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Do You Know the Way to … ?

“In July 2005 Pope Benedict XVI stated during an impromptu address to priests in Aosta that: “The Pope is not an oracle; he is infallible in very rare situations, as we know.” Pope John XXIII once remarked: “I am only infallible if I speak infallibly but I shall never do that, so I am not… Continue reading Do You Know the Way to … ?

Hardship Allowances

When I was posted to Belize, in the Irish Guards, in 1973 it was officially still British Honduras. The name changed unobtrusively, at least to me, in June 1973 mid-way through my stay.

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Meet the Pallisers

I saw The Rocky Horror Show at a theatre in the King’s Road (possibly The Royal Court) in the 1970s and was taken by surprise when the audience were mostly in costume and participated in the show – I remember lots of rice being chucked in a wedding scene.

The Flight of Ikaros

“There is a surplus of books about modern Greece, but this one is the best for many years”, writes a reviewer in the New Statesman in the latter half of the last century.

Apochairetistírio

I have been coming to Greece since 1977 and have never stayed on the mainland before, once staying on Spetses and otherwise island hopping on chartered yachts.

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The Deep Mani

Hitherto our transport has been a Land Rover Discovery and a Mercedes people carrier.

From Alpha to Omega

What common feature does England, Italy, North and South America have – and the Peloponnese for that matter?