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Escape the ordinary with these lesser-known heritage hotels in South Africa — where every creaking floorboard tells a story.
Elgin History Museum will hold a summer picnic fundraiser at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 29, at the John Duerr Forest Preserve, ...
The first detailed planning application for housing within the Kingswood masterplan, which would also see two primary schools built, has been submitted by Persimmon North Scotland, in partnership with ...
On May 22, 2025, the government of the United Kingdom signed the much-discussed treaty transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, which included a lease agreement for the ...
Several people were shot during a family gathering in unincorporated Elgin.
Dunfermline United Burns Club introduced the award for the schools competition, which will see the winning artwork go on display in Fire Station Creative. Lord Elgin, a patron of the club, has been ...
As rumours about talks to repatriate the Elgin Marbles to Greece resurface, we get two experts to make the case for and against their return.
There is no question that the British Museum purchased the collection legally from Lord Elgin, who had acquired it with the full permission of the authorities. Elgin had not at first intended to ...
A man in Scotland has learned his fate after the 'exceptionally savage' and 'brutal' murder of a 'defenseless' mother of 2.
Lord Elgin received criticism when arranging the removal of the marbles, with British poet and peer Lord Byron accusing the diplomat of vandalism and dishonesty. ADVERTISEMENT. This is the view held ...
Lord Elgin claimed he had been given permission by the Ottoman Empire for the transfer of the sculptures and sold them to the UK government in 1816 before the marbles were passed into the ...