The Marbles Reunited campaign, launched today in London, sets out a clear agenda for why the marbles should be reunified in Athens.

From:
The Scotsman

Wed 14 Jan 2004
6:25pm (UK)
Battle Renewed over Disputed Elgin Marbles
By Nell Raven, PA Features

Branded the “theft of the century” in some quarters, the Elgin Marbles controversy has created friction between Britain and Greece for almost 200 years.

Now the flames of the age-old dispute are being fanned again with the launch of a new campaign to return the 2,500-year-old relics to Greece.
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Predictably, the Daily Telegraph suggests that the Parthenon Marbles only exist because of the selfless actions of Lord Elgin in rescuing them. I’m not sure how the surviving sculptures in Athens fit into this theory however.

From:
Daily Telegraph

Tuesday 13 January 2004
Give Elgin his due and Athens the Marbles
By Jim White
(Filed: 12/01/2004)

The woman in the information centre when I was in Athens recently was very keen to know my nationality.

“Are you British?” she said, after I asked her in English for a tourist map. I said I was.

“In that case,” she said, “we have special ones for you.”

And she pulled from a pile under her desk a publication similar in every way to that offered to American, Australian and Canadian visitors to her wonderful city. Except, instead of a picture of the Acropolis on the front cover, the version for Brits had a lengthy essay which was no more than a vituperative assault on our nation.
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The Marbles Reunited campaign is due to launch in London in the next few days.

From:
The Scotsman

Mon 12 Jan 2004
Shea’s sympathy for William and Harry
BOSWELL’S DIARY
Edited by Edward Black

[...]

It’s all Greek – unless you’ve lost your marbles

AN ADMIRABLE campaign to reunite the marble sculptures removed from Greece by Lord Elgin over 200 years ago is currently passing through Edinburgh in the shape of a virtual exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery.

The display was organised by British campaigners who believe that the Elgin Marbles, housed at the British Museum, in London, should be returned to the Acropolis Museum, in Athens, especially as it hosts the 2004 Olympics. The reconstruction, called Marbles Reunited, shows the marbles in London in colour while those in Athens, where they adorned the temple of Athena 2,500 years ago, are in white.
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A new poll commissioned by the Marbles Reunited campaign highlights the ever increasing level of support by the British public for the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures.

From:
Kathimerini (English Edition)

Monday January 12, 2004
Poll finds UK support on Marbles

Stepping up its bid for the return of the Elgin, or Parthenon, marbles from the British Museum to Athens before the Summer Olympics, Greece has hired the world’s fourth biggest public relations firm, reports from London said yesterday, adding that a first poll commissioned by the company found that some 80 percent of Britons backs the Greek campaign.

Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos expressed “joy” at the findings of the poll published in the Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph.
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A new poll shows that the vast majority of people in Britain now feel that the Elgin Marbles should be returned to Athens.

From:
The Times

January 11, 2004
Public shows huge support for return of Elgin marbles
Richard Brooks, Arts Editor

NEARLY three-quarters of people believe the Elgin marbles, which have been in the British Museum since 1816, should be returned to Greece, according to a poll to be published this week.

Support rises to more than 80% for a suggestion that they be loaned to Athens with the museum retaining ownership, the survey by ICM shows.
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Angus Robertson MP has for some time supported the return of the Elgin Marbles. Awareness of the issue is now being raised by the display of an exhibition about their reunification on display within the Scottish town of Elgin.

From:
The Scotsman

Wed 17 Dec 2003
Emporium is stepping up a gear
Simon Pia

[...]

Elgin’s Marbles arch

ANGUS Robertson has not lost his marbles, but is merely extending a bit of Moray solidarity to the Aegean.

The Elgin Marbles are currently on display in Elgin, courtesy of a virtual-reality display. The Marbles were purloined from the Parthenon by Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, in eighteen-canteen – he was a Fifer actually (surprise, surprise) – and they have resided at the British Museum ever since.
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A new exhibition about the benefits of reuniting the Parthenon Sculptures in Athens has gone on display at ICA in London.

From:
BBC News

Last Updated: Tuesday, 7 October, 2003, 12:07 GMT 13:07 UK
Marbles exhibition opens in London

A virtual exhibition, which shows how the Elgin Marbles would look if they were reunited, has opened in London.

Marbles Reunited shows those sculptures removed from Greece 200 years ago by Lord Elgin next to those which remained in Athens.
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