Mario Trabucco della Torretta
Dr Mario Trabucco della Torretta is a classical archaeologist trained in Sicily and in Athens. His expertise covers classical Greek architecture and sculpture, Ancient Athens and the Elgin Marbles. He tweets at @Mario_Trabucco
The immoral case for restitution
Britain does not owe Greece the Parthenon sculptures
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
