Members of the Order of Merit

A triptych by British painter Francis Bacon of one of his muses sold for 24.3 million pounds (27.9 million euros) at an auction in London on Oct. 14.

Entitled "Three studies for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes," it is composed of three small canvases roughly 35 cm by 30 cm.
It served as studies for a portrait of Henrietta Moraes.

The Athens Singers choral ensemble will be performing a concert of 20th century English church music, including works by Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Charles Wood, under musical director Roger Tilley at St Paul's Anglican Church in Athens on Friday, October 18. The ensemble will be accompanied by Steven Atherton on the organ and tenor Stamatis Pakakis.