John Kittmer

@johnkittmer.bsky.social

Greek literature and culture | Christianity | Churches, abbeys, cathedrals | Poetry | Chair of school governors | Visiting professor | Ex-ambassador | Enthusiast for Yorkshire

I got back from Greece in time for #YorkshireDay today. In celebration of God’s Own Country here are some photos from this year’s York Mystery Plays: a glorious community production on wagons that happened on the streets of #York and in the shadow of the incomparable Minster.

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My great “find” of this trip to Greece is the Vaso Katraki Museum at #Aitoliko. #Katraki (1914-1988) was one of the greatest European print engravers (off wood and sandstone) of the 20th century. As a Leftist she was internally exiled by the Colonels and on Gyaros taught #Ritsos to paint on stone.

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We are absolutely delighted to announce the prizewinner for the 2025 International Hellenic Prize: Peter Jeffreys & Gregory Jusdanis' 'Alexandrian Sphinx: The Hidden Life of Constantine Cavafy'. An innovative, nuanced, and compelling biography - truly a must-read. Congratulations to the authors!

A poster with a light blue background and 'International Hellenic Prize Winner 2025' written across the top in gold lettering. The rest of the poster features the book's front cover, which has a slightly darker blue background upon which is laid a secondary smaller cream background. The title and author names are laid out across the top and bottom of this background, with the outermost lines in black font and the two innermost top and bottom lines in gold. At the centre is an image of Cavafy's face, which is set upon the right half of a gold sun with small rays emerging all the way around. Cavafy has dark hair and a moustache, and wears spectacles.This is a black and white headshot of one of the authors, Peter Jeffreys, smiling at the cameraThis is a headshot of one of the authors, Gregory Jusdanis, smiling at the camera

Greece enters most fluid political moment since peak crisis. In The Agora, with @yiannismouzakis.bsky.social & @georgianakou.bsky.social we examine how Tsipras’s new party, ELAS, altered balance of power - challenging ND, destabilising SYRIZA & forcing PASOK rethink shows.acast.com/5ead72cc41f1...

Party time: Greek politics in flux ahead of next elections | The Agora

New entrants change dynamics as clear majority eludes Mitsotakis

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'Sand, Sea and Sky. a Summer Fantasy' of the beach at Scarborough. John Atkinson Grimshaw lived in the town from the late 1870's renting a house 'Castle by the Sea' Grimshaw adopts a subdued palette, limiting himself to delicate shades of beige, muted gold and soft greys that create a calm, almost

 'Sand, Sea and Sky. a Summer Fantasy'  of the beach at Scarborough by Leeds born artist  John Atkinson Grimshaw

Between 1997 and 2013, David Hockney embarked on one of the most celebrated periods of his career, returning to his native Yorkshire to paint the landscapes of the East Yorkshire Wolds. Leaving behind the sun-drenched swimming pools and urban scenes of Los Angeles, he turned

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