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Greg Jenner

Easter: What's With All The Bunnies And Stuff?!

Greg Jenner | Posted 05.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Christianity, History, Easter, Paganism, Religion, Horrible Histories, Greg Jenner, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Greg Jenner

Easter is just one of many confusingly indistinct holidays that blend weird paganism, Christian theology, and modern marketing into a seamless melange of oddly abutting practices and customs... so how much of Easter really is Christian in origin? It may be more than you realise.

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Losing Our Marbles: Should Britain Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece?

Greg Jenner | Posted 03.06.2012 | Home
Read More: British Museum, History, Greece, Olympics, Museums, Elgin Marbles, Culture, UK Politics, London 2012, Horrible Histories, Parthenon Marbles, Cultural Repatriation, Greg Jenner, Home News
Greg Jenner

The unwritten rules of decorum state it is impolite to discuss sex, politics or religion at dinner parties. I would like to add one more topic to that list - cultural repatriation. Now, just months from the Olympics, the campaign is being stepped up once more for the return of the Elgin Marbles to the Greek nation...

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