Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943) is considered one of the leading expressionists of the so-called School of Paris – a central figure
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Captain John Saris: the Man who brought Shunga to England
Originally published on the 22nd October 2013. Introduction In 1613 Captain John Saris brought back to England some “pictures” from
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The Condor, “Big” Davey, Rudi Gernreich’ s monokini and Carol Doda
Originally published on the 27th December 2015. Introduction This is a story about a place, the night club “The Condor”,
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Serbia buys 12 Rafale fighter aircrafts – Η Σερβία αγοράζει 12 μαχητικά αεροσκάφη Ραφάλ
Στο τέλος Αυγούστου 2024 στο Βελιγράδι, ο Eric Trappier, CEO της Dassault Aviation και ο Bratislav Gasic , Σέρβος Υπουργός
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La Graine et le Mulet (Couscous with Mullet): Food and Family Politics
Originally published on the 27th September 2011. Couscous with Mullet, or “The Secret of the Grain” is a movie of
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Winnicott’s “Good Enough Mother”
Originally published on the 12th May 2013. Seventy years ago, a middle-aged man walked into a BBC radio studio in
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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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