Event at Odeon of Herodes Atticus features readings by Lina Nikolakopoulou, Victoria Hislop and Alicia Stallings, music by Tom Smail The city’s cannons sounded 37 times in Messolonghi on the day that Lord Byron breathed his last, one for each year of his short life. The news of his death was reported in the […]
By Tasmina Perry For You Magazine In the library of London’s Hellenic Centre, Victoria Hislop is telling me how filming Dancing with the Stars – the Greek version of Strictly Come Dancing – made her cry. ‘It was an amazing experience, but hardcore,’ says the bestselling author, whose ten books have sold more than ten […]
Victoria Hislop’s The Figurine has become the UK Official UK Top 50 number one in its mass-market fiction paperback launch week, just edging out Claire Douglas’ The Wrong Sister (Penguin), which had held the pole position for two out of the previous three weeks. (from The Bookseller) Victoria Hislop’s The Figurine has become the […]
Mick Herron, Victoria Hislop, Hassan Abdulrazzak and Elizabeth Day were among the 42 new Royal Society of Literature (RSL) fellows whose appointment was announced last night at an event held at the Garden Museum. When being inducted as a fellow, Victoria used Lord Byron’s pen to sign… Among them were 13 new honorary fellows, including […]
(Victoria Hislop for Ekathimerini) When I went to vote in my local village in Crete, a mother had brought her children with her. It was a sizzlingly hot morning, and I know they would much rather have been in the shady playground down the road. But their presence felt very right. Kids tend to copy […]
The other day, I did a quick count of all the Greek islands I have visited, and it came to more than 40, with dozens more on my wish list. One of the reasons I keep travelling to new and sometimes obscure islands is that they are all so individual. “The Greek islands” may get […]
