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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-10-25
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[01] Victoria Hislop: Greece inspires me
[01] Victoria Hislop: Greece inspires me
"I have no inspiration in England. In Greece I get inspired because
there are stories and people I love, it is never quiet, there is always
action," the writer of the best seller "The island" told ANA-MPA on
the sidelines of the six-day events of the Art links exhibition.
The British writer, who is living in Athens, said that "people living
in London are every day afraid. I am not afraid in Patissia where I live."
At a query on the return of the Parthenon marbles, Hislop noted that
"the matter is complicated and not easy at all. When I visit the British
Museum and see the marbles and thousands of people admiring them and
afterwards I visit the Acropolis Museum in Athens and see only a few
visitors, I think that, in the British Museum, the marbles may work
as a promotion for Greece and a reason to visit the country. From an
emotional point of view, I believe they should return home, but every
time I discuss this issue with the director of the British Museum,
he expresses his concern over the other exhibits of the Museum in case
other countries follow Greece's example."
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