When I teach the Iliad in a myth or literature class, one of the things I emphasise is how its narrative frame joins other coalition tales from ancient Greece like …

Recently, I was invited by the Greek Scientists Society to speak at their inaugural international virtual conference on “Cybersecurity and the New Global Economy of the 21st Century”. Clearly, cybersecurity …

The Food For Thought Network (FFTN) was founded in 2001 by Varvara Ioannou, Chair, and has grown successfully in purpose and reach. This network is inclusive and diverse, supporting Greek …

When I was cleaning my Athens apartment a few months ago, I came across an old globe with a light inside that my father had given to me when I …

“What you have to know, now that you are entering the family,” my great-grandmother told my wife, upon meeting her for the first time, “is that the women of our …

In the series on ABC television, Stuff the British Stole, presenter Marc Fennell and his producers made an active editorial decision to ignore the theft of the Parthenon Sculptures (also …

Growing up in Melbourne, I was just your average Greek-Australian kid who wasn’t exactly enamoured when told I had to attend Saturday morning Greek school. My father and uncle conspired …

For the past twenty years, I have always kept track of French strikes, it is a fascinating topic in my opinion. Every time there is a strike, a wealth of …

I think that the members of the Greek Australian Cultural League of Melbourne would forgive me for expressing the wish that this year’s edition of their literary journal “Antipodes”, being …

Yiayia Alexandra was born on the 13 January 1929 in Drama, Greece and passed away on 9 August 2022. With her three siblings they lived through hard times as the …