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A zoom webinar with former Minister Counsellor for Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Greece, Dr Victoria Solomonides-Hunter, on the Anglo-Greek Pre-Raphaelite Movement artist who set the London artistic scene ablaze in the last quarter of the 19th Century.

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We were delighted to offer to our members and supporters a guided tour of the exhibition John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.

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Join us for a screening of the documentary film Venizelos: The Struggle for Asia Minor at 4pm, to be followed at 7pm by papers and a panel discussion, chaired by Bruce Clark, on the Lausanne Treaty and the Exchange of Populations. Great Hall, King's College London. In partnership with the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College, London, and the Association of Constantinopolitan Greeks in the UK.

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Our annual event in Greece took place in Corfu under the auspices of the Corfu Literary Festival, in the gardens of The Municipal Gallery of Corfu at the Old Palace in Corfu Town. Over 100 people gathered to hear the 2023 and 2023 Runciman Award winners, A E Stallings and Ian Collins, read extracts from their award-winning books, together with poems inspired by the poet, Yannis Ritsos, by David Harsent. A reception, hosted by the British Embassy, followed.

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A prize of £10,000 was awarded to the winner on Monday 19 June at a well-attended ceremony in the Great Hall of King’s College London.

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Prof. Kevin Featherstone, Director of the Hellenic Observatory at the LSE, gave the annual Katie Lentakis Memorial Fund Lecture at King’s College London, following the award of the prize. In discussion with Dr John Kittmer, Chair of the League, he tracked the ins and outs of the Greek political scene during his academic career.

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A fascinating talk at King’s College, London, on the Greek poet, Yannis Ritsos, given by David Harsent, Chiara Ambrosio, David Ricks, Gonda Van Steen and Dr John Kittmer, including a tribute to Edmund Keeley, translator of his work.

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A talk at King’s College, London with Konstantinos Alsinos, author of a new crime novel, Η πληγή του κόσμου (The Wound of the World), in discussion with Prof. Gonda Van Steen, Koraes Professor, about his novel. Actors, Kyriaki Mitsou and Dimitra Bakalyianni, read from the book in Greek, with translations into English provided.

In front of a large audience at the Hellenic Centre, London, the environmentalist and author, Julian Hoffman, gave an illustrated talk on the ecological and environmental significance of the Prespa Lakes and the complexity of a region that straddles Greece, North Macedonia and Albania.

In front of a large audience at the Hellenic Centre, Dr Iain Gordon Brown, FSA, FRSE gave a richly illustrated lecture about the concept and reality of Edinburgh as the ‘Athens of the North’.

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A fascinating private tour of the British Library exhibition for League members and supporters led by Dr Peter Toth, Curator of Ancient and Mediaeval Manuscripts.

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Chair of the League, Dr John Kittmer, was in conversation with Prof. John Bennet, former Director of the British School at Athens at the Hellenic Centre, London about his work at the School and his research interests.

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Using fascinating manuscript evidence, Prof. Michael Wood, University of Manchester, told the story of Theodore of Tarsus (c.602-690AD) and his comrade Hadrian the African (630/7-710AD), who introduced Greek culture to England in the seventh century in ‘one of the most important educational programmes ever undertaken in Britain’. At the Hellenic Centre, London.