Blogs in November 2023

Sifnos Chronicles 2: more greek island tales 11th November 2023

A taverna … a monstrous platter of fish … then a second. We didn’t order these, don’t really like fish. But they’re a gift, the cook is watching and the giver is too. Life in a secluded Greek fishing...

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The Sifnos Chronicles I: tales from a greek isle 11th November 2023

Quirky and beguiling, often unwittingly funny, and always so utterly kind, the people of the Greek island of Sifnos charm and fascinate. They roar past on motorbikes with whole families squeezed on top, plus whatever earthly goods they can...

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The Greek House 1st May 2023

It’s 1972 and the twenty-one year old artist author arrives on the island of Sifnos in the Cyclades in search of himself. On this primitive, far-flung island, where not even ferries can dock and roads are little more than...

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For Now: Notes on living a deliberate life 26th May 2017

What does it mean, to live a deliberate life? I use that term, but I’m still trying to figure it out. And I think that’s the point, essentially: that we’re always trying to figure it out. All of it....

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100 days of solitude 26th May 2017

Die-hard Londoner Daphne never expected to find herself on a small Greek island. Snakes and scorpions and weird, hairy locals, sure – but not Inner Peace. Which goes to show how wrong you can be. This is not one...

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