{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/6a587748c152a357db05d625?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Legacy Inbox: The Gold Britain Still Won't Return","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/1784182148080-ca1835cd-bbb0-4f1c-8c4c-f33f0ba41303.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What does it take to get a room of ex-military festival-goers in rural Wiltshire to agree Britain should return its stolen gold? And why does an obsolete Victorian law still make it a criminal offence for the British Museum to give any of it back? Afua Hirsch just spent a week testing both — with a Buckingham Palace thought experiment, a courtroom-style cross-examination, and a verdict on two centuries of looted treasure that even British Museum members found hard to argue with.</p><p>Afua brings Peter inside two sold-out tents at the Chalke Valley History Festival — one on the Ashanti gold Britain still won't return, the other on the German peasants written out of history.  Welcome to Legacy Inbox, a new lighter-touch addition to the feed.</p><p><br></p><p>Join <strong>Legacy Plus</strong> for bonus episodes, early access, Q&amp;A's, fewer adverts and more.</p><p><strong>legacy.supportingcast.fm</strong></p><p><br></p><p>[0:00] Afua's back from Chalke Valley, sold-out crowds and all</p><p>[4:10] Barnaby Phillips and a sequel to Loot bring Ashanti gold into the tent</p><p>[12:05] A sacked palace, a stolen throne, and a case Afua calls open and shut</p><p>[18:55] Her answer to \"it's illegal to give it back\": test it in court</p><p>[21:52] The 2024 loan Britain calls generosity — and Ghana calls something else</p><p>[24:00] A blacked-out England XI, and what it says about the British Museum</p><p>[25:38] Why a tent full of skeptics left more hopeful than they arrived</p><p><br></p><p>Stay connected with Legacy:</p><p>Instagram: @originallegacypodcast</p><p>TikTok: @legacy_productions</p><p><br></p><p>Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:</p><p>Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com</p>","author_name":"Original Legacy Productions"}