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Diatribe: The melancholy of the politician
“Despite their promises at the last Election, the politicians had not yet changed the climate” – Evelyn Waugh, ‘Love Among the Ruins’ 1953. Giorgio de Chirico, one of my favourite …
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Misunderstood Byzantium: The empire that built a bridge between East and West
Istanbul was Constantinople Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople – “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)”, 1953, The Four Lads The Fall of Constantinople, on May 29, 1453, …
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Rest in peace Efstathia Spiropoulos
Our beloved Efstathia Spiropoulos was born on 10 June 1920, in the midst of the Greco-Turkish War of Asia Minor. She was born in a small village called Flessiada, outside …
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Black Sea, calm your waters: A journey into the Pontian Genocide
Sea, Black Sea Don’t become a monster Calm your waters … So that this ship Can take me to Greece Genocide – who’s counting? For decades my relatives have been …
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Explosions of Beauty: Remembering Christella Demetriou on her celestial birthday
“Because no one else has lived all the chapters of my life with me.” So begins a moving tribute to the late Greek Cypriot artist Christella Demetriou, penned on what …
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Diatribe: Hydra in Winter
Just imagine, if you will, that you could read a humorous version of the Pentateuch, written by a particularly witty in-law of a descendant of Abraham, who peppers her pages …
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Ange the giant: From Prahran to European glory
Ange Postecoglou, the humble son of Greek immigrants, grew up in the working-class suburb of Prahran in Melbourne, Australia. He supported South Melbourne Hellas and dreamed of one day playing …
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Victoria’s Greek-like home budget: Discipline over enthusiasms
The 2025–26 Victorian State Budget handed down on Tuesday by Treasurer Jaclyn Symes, won’t set the headlines on fire, yet says something subtly powerful – this is a government choosing …
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Richard Marles has been unfairly labelled a factional assassin
Richard Marles successfully negotiated an increase in representation in the Labor Government Cabinet with the appointments of Daniel Mullino and Sam Rae as Ministers and Peter Khalil as Assistant Minister. …
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Diatribe: Papoutsi apo ton topo sou…
Honestly, the goings on of the Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic make a person with the future of the race at heart despair. I mean serious, imagine getting …