Stephen Fry’s Parthenon Marbles plea backed in debate vote
By Trevor Timpson BBC News
“A call backed by actor Stephen Fry for the return to Greece of the British Museum’s Parthenon Marbles has come out on top in a debate held in London. Fry said it would be a “classy” move to restore the sculptures brought to the UK by Lord Elgin in the 19th Century.
The debate, hosted by Intelligence Squared, ended with a majority for the motion of 384 to 125.
Opposing the motion, Tristram Hunt MP said the British Museum played a key role in cosmopolitan culture.
The Greeks were a proud people suffering terribly, Stephen Fry told the audience in London’s Cadogan Hall, but “no matter how much the sovereign debt crisis means they owe us, we will never repay the debt that we owe Greece.”…
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