Don’t dwell on what you’re having to go without in the Age of Lockdown. Celebrate instead the things you’re happy to see the back of during these strangest of days, argues Amanda Dardanis Police patrols. Citizen Movement Certificates. Walking to the corner shop for essential supplies in furtive pairs. This is t...
Read morePhilosopher, grecophile, born-again British pop star… Harry Lloyd – aka Waiting For Smith – is on track for the top. And he has Greece to thank for it, writes Amanda Dardanis. Five years ago, Harry Lloyd was working as a ski instructor in Courchevel when he hit a mogul and flipped during avalanche training. In the fatef...
Read moreWe’re not encouraging you to reduce your isolation period to a blurry, bleary, binge session. But if you find it preferable, like Sudha Nair-Iliades, to escape to a world of period drama, a conflict zone or a money-laundering haven, than sit through Trump’s irresponsible pronouncements, here is our watched and vetted choice for th...
Read moreElena Panayides breaks down the what, when and how of throwing the perfect e-party. Resist the temptation to lounge in your pjs though, she suggests, and tame those eyebrows! Socialising in the age of social distancing has tethered us even more tightly to our devices, with our not so brave new world condensed i...
Read moreThis Independence Day offers a rare opportunity to reflect on the ideals our forefathers strove for. The freedoms we take for granted, the fundamental values and the tenets of our society. 'Among all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt life's dream most beautifully.' - Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832 It is those beautifully impassio...
Read moreThe American Women’s Organization of Greece has been busy these past few days sewing surgical masks for the staff at Paidon’s Aghia Sophia and Aghia Kiriakou Hospitals. A donation of the first 500 masks has already been made as part of AWOG’s Staying Alive project initiated by Dr. Pelagia Karas of AWOG. The masks have 3 layers...
Read moreMichelin starred chef Asimakis Chaniotis is currently quarantining far from his Charlotte Street London restaurant, in the western suburbs of Athens. For Greek Independence Day, he shares his personal recipe for the March 25th traditional dish of cod & skordalia. Ingredients: For the cod: 1 side of salted cod washed an...
Read moreHow do you make sense of an unseen ‘crown-shaped’ threat? In our series of Insider Stories, sequestered Athenians share their feelings of confusion, boredom, reflection, joy, hope and solidarity. Artist Claire Tsalouchidis confesses to feeling like a bystander, a shadow script writer inadvertently drawn into a Hotel California-like bizarr...
Read moreIt was Blaise Pascal who said that all the troubles of humanity came about because of the difficulty men had in simply being happy to sit alone in their rooms. In the first of our Insider stories series on reflections of being confined, Haris Vlavianos, poet, translator, literary critic and Professor of History and Politics at the America...
Read moreAdmire the Masters up close and revive your spirits by escaping on a virtual tour of Athens' museums. Reverse the culture shock of not being able to visit our exquisite Athens museums thanks to the wonder of virtual tours, get your fill of art and culture while entertaining your family or self with your sassy technical skills. T...
Read moreIf you needed to feel even more isolated than you already are, after the roads, it’s the skies that will be empty starting this Thursday as Aegean announces that it will temporarily halt all international flights until 30 April . The airline issued a statement on Monday stating that ‘given the extraordinary circumstances of th...
Read moreAs tourism marketing moves from glossy picture-perfect advertising to cater to an eco-conscious, inquisitive and technologically-advanced traveller, Sudha Nair-Iliades speaks to Angela Gerekou, President of the Greek National Tourism Organization on the radical changes in global tourism and Greece’s response to unlocking its tourism poten...
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