Cyprus in UK - Culture

📖✨ SOLD OUT | Cyprus at the European Poetry Festival 2026 ✨📖

What happens when poets from different countries, traditions and languages come together in one room?

Magic.

Last night, Cyprus House was filled with words, ideas, laughter, reflection and creativity as we welcomed a sold-out audience for our second participation in the European Poetry Festival.

Curated by Steven J. Fowler, the evening brought together poets from Cyprus, Greece, the United Kingdom and beyond in a series of unique collaborations created especially for this event. The result was an inspiring celebration of contemporary poetry and the power of artistic dialogue across borders.

A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful poets:

📚 Alev Adil & Haris Psarras
📚 Milo Thesiger Meacham & Caitlin Nugent
📚 Theodoros Chiotis & Jonathan Catherall
📚 Stathis Dimitriadis & Yanita Georgieva
📚 Erina Charalambous & David Spittle
📚 Nora Nadjarian & Annie Katchinska
📚 Eleni Kefala & Katerina Koulouri
📚 Calliope Michail & Xelis de Toro

Thank you also to Steven J. Fowler for his vision, friendship and commitment to creating spaces where literature can thrive and new artistic encounters can emerge.

Most importantly, thank you to everyone who joined us. Seeing Cyprus House filled with literature enthusiasts, poets, readers and friends of culture was a beautiful reminder that poetry continues to matter. It continues to bring people together, spark conversations and create connections that transcend geography, language and background.

Before the event, many of our guests also joined the final curated tour of There Is An Island III, bringing to a close six months of exhibitions, performances, talks and artistic exchanges at Cyprus House.

A memorable evening. A packed room. Wonderful poetry.

Until next time. ❤️📖🌍

☀️ A summer evening. A beautiful London garden. A story waiting to unfold.

Join us on Sunday 5 July for Rivers, a unique outdoor experience inspired by the words of acclaimed Cypriot writer Costas Mannouris.

Guided by actor Alexandros Frangos, audiences will journey through poetry, stories, and reflections presented throughout St James's Square Garden. Along the way, you'll encounter texts, images, performances, and unexpected moments that invite you to slow down and experience the park in a new way.

Directed by Petros Charalambous and visually created by Eugene Gabriel, Rivers is an invitation to enjoy a summer evening outdoors, surrounded by words, imagination, and good company.

🍷 Complimentary drinks reception included.

📍 St James's Square Garden, London SW1Y 4LE
🗓 Sunday 5 July 2026
🕕 6:00pm – 8:00pm
🎟 Free admission with registration
https://www.culturalchc.co.uk/rivers

Join us for the closing event of the first half of our Cultural Season 2026 in London.

On Sunday 5 July 2026, St James’s Square Garden becomes the setting for Rivers, a site-responsive poetic performance by Costas Mannouris, directed by Petros Charalambous, with visual creation by Eugene Gabriel.

Blending poetry, image, performance, and the atmosphere of the park itself, Rivers invites audiences into a reflective journey through memory and loss.

Doors open at 6:00pm and the event concludes at 8:00pm.
Entry is via the northwestern gate, closest to the Cyprus High Commission.
In case of rain, the event will move indoors to Cyprus House.

Reserve your complimentary place: https://www.culturalchc.co.uk/rivers

🎨✨ Today is your final opportunity to experience George Pol. Georghiou - Timeless Cyprus at the Hellenic Centre in London.

Open until 5:00 pm, the exhibition has welcomed hundreds of visitors over the past weeks, sharing the work of one of Cyprus' most important artists with audiences from across the United Kingdom.

As we look back at these photographs from Dr Yiannis Toumazis' fascinating lecture, we are reminded that this exhibition is not only about art, but also about memory, identity, return, and the stories that connect us across generations.

A heartfelt thank you to all our partners who helped bring this remarkable exhibition to London: the Υφυπουργείο Πολιτισμού - Deputy Ministry of Culture CY, the A. G. Leventis Foundation, the A. G. Leventis Gallery, the Hellenic Centre, and everyone who worked behind the scenes to make Timeless Cyprus possible.

🇨🇾 Part of the official cultural programme of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026.

If you have not yet visited, today is your last chance.

🕔 Open until 5:00 pm
📍 The Hellenic Centre, London

🌊 “As islanders, we know that the sea does not separate people. It connects them.”

The Liverpool edition of the UK Cyprus Film Festival 2026 closes this year’s journey outside London with a weekend of workshops and cinema celebrating Cyprus’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 🇨🇾🇪🇺

📍 Saturday 27 June
Educational workshops at Greek School of St. Nicholas Liverpool

📍 Sunday 28 June | World Museum Liverpool
🕚 Family Workshop: TIMELESS CYPRUS
🎬 Screening: SKAMMATA (Excavations) by Danae Stylianou, Produced by Τμήμα Αρχαιοτήτων Κύπρου/ Department of Antiquities Cyprus

In collaboration with Liverpool European Partnership and the ✨

✨ FINAL DAYS ✨

“George Pol. Georghiou – Timeless Cyprus” closes soon at The Hellenic Centre, London 🇨🇾

Last chance to experience this landmark exhibition exploring the memory, history and spirit of Cyprus through the paintings of George Pol. Georghiou.

🗓 Final day: 22 June 2026
🕚 Open daily | 11am–5pm

🎟 Last tickets:
https://www.culturalchc.co.uk/george-pol-georghiou-timeless-cyprus-1

Υφυπουργείο Πολιτισμού - Deputy Ministry of Culture CY A. G. Leventis Gallery

🎶 A night of music, memory and Mediterranean spirit

Mediterranean Echoes brings together voice and piano in a deeply emotional closing concert for Cyprus’s EU Presidency cultural programme in London 🇨🇾

Experience the artistry of Marios Charalampous and Andreas Marinou as they share songs that have shaped generations, alongside reflections that reveal the stories behind the music.

📍 Greek Cypriot Brotherhood, London
📅 Thursday 25 June 2026
🕖 7:00 pm

🎟️ Tickets:
https://www.culturalchc.co.uk/mediterranean-echoes

Let music bring us together 💫