Fotis Kapetopoulos
Dialogue –
Father’s Day – time to memorialise
Time creates chasms in memory. Mnemonic landscapes become difficult to define and past lives become increasingly opaque. On this Father’s Day when my son gave me my presents, they became …
Life –
Achilles and Patroclus: love in war
David Morton, the director of Holding Achilles, wants to reclaim the queer aspects of Achilles’ and Patroclus’ relationship in Homer’s Iliad. It is doubtful that their relationship would have been …
Life –
The Parthenon to be reimagined at the NGV in a blaze of colour
There will be a reimagining of the Parthenon” as part of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Architecture Commission for 2022. Australian architects have been invited to create a site-specific …
News –
Prof. Pirpiris: Too many Greeks are not following up with boosters
Too many Greek Australians are getting sick from COVID and are missing out on COVID vaccine boosters. Professor Marinis Pirpiris PhD, the perioperative COVID expert in Victoria, is concerned. Greeks, …
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Arvanitakis appointed as Director of the Forrest Research Foundation in WA
Professor James Arvanitakis, a regular contributor to Neos Kosmos, was appointed as the new Director of the Forrest Research Foundation. The Foundation was established in Western Australia to support a …
News –
Dalidakis: “You may have been writing my obituary”
“Instead of doing this interview, you may have been writing my obituary,” Philip Dalidakis said over the phone. “And it’s not Jewish-Greek fatalism” laughed the former Victorian government minister, “this …
News –
Predatory poker machines make victims of Greek Australians
Since the introduction of poker machines in Victoria 30 years ago, an astounding $66 billion has been lost. Reverend Tim Costello, the lead advocate from The Alliance for Gambling Reform, …
News –
Victorian hospital crisis has child’s heart surgery postponed nine times
On Tuesday July 12, the ABC reported on Winston, the five-year-old Bendigo boy who needs open-heart surgery but has had his operation cancelled “eight times”. Cristean Tilkeridis, Winston’s father, is …
Dialogue –
Should Kyrgios leave the island?
Nick Kyrgios is through to his first grand slam final after Spaniard Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon with injury. If Kyrgios wins he will be the first Australian men’s singles …
Features –
Mary Coustas: “Greek women were never invisible”
“Who do you want to speak to, Mary, or Effie?” asks actor and comedian, Mary Coustas over the phone. Effie (Stephanidis), Coustas’ alter ego is fixed in the Australian psyche, …