Capturing the Psyche of Greece’s Most Beautiful Homes
When Arabella von Friesen and John de Falbe of the legendary Chelsea bookstore John Sandoe, consistently voted as one of the UK’s best-loved inde...
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Victoria Hislop: I yearn for the time when we can ...
2020 has been a watershed year for us all. But for best-selling British...
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Welcome to Cassandra Times
We don’t want to hear it or be reminded it. The Voice of Reason. In the s...
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Hydra, a muse for wordsmiths
A fertile setting for writers in need of inspiration, Hydra's bohemian artistic community in the '60s provided fodder for the literary wizards who'd adopted the island as their muse. From George Johnston's barely-disguised biographies to Henry Miller's transcendental ramblings, Daniel Klein's epicurean musings and Charmian Clift's poetic...
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Why you should read Polly Samson’s book on Hydra, A Theatre for Dreamers
A brilliant read, full of humour and spontaneity, Polly Samson’s skilled writing offers a fascinating, often voyeuristic account of the sexual jealousy, alcoholism, and bohemian lifestyle that pervaded the creative set in 1960’s Hydra. Recounted through Erica, the daughter of Australia’s tragic literary couple, writers George Johnston and...
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