Property News · May 13, 2016

Robert Peston may have picked the wrong battle | Letters


Parthenon marbles | Orgreave and Saltley | Robert Peston | 11th century rules | Super-rich investors | Teachers’ accentsPhidias would be rolling in his tomb to see his creations confined in a long, narrow, miserable room in some barbaric grey metropolis of the north (Letters, 10 May). This wretched environment should be contrasted with the spacious exhibition hall in the stunning new museum built at the foot of the Acropolis alongside the meandering, herb-redolent paths the great master himself would have trodden. Filled with the ethereal light of Athens, this mellow hall waits for the return of the Parthenon marbles which are so symbolic for the embattled Greek nation. Bring them back now.Julia CrossSitia, Greece• Re Orgreave and Saltley (Letters, 9 May): from 1970 to 1990 I was active in Birmingham politics and I remember noticing more than once that West Midlands police were investigating the actions of South Yorkshire simultaneously with the investigation of West Midlands by South Yorkshire. Cynic that I was, I was not surprised that in each case there was exoneration. Maybe these cases could now be re-examined.David HarrisonBirmingham Continue reading…

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