Dialogue
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Why Dan will win: In a crisis we want to be led
In the hit series Boss, Chicago mayor Tom Kane, played by Kelsey Grammer, reflects on a foundational mayor of that great city, Anton Cermak, who brought together the warring tribes, …
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Bill Papastergiadis OAM on the Assyrians, the VMC and the Greek Community
Multiculturalism is the bedrock upon which Melbourne and Australia’s society is built on. As a Commissioner of the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC), I had the opportunity to recently address a …
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Mrs Olga Bitsas retires after 32 years of service as a teacher at St John’s College
The founder of our school, the Very Reverend Father Ierotheos Kourtessis of eternal memory, made an inspired decision in 1982. That is when he appointed a just graduated teacher, Miss …
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Parthenon sculptures in 2021-A year in review
2021 marked the 200th anniversary of the start of the Greek Revolution. During the early stages of the Greek War of Independence there was a siege of the Acropolis by …
Offering something for Parthenon Marbles should be last-resort option
The return of the Parthenon Marbles is a sensitive topic that concerns all Greeks around the world. All of us are passionate about bringing them back to Athens, which is …
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Tasos Leivaditis – “Handbook for a good death”
Tasos Leivaditis’ collection of prose-poems, “Handbook for a Good Death”, was recently released in the first full English translation by bespoke Texas-based publisher, Human Side Press, in a hand-bound limited …
Constructing Hellenism: A ‘stroke’ of the modern Greek language
Marking my ceremonial return to the office last month after lockdown, I was crossing the street when I overheard two construction workers snigger with the high-pitched nasal diction that characterises …
COP26, hope and judgment in a crisis
The United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow (‘COP26’) was held in the wake of extreme-weather events made worse by climate change, new warnings of danger from the scientific community and …
Inspiration or appropriation: From the swastika to the use of ancient symbols in modern times
Symbols are a part of the fundamental nature of human beings. We use them to dictate meaning, rules and as markers, all of which help us understand the world around …
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Filotimo, the Marrickville mural showcases the ‘love of honour’
For a supposedly untranslatable concept, the idea of «Φιλότιμο», something which is apparently encoded within the DNA of all people of Greek ancestry, haσ been around for an incredibly long …