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Rishi Sunak must fight hard to stop a Labour win looking inevitable

Yesterday the Prime Minister and his Cabinet gathered at Chequers for a spot of truth-telling by Isaac Levido, their elections guru. There was to be no “sugarcoating” during Levido’s election strategy briefing, we were told. The presence at the large shiny mahogany table of the Conservatives’ embattled chairman Nadhim Zahawi…

Evening Standard

BP sponsorship of Royal Opera House ends after 33 years

Move leaves British Museum and Science Museum isolated as arts institutions with fossil fuel sponsors

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: London’s long-lost medieval palace recreated after 500 years

Medieval art investigator, Amanda Luyster, has managed to digitally reassemble most of a mosaic pavement design, originally created for use in the palace

The Independent UK

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Britain treasures the Parthenon marbles, but consider this: returned to Greece, could they be more valuable?

Politicians fear that handing back disputed items would asset-strip the British soul. The truth is, it might enrich us, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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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

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

Evening Standard

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

The Conversation

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 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 Guardian - UK

Stephen Fry calls for return of Parthenon marbles to Athens

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

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Evening Standard

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

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

Evening Standard

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.

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

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