Return the Parthenon marbles. The British Museum has too much stuff anyway | Simon Jenkins

These relics from the fountainhead of European culture don’t belong in a cold, grey Bloomsbury chamber

The Parthenon marbles row is beyond silly. Rishi Sunak screeches “Mine, mine” like a child in a playground. He refuses a cup of tea with the Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The leader of the opposition laughs. The nation yawns – polls show over half are happy to see the marbles returned and just above 20% want them to stay. Any civilised Briton knows they should be displayed where the...