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"The Acropolis Museum is not just a museum; it is the home for the protection and celebration of the Acropolis and Parthenon’s treasures."

Acropolis Museum Director, Nikolaos Stampolidis

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#museum #culturalheritage
The Acropolis Museum’s record visitor numbers
From January 2023 to December 2024, the Acropolis Museum recorded 3,904,768 visitors, according to data released during a recent presentation covering its
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June 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Wonderful that Prof. Kevin #Featherstone, formerly head of the very influential @ho-centre.bsky.social and now Chair of the Anglo-Hellenic League, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to “academia and UK/Greece relations”. Warm congratulations to Kevin. Άξιος, άξιος.
June 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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"I was usefully reminded of the language BCRPM adopted in the early 2000s: that nationalism is a political concept, and culture an ethnic one, as per @unesco.org's ‬pledge that ethnic groups have the right to enjoy the fruits of their culture." Stuart O'Hara www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...
An event held in London with a panel discussion to rethink a UK-Greece cultural partnership as the B
Rethinking a United Kingdom-Greece cultural partnership within the British Museum’s “reimagination”: What next for the Parthenon Sculptures?” An event host
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June 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM