The queues for the relics of St Bernadette last autumn were somewhat shorter than for the earthly remains of Queen Elizabeth II. The impressive turnout at Westminster Cathedral made me wonder what happened to the other potential crowd-pulling sacred body parts in this country. The last major attraction was St Thérèse, transported from Lisieux 13 years ago. Where are the home-grown alternatives, and who is benefitting from them? My indignation grew to the point of pondering a campaign for restitution within the UK. Then it be-came clear that the iconoclasts had done such a good job there was almost nothing to restitute. By destroying rather than stealing, the Protestant relic hunters had left none of the messy trails of claims that exist everywhere from Athens to Benin and Easter Island.