Originally published on the 27th September 2011. Couscous with Mullet, or “The Secret of the Grain” is a movie of
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The definition of “arete” by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics
Originally published on the 18th February 2015. Introduction We often talk about “arete“, or “virtue“, although the Latin-based word is
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Daido Moriyama: Colors
Originally published on the 17th April 2016. I have written a post about Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, in which all
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Daido Moriyama, Japanese Photographer: Poetry through the lens
Originally published on the 20th October 2012. In October 2012 I visited an exhibition of Daido Moriyama’s photographs in London’s
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The Marathon Dam and Lake
Originally published on the 18th May 2014. For 11 years I lived in a small village called Kaletzi (or Vothon)
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1001 Ways to die (9) – Sylvia Plath, American, Poet, Novelist
Originally published on the 21st February 2012. … DyingIs an art, like everything else.I do it exceptionally well. I do
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6th – 7th September 1955, Istanbul: Pogrom against the Greeks
This post was first published on the 9th September 2010. In their 7th September 1956 edition, the New York Times
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Head of a Woman: Picasso’s interpretations of Fernande Olivier
Edited on the 4th September 2024. Originally published on 22nd April 2013. During a visit to Chicago in 2013, I
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Το σπίτι της γιαγιάς του Γιώργου Σεφέρη στη Σκάλα, κοντά στη Σμύρνη – George Seferis Grandmother’s House in Iskele, near Izmir, Turkey
Edited on the 4th November 2024. First published on the 24th May 2020. Ο Γιώργος Σεφέρης όταν ήταν παιδί πέρναγε
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Smyrna, September 1922: When Paradise turned into Hell
Introduction The Smyrna 1922 burning and butchery is a tragedy. Tragedies cannot be described adequately. But the statements of eyewitnesses
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