Culture Talk

Greece wants to 'ramp up' the marbles claim and I'm here for the drama

Mitsotakis admits talks stalled, says 'we will very clearly ramp up the intensity of our claims', and ties it to Britain's EU reset. This is the most exciting museum news since the heists, and nobody even stole anything this time.

Also love that he offered treasures from the National Archaeological Museum on loan while it renovates. The 'we'll send you cool stuff, you send our stuff home' deal. Win-win he says. Sure, buddy.