All over the world, scholarly folk look to Neil MacGregor — who writes opposite — to hold the line.
All over the world, scholarly folk look to Neil MacGregor — who writes opposite — to hold the line. If the British Museum gave in and sent the Elgin Marbles air freight to Athens, a massive wave of demands for restitution would descend on the museums of the Western world.
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