The award winning Unmythable by Temple Theatre will go on stage at 6 p.m. and promises an unforgettable journey through all the greatest Greek myths ever told.

Jason will board the Argo in a night of brilliant storytelling and songs which will offer to the public an original take on Greek culture and the richness of its mythological tradition.  Defined as “superb physical theatre” by Iain Sykes (Public Reviews) and “A Pythonesque Goodie bag” by Dan Lentell (Fringe Review), the show is worth seeing, and nobody should miss it.

Temple Theatre are touring Unmythable in the UK and in Europe in the 2013. Look around you! It might come to your city as well.

Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS,  entrance is free of charge.

With the London Olympics coming to an end and Rio de Janeiro now four years away from its debut as the first South American city to host the Olympics, the report explored the possibility of a majority Muslim nation hosting the popular sports event for the first time in Olympics history. Never before has an Olympics been held in a majority Muslim nation.

Kasim Randeree, a researcher at the internationally renowned Said Business School, said in a study that Istanbul, which has lost four previous bids, tops the list.

“From the perspective of the broader international community, engagement with the Muslim world could not be more necessary or timely … and sport has historically been demonstrated as an effective tool in achieving similar goals,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Randeree, as saying.

“It is potentially in their long-term geopolitical and socio-economic interests for a [Muslim] nation to host the Olympics. I think Istanbul rates highly because of Turkey’s history of Olympic participation,” he added.

Randeree claimed that fierce summer temperatures would work against the Gulf cities, and even though the oil-rich states could climate-proof venues, signature Olympic events such as the marathon would still be negatively affected.

Earlier this year, Doha, capital of the Gulf state of Qatar, and Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, were cut from the list of cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympic Games after failing to make the final list for the 2016 Games.

Even though Qatar had the financial means to carry off the 2020 bid, it could not convince the IOC to take a chance on holding the Summer Games in October. Apart from the temperature problem was the prospect of low television ratings due to potential conflicts with television and other sports events going on during that time of year.

“If people and nations can set aside their differences, if they can place harmony over hostility, if they can do it for one day, or for one event, they can do it forever,” Mr. Ban said in his remarks at an event on the Olympic Truce and Sport for Social Change in London.

“That is the message of the Olympic Truce. That is the dream on which the United Nations is built, and the goal of our daily work,” he added.

Based on the ancient Greek tradition whereby athletes, artists, their relatives and pilgrims could travel safely to the Olympic Games and afterwards return home safely, the Olympic Truce called for the cessation of all conflicts during the sports event.

The modern-day version of the Truce has been promoted annually through a General Assembly resolution since 1993, and it was extended to the Paralympic Games for disabled athletes in 2006.

The resolution for this year’s Games was the first time that all 193 UN Member States co-sponsored it and passed it unanimously. Member States exhorted nations to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively, starting with the opening of the XXX Olympiad on 27 July and ending with the closing of the XIV Paralympic Games, which start in late August and end on 9 September.

The resolution calls on Member States “to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee in their efforts to use sport as a tool to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the Olympic and Paralympic Games period.”

“The Truce may sound like something from the distant past that has no place in our times,” Ban said. “It may seem naive to think that hardened fighters and their patrons will listen, but relevant it is, and try we must.”

Ban said he was particularly concerned with the situation in Syria and the escalating violence in the city of Aleppo, and urged the Syrian Government to halt their offensive. “The violence from both sides must stop for the sake of the suffering civilians of Syria,” he said.

In addition, the UN chief emphasized that the Olympics should remind nations of the power of sport and physical activity as an investment in better health, education and skills, as well as a way to build inclusive and tolerant societies.

“We often take sport, play and leisure for granted, yet millions of people around the world do not have access to sports, or are actively denied their right to participate,” Mr. Ban said. “I call on all Governments and sport organizations to provide opportunities for sport, physical activity and play. This is not a luxury. It is an investment in better health, education and skills for coming generations – critical for building inclusive societies grounded in mutual tolerance and respect.”

He added, “When you see the magic that a ball can create among children in a shantytown or refugee camp, you see potential that we must harness.”

Under the rain, they were trying to pass their simple message: “This is your country!”, “It is your future!”, “Your democracy! Your choice!”. Hundreds were the anti-monarchist demonstrators who were prevented from reaching the banks of the Thames by security staff. The royal jubilee flotilla had to sail unperturbed.

The planned protest went ahead inside a designated protesters’ zone, discretely hidden away and impossible to be seen from the riverbank; but those excluded from it resisted, and protested on the other side of the fence, among merrymakers heading towards Tower Bridge.

The protesters held placards calling for “citizen not subject”, and “democracy not monarchy”, as they tried to exercise their freedom of speech. They were faced with boos and jeers from royalists, who started to sing ‘God Save the Queen.’

At the head of the protesters was Graham Smith, chief executive of Republic, a figure whose job is to make people notice how the royals spend most of their lives shielded from criticism, and supported by an imposed sense of entitlement. It seems that this protest might force them to face the strength of republican sentiment in Britain, and remind them of the democratic values their country has fought for in the past.

The case for a republic in Great Britain is mature. People wish to evolve, to live in a country in which aspiration, responsibility and democracy give a choice to every citizen; and to abandon a society whose institutions are based on inheritance and exclusive privilege.

A wind of change blows in Britain, and it finds support from the delegation of the Swedish Republican Movement that was present among the protesters in London. It is not an isolated event. Since its establishment in 2010, the Alliance of European Republican Movements (AERM) is grouping and organizing republican movements from many countries. Of the twelve monarchies still standing in Europe, AERM has members in seven of these, including the U.K.

Republic, in the person of Graham Smith, campaigns for an elected head of state to replace the monarchy in the United Kingdom. It has also called for a new constitution that puts real power in the hands of voters.

What would the Queen’s answer be? The Queen is the head of state, but the Prime Minister and Government run the country; does this mean that the royals will be able to pull it off as usual, and there is nothing new under the British sky?

The fact is that as censorship continues to keep the anti-monarchist protest away from public attention, the royal family has been battling its way into the new century with several clever moves. On the 9th April 2005, Prince of Wales was allowed to marry Mrs Parker Bowles with a civil ceremony at the Guildhall, Windsor. This cast a new light on the royal family, and helped it to stabilize an impression of ‘opening’ towards the people, of its embrace of democratic beliefs.

Through time, His Royal Highness Prince Charles developed ‘The Prince’s Charities’, a group of not-for-profit organisations to which he is Patron or President. The group is the largest multi-cause charitable enterprise in the United Kingdom, raising over £100million annually, and the organisations are active across a broad range of areas including education, environmental sustainability, and responsible business.

Recently, another commoner entered the royal family. Prince William married Catherine Elizabeth Middleton on 29th April 2011, and effectively promoted himself as the ‘people’s prince.’

Is the British royal family on the course of a campaign to revamp their look, and assure their future power in the country? It would seem so, also because revenue created directly and indirectly by the royals for the country is brought to the fore more and more often.

As Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote in the Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1956): “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” A sentence uttered by the protagonist, Prince Fabrizio Salina, a nobleman caught in the midst of democracy, war, and revolution. It might be just what the day after the Queen’s diamond jubilee will bring about.

In the meantime, the anti-monarchists organise themselves. Bloggers discuss the events that took place in London, and the people continue to think about it. It seems the anti-monarchist demonstrators make sense to many citizens. And as they mention how children should believe they can achieve anything they want, provided they work hard for it; and claim people in the U.K. should be encouraged to take responsibility for their own political affairs, I wonder on the country’s future.

Can a society which suggests that even the wisest and most talented commoner is no match for even the most unpleasant and immoral royal continue to be?

We will be watching you mighty Britain; let your people decide what they want for a country.