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? www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...

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

"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. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...

From Athens' museums to the plight of the Parthenon Marbles. Anyone visiting Athens needs to also visit the Acropolis Museum. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #acropolismuseum #athensgreece

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) 👇 www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...

Food for thought - thank you Stuart O'Hara for words and wisdom. www.parthenonuk.com/news/article... #reunitetheparthenonmarbles #museums #makingadifference

And to read @dominicwexler.bsky.social excellent article: Whose marbles? Britain, Greece, and the Parthenon, www.parthenonuk.com/component/co... #reunitetheparthenonmarbles #timeisnow #TellTheStory

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.

"My belief is that TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE." Victoria Hislop, author and BCRPM member speaking at Portcullis House last week. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #reunitetheparthenonmarbles #timeisnow #tellthestory

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. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... @the-independent.com

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!

"....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 www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...

"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 www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...

Reasons not to reunite the #ParthenonMarbles become part of the cultural rational of The Great British PAC. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... "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

Stone of Destiny, John Major, the Parthenon Marbles and restitution in the 90's www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #reunitetheparthenonmarbles #BCRPM

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. www.youtube.com/@comitesuiss... #tellthestory #timesisnow #reunitetheparthenonmarbles

“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 www.parthenonuk.com/news/article... #acropolismuseum #ancienteleutherna #museums

"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) www.parthenonuk.com/news/article... #museums #internationalaw #repatriation

Cultural cooperation between Italy & Greece continues, as does Italy's support for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #internationalrelations #greeceanditaly #reunitetheparthenonmarbles

BCRPM urges the British Museum to tell the true story www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #museums #narratives #culturalheritage

"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 www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #museum #culturalheritage

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.

"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/...

Talismanic? O dear .... innovative partnerships yes please! Dr Cullinan whatever you do and whatever UK government does too, just send those #ParthenonMarbles to Athens to rejoin their other halves in the superlative #AcropolisMuseum, the time is now! #reunitetheparthenonmarbles

thank you Victoria for your support over the these years and especially at the BM protests.....memorable occasions, here's to the reunification! #reunitetheparthenonmarbles #tmeisnow #TellTheStory

Friday 20 June, the Acropolis Museum celebrates its 16th anniversary! www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...

The Marbles, a documentary by filmmaker and Stirling 900 awardee David Nicholas Wilkinson, has been announced as the opening film for the 2025 edition of Central Scotland Documentary Festival (CSDF). www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #documentary #themarbles #reunitetheparthenonmarbles

moral responsibility and the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, @bcrpm.bsky.social #parthenon #acropolis #acropolismuseum

*In 2021, UNESCO voted in its Committee for promoting the return of cultural property that Greece’s claim is “legitimate and rightful”. #victoriahislop #BCRPM #reunitetheparthenonmarble www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...

Janet Suzman, Chair of BCRPM is puzzled by the naivete of some of the statements in the Daily Mail online article www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #moralresponsibility #reunitetheparthenonmarbles #BCRPM

Like minded folks see merit in reuniting the Parthenon Marbles. Plenty of scope for the #BritishMuseum to reimagine a world class museum without the Parthenon Marbles impasse at the centre. Here's to hope, understanding, empathy and respect for #culturalheritage www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...

happy birthday Miriam!🎂🎉

England is behaving reprehensibly on this. As usual. Tone deaf bullshit. @bcrpm.bsky.social

Returning Marbles to their birthplace, Times Letters www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #reunitetheparthenonmarbles #timeisnow #TellTheStory #BCRPM

Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum in The Times Saturday Magazine: "Plans are taking shape. We'd love an innovative partnership with Greece." www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #nicholascullinan #britishmuseum #reunitetheparthenonmarbles

Emily Hauser, award-winning ancient historian and author, joins BCRPM www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #EmilyHauser #BCRPM #reunitethepathenonmarbles

Thank you Alberto Costa for trying but as ever the resistance in HOC is staggeringly out of step with the world of museology today. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #reunitetheparthenonmarbles #houseofcommons #museumact

I can’t wait to interview this legend. Please come @bcrpm.bsky.social

“The Seventh Commandment comes to mind: If you steal something you have to give it back,” he said in 2023 let’s remember how Pope Francis returned three Parthenon Marbles, apologised for residential schools, and committed to returning Indigenous artefacts from the Vatican collections✨

To hope, with prayers for Pope Francis and thanks for his magnanimous gesture in March 2023 for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... #popefrancis #reunitetheparthenonmarbles

Look what the Easter Bunny brought me! It’s @aestallings.bsky.social’s new book Frieze Frame: How Poets, Painters, and Their Friends Framed the Debate Around Elgin and the Marbles of the Parthenon 🏛️ I’m so excited!

Victoria's own special relationship with the British Museum began at school and she explains there were no foreign trips then but a trip to the British Museum was a journey to many exciting places. www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/... 1/1 #victoriahislop #BCRPM #telegraph

Today's TA NEA, UK correspondent Yannis Andritsopoulos talks to Wales' First Minister, and first female Minister. "The Parthenon Sculptures should be returned to Greece," said Minister, Eluned Morgan in an exclusive interview with the Greek daily newspaper. 1/1 #reunitetheparthenonmarbles

"My main motto at this time is one and only one: 'Return the Parthenon sculptures'. Bob McCabe, Philhellene photographer. Born in Chicago, the real turning point in Bob's life came in 1954 when he travelled to the #Greekislands & #Athens. www.lifo.gr/culture/phot... #reunitetheparthenonmarbles

From Apr 06, a children's virtual journey to the excavation underneath the #AcropolisMuseum! Imagination ✨ & observation 👀, with the guidance of the #archaeologist, help search 🔍 and gather the necessary clues 🧩 to aid the family from the past recover their favourite rooms and objects 🛏️ –. #museum

👏The Acropolis Museum participates in the 3rd Worship Music Festival 🏛️✨🎵 Sat April 13th: 5:00 pm Vassilis Tsitsanis , The Saint of Love, songs of Vassilis Tsitsanis with Byzantine music. Sun Apr 14th:5:30 & 7:30 PM, Oh My Sweet Spring. Vamos Orchestra , music by Mikis Theodorakis. 📷G. Kalkanidis

“The Marbles Must Go Home." R W, Proto Thema Eng Edition “In an era where we’re reassessing historical injustices—whether in racial issues, gender relations, or beyond—why shouldn’t we also rethink our past and return what isn’t ours? The Parthenon Marbles belong in Greece. No question about it.”

Today I'm writing about Mycenae, and stumbled across these lovely photos on @camunivmuseums.bsky.social website. They're from 1955, taken by Robert McCabe during an archaeological excavation of the ancient Bronze Age city museums.cam.ac.uk/story/mycena...

I’ll be helping the University of Birmingham Classics department celebrate its 125th birthday in June! 🎈🏛️