The Marbles
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| Origin | London |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Members | Graham Bonnet |
| Trevor Gordon | |
| Albums | The Marbles |
| Genres | Psychedelic Pop |
| Baroque Pop | |
| Soft Rock | |
| Associated acts | Graham Bonnet |
| Trevor Gordon | |
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| ID | 1192825 |
About The Marbles
The Marbles were an English rock duo that consisted of Graham Bonnet and Trevor Gordon, who operated between 1968 and 1969. Their only well-known singles were "Only One Woman" and "The Walls Fell Down". They also became associated with the Bee Gees members Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb at that time.
King's tie resembles Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row
... Former Chancellor George Osborne, who chairs the British Museum, where The Marbles are currently housed, described Mr Sunak s actions as a " hissy fit"...
Chris Mason: Prime Minister's Questions is a brutal spectacle
... So, bemusement about The Marbles...
PMQs: Rishi Sunak accuses Greek PM of grandstanding over Elgin Marbles
... " Earlier on Wednesday, Greece s foreign minister had said he hoped the two countries needed to work together to find a solution to return The Marbles to Greece...
How the Elgin Marbles scream injustice for most Greeks
... On the central issue of returning The Marbles, he said every citizen - irrespective of political allegiances - was united that they should be returned...
Greeks broke promise not to raise Parthenon Sculptures, No 10 says
... Mr Sunak is keen to be seen as a defender of The Marbles place in London...
Sunak cancels Greek PM meeting in Elgin Marbles row
... The cancellation came days after Mr Mitsotakis told the BBC s Laura Kuenssberg that The Marbles should be returned...
Vatican returns Parthenon sculptures to Greece
... As The Marbles were returned, dignitaries exchanged hand shakes and smiled in front of the cameras, including the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymous...
Elgin Marbles: New body aims to return sculptures to Greece
... Now an advisory body plans to campaign for a " win-win" deal as a poll shared exclusively with the BBC appears to show the majority of British people support sending The Marbles home...
Vatican returns Parthenon sculptures to Greece
By Antoinette RadfordBBC News
The Vatican has returned three fragments of The Parthenon sculptures to Greece in a move that has been described as a " gesture of friendship".
The decision to return the 2,500-year-old marbles was announced by Pope Francis Last Year .
One is a chunk of a horses head, The Other a Bearded Man and the third a head of a boy.
Greece hopes The Move will spur other overseas institutions that hold Parthenon sculptures to return them.
" The Ceremony Today . . similar to the gesture by the government of Sicily and The Republic of Italy a few months ago, shows The Road that we could follow, that everyone could follow, in order for The Unity of The Parthenon to be restored, " Greece's culture minister Linda Mendoni said on Friday.
As The Marbles were returned, dignitaries exchanged hand shakes and smiled in front of the cameras, including the leader of The Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymous.
" My personal heartfelt wish is that this initiative is mimicked by others. Pope Francis showed that this is possible and significant, " He Said .
The Marbles had been in the papal collection and Vatican Museums for centuries.
But Greece has been trying to recover them from The Vatican and other European collections since The Beginning of the 20Th Century .
In the early 1800s dozens of marbles were taken from Greece's Parthenon on the orders of Scottish nobleman Thomas Bruce, known as Lord Elgin.
He then sold The Marbles to The British government, who then displayed them in the British Museum .
About 50% of The Parthenon 's original sculptures have survived and almost half of them are in the British Museum .
Reports.
In January, the then UK culture secretary Michele Donelan
The British Museum is prevented by law from permanently returning the artworks to Greece.
But there was speculation that a deal could involve the sculptures heading to Athens on loan in rotation, In Return for classical objects that have never been seen outside Greece before.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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