Literature

  • Cavafy's quarrel with Tennyson Cavafy’s quarrel with Tennyson

    Tuesday, 21 May 2013; 6:00-7:30pm. Together with the 26 April 2013 colloquium at King’s, ‘C.P. Cavafy: the long road to Ithaca’, this inaugural lecture by Professor David Ricks marks 150 years since the Alexandrian poet’s birth. Cavafy has come to be several striking things in the wor...

  • Through fire and iron Through fire and iron

    Thursday, 23 May 2013; 7:30pm. You are kindly invited to the presentation of the new book by Leonidas Leonidou "Through fire and iron: The crimes of Attilas's invasion and the ethnic cleansing of occupied Cyprus". The main speaker will be the High Commissioner of Cyprus in the UK, Alexandros Z...

  • Colonel Leak in the Mani Colonel Leak in the Mani

    Friday, 24 May 2013; 7:15pm. Martin Jones talks about his new book celebrating a little known survey done by the British military in 1804. A fascinating account of life and customs of a unique part of Greece. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 07941 836616. Organised by Eteria E...

  • Falling in Honey Falling in Honey

    Jennifer Barclay's new book 'Falling in Honey', about life on the remote and unspoilt south Aegean island of Tilos, has been launched in the UK since early March. The book is full of background on the history, nature and culture of the island, as well as being a good read, and having a few recipe...

  • Ancient Greek Monsters: Divine and Daemonic Ancient Greek Monsters: Divine and Daemonic

    Students of the fascinating subject of Greek mythology are welcoming the publication of a new definitive guide to the fearsome monsters that were central to the culture’s beliefs and literature. Author Richard Frost from Chelsea in south-west London has created a meticulously researched and com...

  • Britain and the Greek Colonels: accommodating the Junta in the Cold War Britain and the Greek Colonels: accommodating the Junta in the Cold War

    Alexandros Nafpliotis, I.B.Tauris (December 2012). To buy at a special offer price of £38.15 (RRP £54.50) go to www.intauris.com and enter the discount code AN2 when prompted. At the apex of international Cold War tension, an alliance of Greek military leaders seized power in Athens. Seven ...

  • Four Emperors and an Architect - How Robert Adam rediscovered the Tetrarchy Four Emperors and an Architect – How Robert Adam rediscovered the Tetrarchy

    This new book by architectural historian Alicia Salter gives a fascinating insight into how Robert Adam, one of the 18th Century's star architects, was influenced by the architecture of Diocletian's palace in Split during his Grand Tour and how its impact can still be seen in many of the great ...

  • International Byron Conference 2013 International Byron Conference 2013

    Monday, 1 July - Saturday, 6 July 2013. The Byron Society and King’s College London are pleased to announce that the website for the 39th International Byron Conference, 1-6 July 2013, is now open. BYRON: the poetry of politics and the politics of poetry This conference will examine Byron...

  • To Hellas and Back - interview To Hellas and Back – interview

    A book by Lana Penrose titled 'To Hellas & Back' has just been made available in the UK for the very first time. Set mostly in Athens, it details the author's experience as an Australian living in Greece. It has already been well received and critically acclaimed, having originally been pu...