The code of the Parthenon Marbles

After the Washington Post, it was the Sunday Times that ran an opinion piece last month in favor of the return of the Parthenon Marbles, framing it in the context of Brexit. The main argument in both of the articles is that a country which has decided to increase its distance from the rest of the world cannot expected to be entrusted by the rest of the world to safeguard treasures of international importance.

Of course, the British Museum has kept the Marbles for two centuries and in this time the UK's relations with Europe have undergone alls sorts of shifts and changes. In this time, Britain's assistance to Greece has been immeasurable and instrumental in Greece's ability to accomplish several of its biggest goals and milestones: from gaining independence from the Ottoman Empire to the creation of a new state, and from its involvement to minimize the effects of the...