Jim Claven
News –
What OXI Day meant to Australia in 1940
On Saturday 28 October, we commemorate 77 years since General Metaxas said Oxi to Mussolini’s ultimatum to enter Greece.
Life –
Dreams of Pontus
Following their performance at the Greek Centre, Jim Claven goes one-on-one with Thessaloniki’s Christos Kaliontzidis and Andonis Pilalidis about Pontian music.
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To Erythrae and the fair shores of Greek Ionia
Many modern travellers are aware of the great Greek settlements on Asia Minor’s Aegean Coast. But few know Erythrae was once the most important of these cities.
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William Davis’ journey to Gallipoli
A tale of Trades Hall, Lemnos and the bloody fields of Krithia.
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Discovering Lemnos’ Australian Pier
Built by Australian soldiers, the pier was one of the first pieces of infrastructure erected on Lemnos by the Allies.
Life –
On George Orwell, Democracy and Greece
Jim Claven on why George Orwell’s message in 1984 remains as current as the day it was written.
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Sailing to Symi
As historian Jim Claven sails through the Greek island of Symi he transports us from the present to the past.