Sunday, 18 June 2023 at 16:00 in the Parthenon Galleries of the British Museum acclaimed actors Bill Nighy and Simon Callow CBE; TV presenter and journalist Baroness Joan Bakewell; Stockard Channing, whose screen credits range from Grease to The West Wing; Anna Savva, the Anglo-Greek actress memorable in The Durrells, and Janet Suzman DBE, Chair of the BCRPM, read Byron's 'The Curse of Minerva'. This was the first time that this 212-year-old poemwas read in the British Museum's Room 18. Alexi Kaye Campbell, playwright and member of the Committee, was MC and introduced the readers, paid tribute to the Acropolis Museum and reminded us that Byron's poem contnues to have relevance today.
The Ham and High and London's Local News published the event.
On Sunday, the UK correspondents for Skai Greece, Thanasis Gavos and ERT's Nastasia Kantzavelou also attended, with special thanks to both Philippos and Andriana Kantzavelou for holding up the banner! Coverage also in Ta Nea by Yannis Andritsopoulos.
Photos from the event below, courtesy of David Wilkinson,Gillian Boll, Stuart O'Hara and Marlen Godwin:
