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The rogues' gallery features 66 male convicts who were arrested in the late 1800s for thefts including pick-pocketing, rape, house-breaking and bicycle theft.
The great temple to Athena has emerged from the vicissitudes of earthquakes, war, looting and rebuilding to be caught up in a monumental restitution debate
From ill-thought renovation schemes to the latest row over the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles, this is not the first time the British Museum reckons with a custodianship crisis.
A rare treasure trove of original sketches by DC Thomson artists, including an early Oor Wullie, will go under the hammer tomorrow.
Britain’s ownership of the Parthenon Sculptures has caused controversy since they were first brought to London in the early 1800s. Keen to keep the Greeks onside, the debate became highly charged during the Second World War.