#greeks in the uk

[wordsmithic]

Greek Cypriots in the UK, in the wedding tradition of "(ta) Rialia" (source)

#as you suspect that's how the community makes sure the couple has enough money to live #and pay off the lux wedding reception of course #greek #greek cypriot #greeks in the uk #greek tradition #hellas #wedding #greek people #hellenismos

[cruelsister-moved2]

so greek police shot a 16 year old romany boy in the head this morning and I haven't seen anywhere reporting on it

donate to the european roma rights centre: link

#I don't wanna do a 'why is no one talking about this' thing but. ykmow #and this is like the third time in about a year that Greek police have killed a rom btw #actually almost certainly more than that but there have been 3 high profile incidents im aware of #I only know UK based GRT charities so if anyone would like to add more charities that operate in EU be my guest

[everything-maxriemelt]

the Greeks are fairly direct 😝

#i feel greek #uk politics #elgin marbles #return what you stole why is it even controversial? #sunak is so thin-skinned and incompetent

[travelella]

The Three Greyhounds, Greek Street, Greater, London, UK

Matt Mutlu

#The Three Greyhounds #Greek Street #Greater #London #UK #England #Europe #United Kingdom #UKArchitecture

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Okay, let's get a little spooky with the early 18th century Wingfield House, Wingfield, Wiltshire, UK. The 4bd, 3ba home underwent significant expansion in the late 19th century when there was a demand for additional entertaining rooms and separate wings for bachelors and children. During WWI, the manor was used as a military hospital. In the 1940s, the property was divided into four separate dwellings. £1.250M / $1.530M

The newer portion of the house was done in Gothic Revival style, while the original is Georgian.

The home is accessed via an enclosed communal courtyard and a Gothic revival doorway. This opens to a double-height entrance hall paved with York flagstones.

The impressive ballroom off the main hall features a timber barrel-vaulted ceiling.

Tudor-arched fireplace has the Caillard family arms (owners that renovated the home after WWI) above the arch, along with a French motto on top of the fireplace. Note the large Inglenook and window openings in the fireplace itself.

39 ft library hall, (and the oldest part of the house), with six floor-to-ceiling oak bookshelves, giving both open and closed storage options.

 

Drawing room with early Georgian plaster is finished in a vibrant shade of turquoise and has a white marble fireplace dating back to 1760 that came from the Circus building in Bath.

Large kitchen and dining area with cream-painted cabinetry. Wide, stripped timber flooring and an original limestone fireplace create focal points in the room.

Ascending to the first floor via a fine early Georgian staircase with waist-high paneling and a delicate domed skylight above is the remarkable primary bedroom suite set in the corner.

This space was meticulously crafted by the current owners including Gothic-inspired doors and built-in seating in a contemporary oriel window inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite movement. 

A modern marble shower room cleverly concealed behind double wardrobe doors. That's how ya do it- this is a great idea.

Secondary bedroom adjacent to the primary has a beautiful built-in closet and window seats.

On the floor above is a bedroom under the eaves with thick original beams.

What a magnificent home- look at the architecture. Lovely pond on the property, too.

Horticulturist's delight is a modern greenhouse on the property.

There's a plethora of different plant and tree species on the property, all meticulously maintained.

#historic home UK #georgian architecture #greek revival architecture #old house dreams #houses #house tours #home tour

[diana-andraste]

Ursa Major endpaper illustration, Greek and Roman Myths, 1952 from the Junior Everyreaders series

#art #illustration #1950s #mythology #greek and roman myths #vintage #junior everyreaders #uk #ursa major #big dipper #constellations #bears #children's books #astronomy

[sky-is-the-limit]

My heart goes out to all the people living in Dublin. This is horrifying to watch. How easy it is for f*scists to use a horrible crime to target every single person who doesn't look like them.

People leaked messages from a group chat of white supermacists asking people to go out and physically harm anyone who looks foreign in Dublin and to disturb marches happening for Palestine.

As well as siding with Is*el as an excuse to stand for genocide.

And it's happening all over Europe. This is so fucking terrifying. Please stay safe, avoid the areas where the riots take place and don't forget to remind yourselves what our ancestors fought for in 1940. All Europeans.

I've read comments on tiktok from extremists asking for foreign children to go through the same thing. These people are clinically insane.

Fascism is taking over Europe, we don't learn from our fucking history and we're destined to relive it again.

#I'm Greek the same thing is happening here gradually #i always thought of Irish people as the most welcoming and kind in Europe please don’t forget your history #ireland #dublin #europe #palestine #republic of ireland #uk #usa #racism #politics

[dolokhoded]

maybe i'm just greek but it's so weird to me when people get so upset over the ACCENTS in shows being transferred from broadway to the west end or to australia changing like ???? literally who fucking cares it's the same music and the same words these are just people's accents people have different accents in real life outside of having to fake them for theatre sorry <3

#🧅 #hadestown uk right now. SIX BWAY that was insane why were yall so pissed about that #like truly who cares idk maybe i just cant understand it but its just so stupid to me. #i cannot grasp why yall care so much it makes ZERO difference #and if the pronounciation of certain words in different accents changes the rhythm or the rhyme then they literally just keep it the way it #was theyre not stupid they adapt #WHAT DID IRISH ORPHEUS DO TO YOU ??? #like. especially hadestown if youre so pressed about it im gonna come in and say that actually theyre all greek so they should sing in gree #accents. for accuracy. sorry ! #''six has to be in british accents because its british history :((('' half of them were not even from england

[maladapted-druid]

EHRC: Britain's human-rights watchdog at risk of UN downgrade - BBC News

"This process could mean the removal of the EHRC's accreditation as an "A status" National Human Rights Institution, meaning it would not be able to sit on the UN Human Rights Council.

...

Other countries whose human-rights watchdogs have been stripped of "A status" by Ganhri include Madagascar, Hungary, Nicaragua and Afghanistan."

Right so the UK will lose its accreditation all so the government can be as transphobic as it wants without repercussions, the issue is the government wants to change 'sex' to 'biological sex' so they can exclude whoever they want.

Fucking pathetic. As usual trans folk will pay the price.

#uk politics #trans rights #this will get lost in the Greek fiasco

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905) L'amour mouillé, 1891

#William Adolphe Bouguereau #bouguereau #art #french #france #mediterranean #L'amour mouillé #cupid #greek mythology #greece #rome #italy #spain #uk #germany #angel

[its-mekjt]

listening to the circe saga...

and during 'wouldn't you like' i thought the eastenders theme song was going to play.

for people who don't know what it is, here's the theme song: https://youtu.be/wZEWwFf4JYw?si=dMG1AARG6_Y-PJyh

I HONESTLY THIUGHT IT WAS GOING TO START PLAYING. I WAS SO CONFUSED

#epic the musical #the circe saga #jorge rivera herrans #greek mythology is my special interest of all time #eastenders #uk

[satans-knitwear]

Just a lil collection of pics i managed to get of my outfit the other night.

Treat me ~ Tip me

#I was an entire foot taller than my friend and her entire family/friend group. Even with half of them in heels #I felt like a giant greek statue or something #Or a teacher herding my unruly class of children from one exhibit to the next on a school trip #But i did look killer. Loved this fit. 🥰😍 #Ootd #satans knitwear #Alt pinup #Pinup girl #Girls with short hair #Corsetry #Mesh corset #Underbust corset #Thigh slit skirt #bi girl #uk girl #cheeky #girls with piercings #wlw

[ukelele-boy]

Black winged younger Apollo because it is awesome. 

#it was just a sketch I said #Just a quick one #I said. #just to destress from work #spends hours on it #rip uke #apollo greek god #trials of apollo #lester papadopoulos #yellow shouldered blackbird #chose this bird because those things on the wings look like mini suns #also black wing apollo my beloved #black wings cause wrath hahahahhaha #my art #mine #apollo has silver bow too heheheh

[celluloidrainbow]

NORTH OF VORTEX (1991) dir. Constantine Giannaris A gay poet heads west from New York City in his convertible. He picks up a muscular sailor who's bisexual; then Jackie, a waitress at a diner, joins them. Jackie is attracted to the poet who rebuffs her romantic gestures; rejection fuels her continued interest in him. The sailor and the poet are bonded by sex, but the sailor's frank advances to Jackie make him uninteresting to her. The sailor can get violent, the poet is passive, Jackie is glamorous and detached. The landscape changes, they stop in cities and in the desert. They reach a lake. Who will be left out of a final pairing? (link in title)

#lgbt cinema #bisexual cinema #north of vortex #british cinema #greek cinema #lgbt #bisexual #gay #uk #greece #lgbt movie #bisexual movies #british movies #greek movies #lgbt film #bisexual films #greek film #british film #lgbt media #bisexual media #queer cinema #european cinema #constantine giannaris #stavros zalmas #1991 #1990s #90s #90s films #1990s movies #1990s cinema

[crowleyaj]

I manually searched for every e*rovision song and played them from the artists' channels and. why does this year's lineup go the absolute hardest 😭

#music #sofi.txt #text #listen for me esc was always about finding songs and artists i would normally never have a chance of discovering #so i bypassed all official channels in the interest of boycotting and at least listened to them like this #i will not watch it #BUT FUCK #I LIKE EVERY SINGLE SONG #except israel i didn't watch that obviously #THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE #like. the uk sent OLLY ALEXANDER. COME ON #I AM MAD AT THE EBU AND ESC FOR BEING SHITHEADS AND NOT BREAKING TIES WITH ISRAEL #fuck them to hell and back #but i am now listening to cool music in armenian and greek and italian and estonian and my evening is going great #already going into the artists' discography

[allieinarden]

I miss the Dublin Murder Squad series. :(

#checked hopefully to see if Tana French had another book coming and she does but it’s a sequel to The Searcher which I still have to read #I appreciate that she’s writing what she wants but MAN there was nothing like living in some messed-up Irish detective’s head for 450 pages #I’m supposed to slake my character-driven UK murder investigation thirst on Robert Galbraith? #Cormoran Strike is cool but he never says stuff like ‘grief anonymizes as powerfully as a Greek tragedy mask’ because he’s British