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RE: Is George Clooney right????

UK - London - Bloomsbury: British Museum - Duveen Gallery

On arrival at the British Museum at the beginning of the year 1817, the Elgin Marbles were first housed in a prefabricated gallery designed by Robert Smirke. A permanent 'Elgin Room' was constructed on the west side of the Museum in 1832, and the collection remained there until the Duveen Gallery was built.

The Duveen Gallery was specially designed to house the Parthenon Sculptures. It was funded by Lord Duveen and designed by the architect John Russell Pope. The building was completed in 1938, but the outbreak of war in 1939 postponed installation. During WWII the sculptures were fully protected. The frieze was removed to an unused section of the London Underground Railway and the pedimental figures and the metopes were taken down to the Museum vaults. The Duveen Gallery itself was seriously damaged in 1940. Following repair work, and the addition of an electrostatic precipitator for cleaning the air, the gallery was opened in 1962.

In June 1998, with the generous help of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, the so-called Duveen Slip Rooms were completely refurbished and now include a video display using computer graphics to explain the positioning of the sculpture on the building, a full-scale reconstruction of the upper part of the north-west corner of the building, new audio guides and a special programme for visually impaired visitors. In 2001 a special "touch-model" of the Parthenon was added and additions made to the audio guides. In 2004 new information panels and objects charting the later history of the building were included in the display.


Take the trouble to go and visit them as millions of others across the World have.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

Bit like your's on this thread then Chris. I started out having respect for your post ,but now you are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

Ever feel you are losing your marbles.


I'll swap my green and red one, for your yellow and green.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

he thought them an absolute delight.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

We are talking about marbles are we not. Your thread ,so I would hope that you would know what you are talking about.

The Turks were only interested in grinding down that which was available,i.e. the marble on the walls.

You really are making yourself look like an idiot now.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

Wake up and smell the coffee, not the Ouzo Chris.

IF Elgin hadn't taken them when he did,none would be in existence now. He saved them from the Turks, who were destroying them to grind down to make building materials.

In other words you really should thank him ,not curse him.

All through history the Greeks have had little respect for any of these artefacts from Ancient Greece. That's why so many are scattered around the Globe.

It's a bit late to start a Greek artefact appreciation society.

RE: HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to one of the smartest hombre's around.

RE: HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Considering how many others there are on both sides of the fence.

You don't have to be mad to post here but it helps.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

You little minx,or is that Sphinx.

RE: Good morning CS

Oh I'm well and truly spoken for. So I'll have to turn the invite down.

Have a good one Tom.

RE: Good morning CS

Well we all know where your priorities lie.

Shame it's just wishful thinking.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

The British have returned these artefacts, as have France to my knowledge.

They were not all stolen as, the Maori's themselves sold the heads of their enemies.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

Oh do keep up True.

RE: Stop Smoking Idea

Is there a patch for quitting CS.

RE: Stop Smoking Idea

That's the spirit.

RE: Stop Smoking Idea

That's what I said. Not all these groups are successful for everyone.

Anyway you have made the first step on your journey to quitting. A plan is in place, and the mindset to follow through.

Well done.

RE: Stop Smoking Idea

Well done you. It is always about will power and the desire to quit that gets you through in the end.

RE: Stop Smoking Idea

It helps,but doesn't necessarily work for everyone ,whatever the addiction.

I have a cousin with C.O.P.D's who is in a bad way. She has had all the support available, but still chooses to smoke and it's slowly killing her.

You truly have to want this badly enough to make the effort,no-one can do it for you ,not even a support group.

RE: Stop Smoking Idea

I don't have the answer to that question I'm afraid. It appears that in the USA they do have these group sessions. In the UK through the NHS it is an individual assessment with support ,but 3 strikes and you are out as it is a free programme.

You may find a support group on line ,or perhaps find someone else in your area, who also want's to quit ,and set up your own network. Might take your mind off the nicotine addiction too.

There is no easy transition from smoking to non smoking.

Stay positive ,and as Merri said ,maybe start a Non smoking thread on here. Jeepers/Buddy did and it worked for him.

RE: Stop Smoking Idea

First of all I wish you luck in your endeavour. If you want to give up then the rest is down to you, and all the advice in the world will make no difference if you are not determined.

It took me years to finally quit the habit. I had hypnotherapy twice but still resorted to smoking when faced with a stressful situation.

I finally stubbed out when I saw that my smoking was annoying someone else in my presence, and I have been clean ever since.

There are no easy ways to tackle this problem,it's all about the will to control the urge to light up. Everyone is different in their attempts, and it's down to the individual as to how they approach this dilemma.

I removed all trace of smoke connected items from my home,avoided any association with other smokers as best I could, and just got on with it,though I do honestly think that the 2 sessions of hypnotherapy were still in my sub concious.

Alan Carr was a great exponent on kicking the habit. As for e cigarettes it's smoke that does the damage to your lungs.

There is a lot of help and support out there if you want it.

RE: BEING FREE

Same thoughts as me pedal. Love me love my animals. They're far more faithful than humans and never refuse a cuddle.

RE: BEING FREE

I'm free.I stopped charging a long time ago.

RE: Interracial Dating

They seem to have had a good grounding. We all encounter difficulties with others as we go through our lives,some more traumatic than others I'm afraid.

Tolerance of others is not always practised among humans. Why people consider they are superior to others is beyond me.We are born and then we die, and it's how we conduct ourselves along the way that makes the difference to our own, and other people's lives.

I have a cousin born black into a white family. He was raised by his Mother's husband, who was not the Father, so I do understand the difficulties that people go through due to lack of understanding from others.

RE: Interracial Dating

Hopefully without any prejudice Kendall. People seem to pass the bad feelings down to other generations,which is a shame, as we can't all be responsible for our roots, but we can take responsibility for the future.

With a sensible Mum ,I'm sure they'll do just fine!

RE: Is George Clooney right????

That would take a miracle ,or in this case an oracle.

RE: How Many people have You Slept with?

That's for me to know and you to find out!

Any way who's counting.

RE: How Many people have You Slept with?

The man has got to eat. Oh sorry I thought you meant his trap door

RE: Does free speech count on the Internet ?

Personally I think that whatever you put into words on the internet will have a different interpretation from one reader to another.

We are all different thank goodness, and our depth of feeling for a certain subject, may vary quite a lot from person to person.

Diversity is a good thing,but keep it polite .

RE: Is George Clooney right????

Tell me to mind my own business,but don't you consider your own behaviour childish ,to continually bear bait.

Let the thread die if you are unhappy with his responses.

RE: Is George Clooney right????

That's just not true Chris.

The trustees of any Museum are there to protect and preserve these lasting links to the past.

It's their job,simple as that.

What might happen IF they get returned, is it will open up a precedent for other Museums around the World to relinquish that which is under their protection for posterity.

A domino effect.