Christakis, Timeless Gentleman’s Clothing
[intro] Excellent personal service and high quality timeless tailoring combine in this Kolonaki clothing shop [caption id="attachment_13219"...
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Booktique. Beautiful Books and Objects in Kolonaki
Delve into this beautifully curated collection of books and objects in...
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Exploring Anavasi: Maps, Guides and Much, Much Mor...
Visit this cabinet of cartographic wonders on Voulis and learn wonderf...
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In the Spirit of a Winemaker: Q & A with Angeliki Grazia
Angeliki Grazia is on a quest. What started as a heritage project to revive oft-forgotten varieties of Naxos’ winemaking culture, ended up with Grazia as a firm advocate of not only preserving these ancient varieties, but also of highlighting their role in the future of Greek wine-making. At the picturesque Terra Grazia winery in Kato Sa...
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The Wine Whisperer of Nemea
Hellenic history and art tells us that wine was a fundamental cultural pillar of Ancient Greece. But many fine varieties have been lost to the ages. Amanda Dardanis meets Kostas Bakasietas, the man who is raising extinct Greek varieties from the Dead. Greeks, it is said, were the first to produce wine. Certainly, we gave th...
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On a Wine and a Prayer: Notes from the monastic cellars of Mt. Athos
Athens Insider’s wine expert Eleni Kefalopoulou goes where no woman has been before and culls secrets from the esoteric monastic cellars of the Holy Mountain. It took several years of research and no doubt endless glasses of wine to come up with this remarkably documented book on the history and millennia-old traditions of wine making on ...
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Prof. Islam Issa to speak on Alexandria’s Homeric Roots
The Anglo-Hellenic League and the British School at Athens present a lecture by Prof. Islam Issa on The Alexandrian Dream on Monday 9 December 2024. Prof. Islam Issa, whose book Alexandria: The City that Changed the World (London: Sceptre, 2023) won the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2024, will speak about ‘The Alexandrian Dream’. ...
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India Hicks in Athens to launch her book on her remarkable mother, Lady Pamela Hicks
India Hicks’ heartfelt tribute to her remarkable mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, offers an intimate window into an extraordinary life intertwined with history, royalty, and timeless elegance. Lady Pamela: My Mother's Extraordinary Years as Daughter to the Viceroy of India, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen, and Wife of David Hicks, is a visual biog...
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The Art of Giving: A quick guide to Donating used clothes and toys
If you’ve been sprucing up and decluttering your family’s closets, this quick guide on where you can donate what might come in handy! And if you have a bit of time and a few hugs to spare, we’ve got that covered too! AGALIA Agalia, translates as an embrace, and more than baby paraphernalia, it is that warm human touch that these abandoned ...
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Clay sorceress Diane Alexandre inaugurates the Insider Collective with her ceramics exhibition Aeaea
In our New Athenians series, artist Diane Alexandre shares her creative inspirations with us and tells us why for her Athens is a city of constant opportunities. ABOUT YOU What do you do? I am a sculptor and céramicist with a background in literature and graphic design. About the Ceramics Scene in Athens -- Sum up how ...
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Enter Queen Calliope’s bright and bold world of fashion eloquence
In our New Athenians series, Calliope Karvounis shares her sartorial passions, her itinerant photography career, and her keen curatorial eye in collecting fabrics, traditions and stories from wherever she’s been – a world she has recreated in her fabulous store, Queen Calliope on Merlin Street. Calliope’s personal style radiates through h...
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My View – Americans in Athens React to the Election
We asked four Americans who are currently in Athens for their view on results from the US election. Two are long term residents who have decided to make Athens their home and two are visiting students on a semester abroad programme. Tyler Boersen, Anthropologist and Communications Strategist from East Lansing, Michigan, living i...
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