Atlantis Books in Greece announces David Sedaris and Billy Collins will headline 2015 literary festival
Atlantis Books, the English-language bookstore perched on the cliffs of Oia, a town on the island of Santorini in Greece, will hold its fourth literary festival in September. Founded and… Read more »
Was Pulp’s ‘Common People’ inspired by Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis’ wife?
She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge, She studied sculpture at Saint Martin’s College, That’s where I… Caught her eye. So begins Pulp’s hit song ‘Common People’,… Read more »
Will the abolition of book price restrictions improve Greece’s economy? (No.)
Every Saturday morning, while the unproductive among us are sleeping in, eating brunch, or sleeping in and eating brunch (it’s difficult, but doable), the very productive (and very brilliant) writer… Read more »
Atlantis Books Celebrates 10 Years
Perched on the black volcanic cliffs in the town of Oia on the Greek island of Santorini, Atlantis Books offers books in all languages, but mostly in English. It was founded… Read more »
Two new poems by Sappho discovered on an ancient scrap of papyrus
Two new works by the Greek poet Sappho have been discovered on an ancient piece of papyrus. James Romm writes at The Daily Beast that the poems were discovered when the anonymous… Read more »
Britain is the most cultured society in the EU, thanks to the eurozone crisis
Why else does the European Union exist but to pit countries against one another and routinely shame nations by comparison? This time, Britain has unbelievably come out top as the… Read more »
Greek government abruptly closes down public TV and radio stations
The closure of Greece’s entire public broadcasting system, Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) or the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, earlier this week has been met with shock, concern, and no small degree of… Read more »