Dialogue
Saving face: Why Facebook blocked Australian media but not Neos Kosmos
One can do naught else but praise Social Media god Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan for posting a selfie from the Acropolis a few years ago, which they …
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The acquaintance of the Diaspora Greeks with the Greek culture needs to be more thorough
I got inspired by the recent celebration of Hellenic Education day on February the 9th and the 64th anniversary of the historic newspaper of Neos Kosmos to write a few …
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Opinion: Food and family as a cornerstone of Greek culture
Memories abound of big Greek family picnics, with bags packed to the brim with Tupperware full of tiropites, keftedes and a multitude of other traditional favourites. Perhaps the biggest celebration …
Locked down again but free to revel in maternal wisdom
Never let a snap lockdown go to waste. I have used Melbourne’s Lockdown III to learn more about what my 87-year-old Greek mother thinks about life. I was visiting my …
Marrickville, returning to the ‘Little Greece’ of our memories
At last the contribution of Greek migrants to Marrickville in Sydney has been recognised with a part of it being officially called “Little Greece”. This is the suburb I grew …
Going for CALD on COVID….
Back in March 2020, with the first COVID-19 lockdown in place, and reports appearing of the way the virus was affecting people of colour in the USA and UK, I …
Serbs in the Greek revolution
Ν΄ ἀνάψωμεν μία φλόγα, σὲ ὅλην τὴν Τουρκιά, Νὰ τρέξ΄ ἀπὸ τὴν Μπόσνα, καὶ ὡς τὴν Ἀραπιά. “We will light a flame throughout the Turkish lands That will spread from …
Remembering Theia Toula, the roving Greek school teacher followed by her students wherever she could establish herself
Greek school teacher Stamatia Kyratzis. (1928-2021) was lovingly known to her Greek Australian students as Thia Toula even though she was no one’s real aunt. The location of her class …
Ellinomatheia, the preservation of the Greek language pyramid
The Greek language, the civilization, the one expressed in Greek, the texts that are written in Greek are all those with which the whole civilized world (re)cognizes and distinguishes the …
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A ‘Wog’s’ argument on why Eddie McGuire is no racist
Eddie McGuire is a Broady boy. Broady boys are not racists. How do I know this? Well, I am a Broady boy. Like Eddie I grew up in Broadmeadows. Unlike …