“Greek Diaspora are prized as cultural capital, they provide critical soft power and are crucial in public diplomacy,” says John Chrysoulakis, the Secretary General for Hellenism Abroad and Public Diplomacy. …

  Greece has enjoyed a tourism boon for its 2022 summer – the best season in years. Pent-up demand after two years of Covid’s global border closures has resulted in …

In a forgotten part of the inner-city quarter of Athens, Psiri (Ψυρρή), enterprising young Athenians are opening new restaurants, tattoo parlours, and barbershops. They are nestled amongst ramshackle, cluttered, and …

It’s early, 7:30am. Filo sits outside a coffee and pita hole-in-the-wall, in the inner-city suburb of Psyri. I order a freddo espresso and a mushroom pie and a frape for …

Will there be wild orgies? “I’ll organise it for you later,” visual artist Micheal Zavros promises. Raise the Roof – Dionysus Redux curated by Zavros at Lina at Brisbane’s Southbank, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …