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Bayeux Tapestry Will Return to the U.K. for the First Time in 950 Years

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Re: Bayeux Tapestry Will Return to the U.K. for the First Time in 950 Years

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Post by megapolitics »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #31
megapolitics wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think a loan of the Parthenon Sculptures within the next few years is more likely than you think. Both Kier Starmer and George Osborne are keen for a deal, and the majority of the British public are in favour of the sculpture’s return. It would be a temporary loan on paper, but everyone involved understands that they would never return to the UK.

That would be a disposal and requires an amendment to the law (specifically the British Museum Act 1963, which I've quoted in a reply to another comment in this thread). "Everyone involved understands" is not sufficient guarantee to either the Museum or the Greek authorities that the law has been changed. It either must be a temporary loan - and ideally with artefacts of similar value being lent the other way to make…

I don’t believe the courts would rule such a loan to be a disposal given the trend towards judicial activism in the UK.

Re: Bayeux Tapestry Will Return to the U.K. for the First Time in 950 Years

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Post by conradfr »

glaucon wrote: post #6
conradfr wrote: post #2

It seems anyone involved in this in France are opposed to this except Macron. Although he has authority over them I'm not confident it will be moved there in the end.

You realise it's just a temporary loan for an exhibition ?

The problem is the transportation, not the length of the loan or even the loan itself.

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Post by arp242 »

graemep wrote: post #39
arp242 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People did complain at the time and denied that Elgin had the right to take them in the first place, which is why parliament investigated the matter at the time. While the controversy has intensified in the last few decades, it's been controversial pretty much since day one. It's not a "meme-age" thing. Whether Elgin did or did not have permission from the occupying Ottoman forces is of secondary importance. Many peo…

> . It's not a "meme-age" thing. Not the marbles, but the "British Museum is full of stolen" stuff is a meme age thing and not true (go there and check the origins of what you see).

I suppose we need to have a semantic discussion about what exactly "full of" means. Note that the original person who started the thread used the phrasing "many" (which only moves the semantic discussion to how many artifacts with dubious origins you need to have to speak of "many").

Personally I think that's not a very interesting discussion. Your general point that there are also a great many artifacts are not stolen (the majority): yes, you are correct. And I agree it's worth pointing that out as some people do overstate the case at times.

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