Spring time is a good time to cook dishes with lamb offal. I buy lamb which less than one year
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Bill Woodrow’s “English Heritage – Humpty Fucking Dumpty”
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s
Continue readingParliamentary Elections in Greece – January 2015: The Outlook – Part II
Following my earlier post on the January 2015 parliamentary elections in Greece, I would like to add some more thoughts regarding
Continue readingParliamentary Elections in Greece – January 2015: The Outlook
Introduction The coalition government of New Democracy and PASOK led by Mssrs. Samaras and Venizelos did not survive the three
Continue readingFestive Lunch – 1st January 2015 – Marathon, Attica, Greece
Today I rejoice the passage of time, culminating in the coming of the new year. There is no better
Continue readingThe Philosopher’s Conquest – A painting by Giorgio de Chirico
Introduction “One must picture everything in the world as an enigma, not only the great questions one has always asked oneself
Continue readingVegetables from Marathon Greece, and more…
“Gastronomy begins in the (market) stalls” old saying In the middle of Greek winter, and as we are bracing ourselves
Continue readingΘουκυδίδου: Περικλέους Επιτάφιος (ΙΙ, 34-46) Thucydides: Pericles’ Funeral Oration
Αυτό το άρθρο έχει θέμα του τον Επιτάφιο Λόγο του Περικλή, όπως αυτός παρατίθεται από τον Θουκυδίδη στην “Ιστορία του
Continue readingLament for Formula 1: Reminiscing the good old days (the 1993 Spanich Grand Prix)
Introduction This post was triggered by the finding and opening a photo album of year 1993. In it I found
Continue readingNutcracker: by Jennifer Rubell
nutcracker: a device for cracking nuts (Oxford Dictionaries). New York based artist Jennifer Rubell has created her own nutcrackers. In
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