Welcome to the New Anglo-Hellenic Review!

A new blog: The New Anglo-Hellenic Review

Introduction

For many years, the League had its own publication – the Anglo-Hellenic Review. Copies were printed publications and archival copies are retained in the Library of King’s College London.

In this new era, the League seeks to promote short publications online, in a new blog. The new blog will capture some of the spirit of the old Review – focusing on the Anglo-Hellenic relationship, promoting knowledge and understanding between the two spheres. The blog will showcase commentary; report current research or archival findings; provide original and insightful biographical or oral history; offer new empirical analysis; or review significant recent publications, exhibitions or performances. Subjects that may be covered by our blog posts include science, art, literature, music, history, economics, philosophy and culture – a range specified in our statutes. The focus may be bilateral or concern Greece and/or Cyprus.

Our blog posts should be written in an accessible style for the intelligent reader. All blog postings are to be in English – authors must follow the style guide given below. We seek blogs that convey originality, critical thinking, and quality in their content. As a registered UK charity, the League is non-political – it does not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed in the blog posts – and it opposes discrimination of any kind.

Authors of our blog posts must be current members of the Anglo-Hellenic League.

Blogs should normally be between 750 – 1,500 words in length. This includes any references. Blogs should not include footnotes or endnotes. Graphs, charts, tables and images should be kept to a minimum, for reasons of space.

To submit an article for consideration, please e-mail it in a Word file to:

blog@anglohellenicleague.org

All submitted posts will be considered by the AHL’s editorial team. We may also seek external assessments of the drafts we receive. Contributors may be asked to make editorial changes in response to comments. These comments will remain anonymous to authors. Submissions that do not comply with these guidelines and style guide or require significant editorial work will be declined.

Style guide

To help authors with the submission process, we’ve compiled a list of some of the main style issues to keep in mind when drafting an article for the AHL blog.

Length and format

To make our articles as readable and accessible as possible, we usually aim for a length of between 750 and 1,500 words. Submissions should be written in a standard font (we prefer Aptos), with a font size of 12, be single-spaced, and have both left and right margins justified – in other words, they should appear like this Style Guide.

Audience, writing style and language

The blog aims to reach a relatively wide audience, so we ask that you avoid using acronyms and academic terms or specific terminology that may not be well known outside academic circles. Active, concise, natural language is preferable.

Avoid introductory phrases like “In this blog I will…”, or “This blog aims to…”, and go straight into your discussion of the topic.

Use short paragraphs made up of a few sentences. Keep your sentences relatively concise. As with journalistic pieces, ‘lead with the best.’ Don’t save your main argument or analysis for the end of the post.

Write your article as a standalone piece, even if it summarises material presented in a longer publication elsewhere.

In your text:

 Minimise use of bold, underlining, and italics.

 Use British spelling – e.g. “organisation” instead of “organization”.

 Use ‘per cent’ instead of %.

 Numbers up to twelve should be spelled out, numbers above twelve should be in numeric format.

We ask that you proof-read your submission carefully and run a standard ‘spell-check’ beforehand.

Referencing

We prefer links rather than citations for references. Links should direct readers to more detailed reports or other pieces of research, news items or other blog posts. Open access sources are preferred to those behind paywalls.

Please insert a hyperlink at the relevant point of your argument that you’d like to reference: e.g. “Joe Bloggs has said…” Avoid using notes and integrate material directly into the text.

Titles

We use narrative titles – a single sentence that sums up the main argument of the article. The more descriptive and catchier the title, the more likely the article is to be read. Try to avoid questions or general topics and keep titles to ten words or less.

Graphs, charts and images

We recognise that some contributions will benefit from the use of graphs, tables, charts and/ or images. For reasons of space, these should be kept to a minimum. If images are to be used, you must confirm that you have the right to use them (copyright or stated permission).

More on charts: each chart needs a clearly labelled heading, labels for the X and Y axes or histogram bars, including units of measurement and a readable scale or background grid. There should be a clear legend distinguishing multiple data series from each other and a brief note on sources. Lines must be thick enough and distinctively coloured. Charts should use a numerical progression to make comparisons more visible.

Biography and contributor photo

We wish to give our authors full attribution. Please send us a 3-4 line biographical note, including any current affiliation, and a small colour photo headshot. You may also supply an email address that can be published, to enable readers to contact you.

January 2026.