Pressure builds on British Museum to return Parthenon marbles

Changing public attitudes have made issues of repatriation and decolonisation harder to ignore

Stolen goods"; Looted by the Brits"; Did you steal this like the Parthenon marbles?"

A glance at the social media channels of the British Museum underlines why, when it comes to the long-disputed Acropolis sculptures, it is so eager to change the temperature of the debate".