Patra represents the extremes of Greece – sublime and mundane

Patra represents the extremes of Greece – sublime and mundane

| Cartes Postales, Greece, news
July 30, 2017

It took Victoria Hislop a while, but she learned to love the chaos and joy of Greece’s third-largest city (in The Guardian, Saturday 29 July 2017) When I visited Patra for the first time, I was baffled. Driving in from Athens through the modern sprawl along the coast, I couldn’t understand how...
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Revisiting “The Island”

| Greece, Leprosy, news, The Island
July 29, 2017

As Spinalonga enters the final stage of its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the cast and crew of the iconic Greek MEGA TV show The Island look back and share their memories (Manos Drakonakis for Neoskosmos) Once synonymous with suffering and death, Spinalonga, the jewel of Mirabello Bay, has...
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Cartes Postales from Greece

| Book, Cartes Postales, Greece
August 2, 2016

A delightful and original new book from multimillion-copy bestselling author Victoria Hislop, author of The Island and The Sunrise Week after week, the postcards arrive, addressed to a name Ellie does not know, with no return address, each signed with an initial: A. With their bright skies, blue seas and...
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City culture or island life? I still can’t decide.

| Greece, news
February 18, 2015

(from The Sunday Times 08/02/2015) My love for Greece began as a holiday romance nearly 40 years ago. I was a teenager and landed in Athens one blisteringly hot day in August with my mother and sister. It was only my second time out of England. In spite of the...
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Tagged Crete, en, Greece, Travel
Why Greece Matters Today

| Greece, news
June 11, 2014

I was lucky enough to be at Kings College to hear this lecture being delivered last May – but here it is in its entirety for everyone who would like to know “Why Greece Still Matters Today.”
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…a Few of My Favourite (Cypriot) Things

| Greece, news, Stuff
May 7, 2014

There has always been a little place in the sidebar of the website that features a few of Victoria’s favourite Greek things, but it has expanded so much that a full page is necessary. These additions come from Victoria’s recent trip to Cyprus Haratsi My favourite kafenion – a...
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Tagged en, Greece, my favourite things