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Diatribe: Rituals – Gifts for the gods

The Hellenic Museum’s most recent exhibition, Rituals: Gifts for the Gods, is not merely a curated display of antiquities, but a contemplative pilgrimage through the spiritual psyche of the ancient …

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Diatribe: Ashpoems

It is only when the fire burns to ashes, when the embers are glowing, that cooking, and warmth is possible. Similarly, in George Vassilacopoulos’ latest poetry collection: Ashpoems, we are …

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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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