It seems with all the recent fuss about the Elgin Marbles I thought this would be a good time to repost this from a while ago, now I have to admit I’m not if favour of giving anything back especially where we have a bill of sale for the items and who wants to go round an empty museum?
I have to say I know very little of the history of the diamond or any of the artefacts we currently own nor on what grounds the previous owners are asking for them back.
However, some of their requests are not really cricket, an example being the Elgin Marbles which I believe the Greeks have been suggesting a return for some time now.
I would be strongly against the return of the Marbles, after all I would wager they don’t even know how to play the game.
I am a retired actor, although to be honest I only retired because I wasn't getting any work due to losing my agent when I became a full time carer to my mother who had dementia. and the option of becoming an unemployed actor/waiter at my age was ludicrous, especially as my waiting skills are non-existent.
Having said I’m retired, I don’t think there really is such a thing as a retired actor for I am still available for work, I just don’t have an agent or any connections with regards to obtaining any worthwhile work.
I have over the years done student films when there is nothing else available, always low paid (if at all) the only incentive was always the promised copy of the finished film for your show reel which nine times out of ten always failed to materialise.
I spent many years looking after my aged mother and shortly after her death I was lucky enough to run into an ex-girlfriend of many years ago and our romance blossomed once again, resulting in us getting married in 2013.
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Does that mean, by wrote, we can ask for South Africa back? Canada, how about the United States? We owned them once along with great swathes of other countries held in The British Empire!
Actually. Come to think of it, how about my families farm in Vitebsk Russia, stolen by the Bolshevik’s or the funds the Inland Revenue demanded from me in the past?
I do think though, that India should return the Ashes.
The Diary of a Country Bumpkin 
I have some marbles that I dug up in the garden. They can have those if they want!
I’d hang on to them you’ll never get them back once the Greeks have got their hands on them.
Does that mean, by wrote, we can ask for South Africa back? Canada, how about the United States? We owned them once along with great swathes of other countries held in The British Empire!
Actually. Come to think of it, how about my families farm in Vitebsk Russia, stolen by the Bolshevik’s or the funds the Inland Revenue demanded from me in the past?
I do think though, that India should return the Ashes.