Hellenic Centre

The UnLost Homeland 

The film screening of “The UnLost Homeland” by Eftychia Fragou will take place at the Hellenic Centre on Tuesday, 29 April 2925 at 7 pm. The film follows the story of 12 Greeks from Constantinople who lived through the Istanbul pogrom of 1955 in Turkey.

It is notorious in modern history as the only pogrom of such magnitude to have taken place during peacetime. The camera lens together with the presenter transports us to the stories of all the refugees who were forced to leave their country as...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/21/the-unlost-homeland/

Thoughts on Arts and the Sea at times of adversities

Thoughts on Arts and the Sea at times of adversities

by John Faraclas

Here comes the sun – from the mountains of Epirus, north west Greece. (Photo credits John N Faraclas)

The Greeks for nearly ten millennia have devoted a lot to the Sea in more than a multiple of ways. This medium, for over a decade, has also devoted more than ten centum of its content to all forms of Arts and we continue to support arts and its role particularly at time of adversities – bad markets, Covid et al… Laid up tonnage,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/29/thoughts-on-arts-and-the-sea-at-times-of-adversities/

Online Operatic Concert in Solidarity with Seafarers and their Families around the World

Online Operatic Concert in Solidarity with Seafarers and their Families around the World

The TSAVLIRIS CULTURAL FOUNDATION, in an effort to raise awareness about the tremendous impact Covid
19 has had on seafarers globally and to provide support to the crews who are on the front line of this
pandemic, organizes an online concert with prizewinning British Cypriot soprano, KATERINA MINA. Katerin
will perform her one-artist operatic program, recorded at the Great Hall of the Hellenic Centre of London,
a...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/26/online-operatic-concert-in-solidarity-with-seafarers-and-their-families-around-the-world/

Message from the Director of the Hellenic Centre in London

The London Hellenic Centre

Message from the Director of the Hellenic Centre in London

September 2020

Dear Members and Friends of the Hellenic Centre

I hope that you and your families are all well and healthy.

It is six months now since the Centre had to close during these unprecedented times. I contacted you in April with the forward-looking hope that at this time you would be receiving our Diary of Events with the list of our autumn events. Unfortunately, this is not the case this year: the nature...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/09/message-from-the-director-of-the-hellenic-centre-in-london/

40 images of the Hagia Sophia

40 images of the Hagia Sophia,

Hellenic Centre – London 

Virtual Events

Hagia Sophia as a mosque will open its gates today, July 24, 2020. All icons and mosaics will be covered during prayer. Look back with these images by Dimitra Stasinopoulou.

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Registration for our Online Summer Greek Language courses is now open!
To see what courses we offer during the summer have a look at our Timetable. All courses will run from 3 August – 26 September...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/07/24/40-images-of-the-hagia-sophia/

Contemporary Greek diaspora in the UK and beyond

The London Hellenic Centre

Contemporary Greek diaspora in the UK and beyond

Thursday 10 October 2019, 18:00-21:00

Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Str, London WIU 5AS

The team of the Greek Diaspora Project at SEESOX (South East European Studies) of the University of Oxford, is pleased and honoured to present its rich research output on the nature and impact of the contemporary Greek Diasporas in the UK and elsewhere, in the context of the recent Greek economic crisis and beyond. The event will...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/09/18/contemporary-greek-diaspora-in-the-uk-and-beyond/

The BDI@608: Revival?

John Faraclas

For a second day the BDI (Baltic Dry Index) saw a light improvement  since yesterday despite the continue fall of the Capes. Developments in Geopolitics must be watched as they might produce unwanted detrimental situations… John Faraclas’ brief daily recap:

These 10 points today was mana from heaven in an otherwise battered market… the 600 points threshold was regained!!!! Don’t count your eggs before they are hatched as we are still 1,239 points below the level of the BDI as of the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/13/the-bdi608-revival/

The BDI@598: as “odd” as it gets…

John Faraclas

Finally a day, after quite a while we see the BDI on the plus, even three points make a big difference. In Geopolitics we see that aggression is there to stay. John Faraclas’ brief daily recap:

The Cape’s BCI approached dangerous level after losing another 25 points and now stands at 711… All other Dry Indices on the plus!

The Panamaxes’ BPI was up 14 points and now read 600!

The Supras had the best “performance” with 25 plus points; the BSI now standing at 454…

Four points plus for...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/12/the-bdi598-as-odd-as-it-could-be/

Falling BDI@1,169: not yet a disaster…

John Faraclas. Picture credits George Christakis

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost nearly 100 points on a weekly basis and now stands at 1,169; Geopolitics in jeopardy… John Faraclas’ daily and weekly recap:

The BDI was down 20 points earlier on today and now reads 1,169 and was exactly 91 points down since last Friday the 4th of January 2019 when it stood at 1,260 points.

The BCI managed to keep an equilibrium so to speak as the Capes are notoriously known for its volatile nature. The daily loss...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/11/falling-bdi1169-not-yet-a-disaster/

The BDI@1,339: The roulette wheel keeps turning. It all depends on what day of the week you fix

John Faraclas

The BDI@1,339: The roulette wheel keeps turning. It all depends on what day of the week you fix. Just compare to only 5 days ago (22/11) and see what you get out of this. The BCI has exactly doubled whilst Handies and Supras are completely flat; all the Capes heading to China. Geopolitics get a swirl to the worse. John Faraclas’ daily brief recap:

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained three-digit-points: 122 earlier on today “thanks” to the Capes rise; this is beyond business shipping...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/27/the-bdi1339-the-roulette-wheel-keeps-turning-it-all-depends-on-what-day-of-the-week-you-fix/

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