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Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros

Thursday, November 18, 2021

‘A chariot in the sky’: Lumiere festival of light in Durham honours Covid dead

Installations bring dazzling illuminations to county in beloved biennial event * Coronavirus – latest updates * See all our coronavirus coverage One of the most peculiar monuments in the UK is about to get a little stranger when it is spectacularly lit up to be seen from as far as 20 miles away and accompanied by a blasting soundtrack including music by the 12th century mystic Hildegard of Bingen. Penshaw Monument is a 20-metre replica of the ancient Greek temple of Hephaestus built by the Victorians on a hill near Sunderland. Continue reading...


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