The British Museum has lent one of the Elgin Marbles for the first time. A headless depiction of the river god Ilissos has been sent to Russia to go on display in St Petersburg's State Hermitage ...

Many museums would like to match their headless torsos with their missing ... It is now in the British Museum. Image The bronze head of Augustus, the Roman emperor, was found beneath the steps ...

In June I spoke to George Osborne, now chair of the trustees at the British Museum (though he has, I believe, some other jobs as well). I asked him about the Parthenon marbles, known in Britain as the ...