I don’t recall any Greek Australian from my generation waking up one fine morning and shouting out: ‘It is great to be white. I really feel white all over.’ On …

“If she lived to celebrate other Christmasses, the heartless mother-in-law and unwitting infanticide did not enjoy a happy old age.” Alexandros Papadiamantis, “The Christmas Bread.” One of my favourite ways …

In November 2023, the Australian government introduced a landmark piece of legislation, the Digital ID Bill 2023. This Bill aims to revolutionise how Australians interact with online services, creating a …

On October 7, I was having dinner with my Jewish neighbours. As dessert was being served texts started arriving from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Tahlia, our host, told us that …

Preamble: Konstantinos Gkioulekas, lawyer, journalist and New Democracy MP, and author of the Greek language book; The Chronicle of the Revolution Through the Newspapers of the Revolution, sent a letter …

David Beckham’s most endearing feature is his profound gratitude. In the recent Netflix documentary Beckham (2023), we see his gratitude towards his father, Ted’s dedication, his wife Victoria Adams’s forbearance, …

Many of you know me for my short articles on Bronze Age Greece (ca 3000-1200 BCE Minoans and Mycenaeans). What many of you may not know is that I’m also …

Isidoros, known to the general populace as Izzy, is a Neo-Byzantine. What this means is that even though the last vestiges of Byzantine power fell in the fifteenth century, they …

The end of a terrible year is around the corner. We need a respite to replenish reserves before 2024 and I am making a concerted effort not to monitor international …

Every year, politicians come to the Lonsdale Festival and acknowledge the pioneering role of Greek Australians in transforming Australian culture. There would be no Australian multiculturalism without the Jews and …