theirs

Many families of the missing attended the burial of the unnamed dead this week, just in case one of them was theirs.

While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, gods and goddesses—theirs, with its focus on everyday individuals and events, can be seen as prosaic.

Watching news reports about the heist on Sunday, Boecker, 42, and his wife quickly recognised the furniture hoist as being one of theirs.

The Wall Street Journal spoke with several borrowers who wiped theirs out in less than a decade.

But the UK government is sticking to its position that the lack of an official invitation means the policing bill is not theirs to cover.