14-15 October 2016

Alexis Penny had the privilege of giving a paper to the Greeks and Cypriots in the United Kingdom 1815-2015 Conference at the Hellenic Centre in London, organized by the Centre for Greek Diaspora Studies Conference. Her paper, These Slender Threads That Bind Us, explores the experiences of her grandfather, T E Casdagli, Greek Consul to Manchester, May 1915-December 1922 and A T Casdagli, her father, British Consul to Volos during the Greek Civil War, January 1947- November 1949.

‘On behalf of the Hellenic Centre and the Director personally, we would like to thank you for the excellent talk you gave here at the CGDS Conference.’     Maria Kalli, the Hellenic Centre