Georgina Hayden, author of the Sunday Times bestseller cookbook Nistisima: The secret to delicious Mediterranean vegan food, shares the tradition and stories behind these recipes, joined by television presenter, restaurateur and author Tonia Buxton.

A special panel event organised by the Hellenic Bankers Association (HBA) UK in collaboration with Cypriot and Greek Student Societies.

Dr Marina Rodosthenous-Balafa and Dr Nikolas Kakkoufa explore two important aspects of Cypriot poetry: the representation of the lover poet who experiences unrequited love and the centrality of language on issues of gender and sexuality.

In collaboration with the Society for Modern Greek Studies and the A. G. Leventis Foundation.

Pianist Christos Marantos presents the programme Tradition and Vision, a musical journey through time from the Baroque to the present day. 

An afternoon of discussion and demonstration exploring the lost literature of ancient Greece that survives only on fragments of papyrus, and the attempts to create a new theatrical performance inspired by such mysteries.

Professor Panikos Panayi explores the impact of British rulers on the rural population of Cyprus and the subsequent impact of imperial control upon the lives of the peasantry.

To celebrate the launch of the book Monochords, by Greek poet Yannis Ritsos (1909 – 1990) and London based artist and filmmaker Chiara Ambrosio, this is an evening of conversation and readings about Ritsos’ poetry, its significance and continuing resonance with contemporary artists and writers.

Monochords is a suite of 336 linocuts by London-based Italian filmmaker and visual artist Chiara Ambrosio, produced daily in the space of one year in response to Yannis Ritsos’ collection of one-line poems by the same title. Ritsos, an advocate for the Greek Resistance during WWII, composed the poems in August of 1979, at the end of one of many political exiles on the island of Samos. 

In August 2022, UK contemporary arts organisation Ainalaiyn Space invited three artists to live alongside the magnificent rocks of Meteora, Greece. Join curator Indira Dyussebayeva-Ziyabek and participating artist Kate Daudy, as they discuss how the landscape, stories and people of Meteora shaped Daudy’s artistic practice throughout the residency and beyond.

Matthew Hadodo, a child of an Istanbul Greek mother, interviewed over 100 people to see how the local variety of the Greek language functions as part of the larger social practices the community members engage in to distinguish themselves from the Turks and other Greeks.

Artistic practice is enriched by its embedding in a wider cultural context. John Bennet, former Director of the research institute, the British School at Athens (BSA), and Malcolm Quinn, Professor of Cultural and Political History at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon UAL, share their experiences of art-in-dialogue, with a focus on UAL’s practice-based residency programme at the BSA and the School’s wider engagement with contemporary art. 

Couples in Greece started controlling the number of children they had in the early 1930s. By the early 1960s, most Greek couples had a very small number of children. This talk will explore how couples achieved this fertility control, by asking the following questions: What methods did women and men use? How did they negotiate these method(s)? When did they choose abortion and when contraception?

A webinar with Dr Alkistis Papadimitriou, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Argolid, and Dr Charalampos Kritzas, Director Emeritus of the Epigraphical Museum at Athens.

Event organised by the Greek Archaeological Committee UK.

An afternoon with the Athens based artist run space 3 137, to launch their new publication After the Explosion you Still Hear the Light.

How and why did maths begin? How has it been helping us over the centuries to better our lives? Can we add cats and houses? Could prime numbers have been discovered by early humans? Can you keep a mathematical fact secret? Who wrote the first proof? Is there such thing as multiple infinities? Join mathematician Ioanna Georgiou for an afternoon of mathematical storytelling and exploration over two sessions for children and teenagers of ages 10-12 and 13-16.

Curator of Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality Dr Andrew Shapland, provides an introduction to the first major exhibition in the UK about Knossos. Hear about early travellers searching for the mythical Labyrinth, the importance of the Sir Arthur Evans excavations and recent discoveries that include evidence of human sacrifice. 

The London Greek Film Festival presents contemporary films and screenplays from Greek and international film directors, producers, writers and artists.

“We are all but branches of a tree. Markos is that tree.”

– Composer Mikis Theodorakis  (1925 – 2021)

The musicians of the Rebetiko Carnival perform an evening of the works of musician Markos Vamvakaris, revered as the ‘patriarch of Rebetiko music.’ 

Experience a virtual tour of a unique digital 3D model of the Palace of Minos at Knossos with Dr John Pouncett from the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Hear how the technique of web mapping can be used to open up access to archaeological archives. 

This event runs parallel to the exhibition Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality at the Ashmolean Museum.