I have visited Greece twice, the first time in 1980 I was pregnant with Angus and was uncomfortable in the August heat, the plumbing. But from the hotel window I could see the Acropolis, and I watched Spanish dancing and singing in the ancient stadium. After my travel-mate returned to Philadelphia from Athens, I traveled to Olympia, and was there exactly when the Olympic Games were held in Moscow. Wow. Olive trees. I remember olive trees and shady groves and a small Olympic Stadium that captured the imagination of so many in the world.
The second time was in Oct 2001, I was in Athens for an HIV/AIDS conference because right after 9/11, so many were afraid of flying, and I was very happy to fly anywhere.
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Greece shares land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey. Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games, Socrates, Aristotle, Plato. Ah Greece! Weather this storm.
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:02:21 +0000 Who Is Stefanos Kasselakis, the Syriza Leader Upending Greek Politics? The rapid ascent of Stefanos Kasselakis, a former Goldman Sachs trader and Greece’s first openly gay party leader, has gripped the nation. But his leadership is dividing the country’s main opposition party.
Mediation efforts are continuing to secure a new Gaza ceasefire and free more hostages held by Hamas despite the ongoing Israeli bombardment that is “narrowing the window” for a successful outcome, Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday.
“Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continuing. We are not going to give up,” sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the Doha Forum, adding that “the continuation of the bombardment is just narrowing this window for us”.
If Israel is above international law, sanctions should be put on it. Israel should not be allowed to continue violating international humanitarian law and international law.
Our main concern is not the day after. It is today. We want the stop of atrocities and genocide that is happening today.
Former Ukip and Brexit party leader used airtime to speculate over a return to Conservatives
Nigel Farage has finished third in the reality TV show I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!
The rightwing politician and commentator reached the final three of the long-running ITV series, in which celebrities subject themselves to trials such as eating kangaroo testicles.
Granada v Athletic called off after a fan dies during game
Leverkusen held to draw but extend Bundesliga lead
High-flying Girona reclaimed top spot in La Liga after beating champions Barcelona 4-2 away on Sunday, condemning Xavi Hernández’s side to their second league defeat of the season.
Artem Dovbyk put Girona in front in the 12th minute with a shot that bounced in off the bottom of the post before Robert Lewandowski equalised seven minutes later, heading home following a corner.
Man, 58, arrested on suspicion of murder after recent police appeal over unsolved death near East Finchley tube
A 58-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the 1984 killing of Anthony Littler in East Finchley.
Littler was found with head injuries in an alleyway known as The Causeway, near East Finchley tube station in north London at 12.15am on 1 May 1984. Littler, an executive officer at Customs and Excise, was single and lived a short distance from the station.
This pacy, extremely good crime drama tackles a murder on a military base in its second season. It’s a thrilling watch that’s full of political truth bombs – and a great performance from Jones
Remember Vigil, the BBC One crime drama in which Suranne Jones was trapped in a submarine? Jones played DCI Amy Silva, a police detective who was assigned to investigate a mysterious death aboard a submarine, then became trapped inside it, locked in with all the suspects and the killer. Meanwhile, her colleague and lost true love, DS Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie), helped to probe the case on the Scottish mainland, all the while worried her rightful life partner was trapped in a submarine.
Thanks to the ingenious tension-tripling twist of trapping the protagonist in a submarine, Vigil was one of the BBC’s biggest hits of 2021. So, where to now for the popular trapped-in-a-submarine drama? DCI Amy Silva is back for a new season, but she’s not trapped in a new submarine. Nor is she aboard a hijacked plane, stuck in a broken lift or wedged in a cave after a potholing mishap. She’s not trapped at all! What are they thinking?