Anglo-Sicilian classical archaeologist, defender of the #ElginMarbles. On @BBC5live, @GBNews, @SkyNews, @LBC, @theCriticMag. Proudly #Conservative. DM x media
Aldingbourne, England
Joined November 2012
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Greek millions financing a state-driven disinformation campaign to get the #ElginMarbles away from @britishmuseum . It won't succeed, not on my watch. History must be respected: all of it, not just the parts we like.
youtu.be/LhIDWkYmayA via @YouTube
"a review warns trainees risk ‘being unfairly penalised’"
How is being struck down for messing up English grammar "unfair"???
Law students will be allowed to use spell checkers as part of a push to make solicitors’ exams easier.
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THIS IS ABSOLUTE MADNESS!
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum has removed Egyptian mummies from display because there was no 'informed consent from the deceased individual'👇
mol.im/a/16227743
#Exclusive #Scotland #Glasgow #Museums #EgyptianMummies #Woke @MailOnlineScot
Dr Mario Trabucco della Torretta retweeted
Parthenon Fragment Return Deal Faces Legal Challenge in Italy
A legal complaint in Italy challenges the agreement that returned the Fagan Fragment to Athens, raising questions about a potential precedent for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures from ...
greekcitytimes.com/2026/10/2…
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#OTD in 1805, Britain secured one of the greatest naval victories in history at the Battle of Trafalgar.
"Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.” 🇬🇧
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Could the Fagan Fragment be sent back to Italy? Its return to Greece challenged in court - tovima.com tovima.com/stories/could-the…
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"If Britain were to become an Islamic theocracy and the physical survival of the [Elgin Marbles] was endangered in a cultural context that doesn’t value them anymore, then yes, I would be the first one to propose their relocation."
Me on @tovimagr, asked if I could envisage any scenario that would allow the Marbles to permanently leave London. Read the rest here:
tovima.com/stories/could-the…
How very fitting that the new arts minister, who seems to be open to a "partnership" to rob the British Museum of its #ElginMarbles, is the Baroness of.... Sherwood!
tovima.com/politics/uk-arts-…
"If Britain were to become an Islamic theocracy and the physical survival of the [Elgin Marbles] was endangered in a cultural context that doesn’t value them anymore, then yes, I would be the first one to propose their relocation."
Me on @tovimagr, asked if I could envisage any scenario that would allow the Marbles to permanently leave London. Read the rest here:
tovima.com/stories/could-the…
Dr Mario Trabucco della Torretta retweeted
Everything you wanted to know (and more) about my court challenge to the "return" of the Fagan Fragment of the Parthenon to Greece. Enjoy
tovima.com/stories/could-the…
Everything you wanted to know (and more) about my court challenge to the "return" of the Fagan Fragment of the Parthenon to Greece. Enjoy
tovima.com/stories/could-the…
Dr Mario Trabucco della Torretta retweeted
Deal that may set precedent for Elgin Marbles return challenged
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Does anyone have access to page 30 of this week's print version of @tovimagr? I still haven't been able to read what they say about me
#Parthenon #ΓλυπτάτουΠαρθενώνα #Βρετανικο_Μουσειο
An honour to be on the first page of Greek weekly @tovimagr with an interview by @DimitrisEln
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Deal that may set precedent for Elgin Marbles return challenged telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Remembering Melina Mercouri, the Greek actress-turned-politician born #OTD in 1920, who polarised the #ElginMarbles debate and turned what was, until then, a sleepy academic question into a culture war fueled by decolonisation. Thanks, Melina.
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Will there be a restitution of the #restitution?
What do you even call it- a restitution squared?
telegraph.co.uk/gift/d4acdc2…
Dr Mario Trabucco della Torretta retweeted
People should just stop trying to fudge "deals" and using the law for purposes it was never written for. Do you want to dispose of cultural heritage for political gain? Well, let's have the discussion in the national parliaments.
Deal that may set precedent for Elgin Marbles return challenged (gift access link)
telegraph.co.uk/gift/d4acdc2…
Will there be a restitution of the #restitution?
What do you even call it- a restitution squared?
telegraph.co.uk/gift/d4acdc2…