I’ve wanted to visit Thessaloniki, which sits on the northern edge of the Thermaic Gulf, ever since I read Victoria Hislop’s The Thread, a sprawling family saga that starts in 1917 and continues through the war years to the present day. It is largely thanks to her that I now spend so much time in Crete. Her novels aren’t just very readable. They can turn you into a Hellenophile.
In an interview with Country Life, Zara Tindall listed a few of her favourite things, and confesses to be a fan of Victoria Hislop: Where is your favourite place in Britain? Scotland What is your favourite building? Duart Castle, Isle of Mull Book? I enjoy Victoria Hislop’s novels Music? Ed Sheeran Holiday? Australia Dinner guest? […]
It took Victoria Hislop a while, but she learned to love the chaos and joy of Greece’s third-largest city (in The Guardian, Saturday 29 July 2017) When I visited Patra for the first time, I was baffled. Driving in from Athens through the modern sprawl along the coast, I couldn’t understand how the third largest city in […]
As Spinalonga enters the final stage of its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the cast and crew of the iconic Greek MEGA TV show The Island look back and share their memories (Manos Drakonakis for Neoskosmos) Once synonymous with suffering and death, Spinalonga, the jewel of Mirabello Bay, has risen to world fame through […]
כמו חתונה יוונית “המקום הזה נפלא, אבל בלעדייך הוא פשוט כלום”, נכתב שוב ושוב בגלויות יפהפיות מהאי פלופונסוס ביוון, שלא מגיעות ליעדן. בספרה החדש של הסופרת הבריטית הנערצת ויקטוריה היסלופ (“האי של סופיה”), מגיעות הגלויות לידיה של אישה אחרת. בראיון מיוחד ורומנטי מספרת היסלופ על נשים חזקות, על כתיבה בגיל מאוחר ועל האהבה המיוחדת ליוון […]
As Spinalonga enters the final stage of its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the cast and crew of the iconic Greek MEGA TV show The Island look back and share their memories (Manos Drakonakis for Neoskosmos) Once synonymous with suffering and death, Spinalonga, the jewel of Mirabello Bay, has risen to world fame through […]
