What a Great Small Speech!

In a less-than-seven minutes' address, Stephen Fry (known for his many interests and talents, not least of which for me, a roaring funny comedian!) put together the right amounts of argument, emotion, and sentiment to produce one of the most impressive speeches in favour of returning the Parthenon marbles back -- to the Parthenon (or a 2 min walk away).

Fry has always struck me as an all-around "nice chap", even though I only know him from the screen, i.e. although I've never actually met him I feel a certain compatibility in any number of matters (including our near identical age).

It was an Intelligence Squared debate on the subject of the friezes the then British ambassador (Thomas Bruce*) pinched from Athens with the Ottoman invaders' pecuniary blessing. the 11th June 2012 at an  at Cadogan Hall, but I missed it at the time and it was only brought to my attention recently.

Here is the short video, somewhat distractingly subtitles in Greek -- but then again, that's the language they speak where said marbles come from!

Enjoy.

* Tommy Bruce is better known by his more illustrious title, Earl of Elgin. He was a prankster at school.