Today, Saturday 12 April 2025 and page 25 of the Telegraph is the Saturday Review featuring Victoria Hislop.
The article covers a great deal on Victoria's life, growing up and as a Mum, her writing (10 novels) and why Victoria became a member of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.
Victoria's own special relationship with the British Museum began at school and she explains there were no foreign trips then but a trip to the British Museum was a journey to many exciting places.
"We couldn't afford holidays to Egypt when I was a child - we went to Bognor Regis. So unlike my own children, who got to see culture in the countries, my culture came from the British Museum. I still remember queueing up as a child to see the Tutankhamun exhibition." Says Victoria.
Louise Carpenter writes: 'Hislop's love of the British Museum had already been souring. In 2021, she had joined the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, which seeks to repatriate them from the museum to the Acropolis Museum in Athens. I'd say Hislop is way more Greek than English. Greece is lucky to have her.'
BCRPM also is lucky to have Victoria as a member. We continue to remember the June 2022 BCRPM protest in the BM when we celebrated the Acropolis Museum's 13th anniversary and Victoria held the cake with candles as the assembled sang happy birthday in English and Greek!
In Room 18 where the sculptures sold by Lord Elgin in 1816 to Britain are still displayed, Victoria flanked by George Gabriel who masterminded the giant banner, stood in front of a the 'Reunify the Parthenon Marbles' banner.
We look forward to the day when the giant banner is held up in the Acropolis Museum's top floor gallery, the Parthenon Gallery and reads: 'Thank you British Museum'.
Here's to the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles in the Acropolis Museum. Here's to that special day. Here's to hope.
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