7 Sep 2026 - 1:00am

Who owns the Bayeux Tapestry? It’s embroidered countless ideologies

Julian Jackson

18.06

Britain’s new caste system The British Museum whitewashes Hinduism

Pratinav Anil

23.03

George Osborne’s sordid Elgin plan The artefacts belong neither to Greece nor Britain

Yanis Varoufakis

01.12

Museums have always been problematic All exhibits make a statement about power

Mary Harrington

26.07

Who would want fake Elgin Marbles? The replicas are better than the originals

Francesca Peacock

25.06

The talentless Mr Osborne Right place, right time, right pals — the former chancellor will always succeed

Sam Leith

02.06

Nero wasn’t ‘misunderstood’ The British Museum's new exhibition lets the murderous emperor off the hook

Boyd Tonkin

27.02

Forget the Elgin Marbles — give the North East its treasures back London should return the relics it robbed from the regions

James Barr