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A new Greek revolution for the Parthenon Sculptures


With the spirit of the Greek Revolution of 1821 in our hearts and minds, Elly Symons, Co-Founder of the Acropolis Research Group and Vice President of the Australian Parthenon Committee, met with the Greek Culture Minister, Dr Lina Mendoni, to discuss the Parthenon Sculptures campaign.
Recent comments by British PM Boris Johnson and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden continue to highlight the British side’s intransigence. This stonewalling continues to frustrate Hellenes and Philhellenes the world over.
For many years the British position resorted to various straw-man arguments, the most obvious one being that there was ‘nowhere to display them’. This argument was of course rendered otiose with the opening of the sublime Acropolis Museum which beautifully displays the extant half of the sculptures. In London, the other half remain isolated and decontextualized in the gloomy confines of the British Museum’s Duveen Gallery. ....

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The fascinating story of Britain's 'first black aristocrat'


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Lady Mansfield continued: He asked his uncle Lord Mansfield if he would take her into his household and bring her up. And she was brought up in Kenwood House in Hampstead by her great uncle and great aunt.
The 1st Earl of Mansfield, William Murray, was Lord Chief Justice and the most admired judge in 18th-century Britain. His name by this time was linked with the rights of slaves and he was a campaigner for greater racial equality. 
Belle was raised by Lord Mansfield and his wife, Elizabeth Murray, alongside their great niece, Lady Elizabeth Murray, who is depicted alongside Belle in the portrait.   ....

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Confessions of a chatelaine: the stories behind Britain's poshest podcast


Confessions of a chatelaine: the stories behind Britain s poshest podcast
The Duchess of Rutland of Belvoir Castle and her fellow chatelaines discuss their unusual occupation and the challenges that come with it
20 February 2021 • 10:00am
The Duchess of Rutland, right, presents the show; her daughter Lady Violet Manners, left, is its executive producer
Credit:  Andrew Crowley
Earning your keep is that much harder when the “keep” is solid stone reality. Such is the challenge of the chatelaine, a woman in charge of a stately home. If you marry the heir to such a home, you will probably end up inheriting the task of maintaining the place, from its leaking roof to its creaking foundations, and you will have to devise ever-more ingenious fundraising strategies merely to keep the estate as it is. ....

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