An eminently readable account, as history, mythology and autobiography, Sotiris Manolopoulos’ “A Migrant’s Hopeful Dawn”.

The 28 of February 1914 also marks the declaration of the autonomous state of Northern Epirus.

As far as it is possible for me to know, my earliest memories of being among Greek people are inextricably interwoven with the alcoholic beverage known as Victoria Bitter.

Dean Kalimniou takes a look at the lesser known Greeks who were right on the verge of history.

Dean Kalimniou explores the cultural collection of Epirote artefacts presented at this year’s Lonsdale Street Festival.

“For what is Europe basically? It is an idea before it is a market. More precisely, it is only a market because it is, first of all, an idea.

“I had reached halfway through M Karagatsis’ classic novel Junkermann, about the life and times of a particularly resourceful White Army refugee who settles in Greece”

“Let us celebrate the hive of Venus, who rose from the sea: that hive of many names: the mighty fountain…”

Part two of Dean Kalimniou’s opinion piece on Nikos Syrmos.

“It was all for nothing , all my struggles, all my privations and I’m alone. I try to figure out the reason for this and each time, I am more and more at a loss.”
Nikos Syrmos.