Our lives would be very narrow indeed if we did not absorb aspects from other cultures and add them to our own. Food is an extremely good example. Take away everything that came from the New World and

One of the most incredible places I have ever visited.

A lot of native English writers would benefit from reading your post and taking your advice.

Here on Symi, during the refugee crisis in the summer of 2015, when we had families sleeping on the street, the response of the locals was amazing. In defiance of the late despoti who demonstrated some

Streaming Spotify can help - or make it worse by replacing one annoying song with another.

Excellent idea. :-)

To this day every region of Greece - and every bakery in that region - has its own unique version of some kind of cheese pie or tart. Sweet or savoury, wrapped in phyllo or other kind of pastry, with or

Chronia polla! Birthday filakia from the little island of Symi :-)

Just because Alexander the Great was probably a sociopath doesn't mean that we should not remember him and his achievements. What is admired in a person has varied considerably through the ages and we

One of the most moving exhibits I saw at the museum at Bletchley Park recently was the room given over to the role carrier pigeons played during both World Wars.

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing. Would love to see more photos, particularly in colour so the graffiti is clearer :-)

Your up-beat attitude to life is great. Don't let anything spoil it!

Modern road works are no where near as inspiring or beautiful.

Fascinating story. I have just been reading about another, more recent, French social experiment where the powers that be attempted to redress the depopulation of rural France in the 1960s and the

Chronia polla!

I too am a newbie and finding the system difficult to comprehend. It is also difficult to search for specific members as the search function doesn't enable one to look for names, only subjects. Am I missing

Thanks!

Thank you :-) Good luck with your music project.

Thank you for this. I too live on a border island - Symi - and the impact the refugee crisis has had on the local economy is marked, even though we don't have a designated 'camp' on the island. We soon