On January 23, 2019, Victoria Hislop joined Panos Karnezis, Patricia Barbeito, David Ricks, and Roderick Beaton for a workshop to discuss issues of translating Modern Greek literature: what their work – as authors and academics – has in common, and how it differs. The event was held in collaboration with the British School at Athens […]
You can now listen to exclusive extracts from the audiobook of Those Who are Loved, read by Juliet Stevenson, courtesy of Headline books. You can listen to the whole excerpt by clicking the link below Lunchtime Readings: Those Who Are Loved Or listen to individual chapters by clicking on the links below Prologue Chapter 1 […]
The new Sunday Times #1 bestseller from Victoria Hislop, Those Who Are Loved is set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece, the subsequent civil war and a military dictatorship, all of which left deep scars. Click here to read an exclusive extract from Those Who Are Loved Themis is part of a family […]
I had never been very close with my own mother growing up. When I lost her to cancer at the tender age of 8, I had always wished that we had more time. Since the day I saw the double lines on my pregnancy strip appear, I imagined taking my child on special dates – […]
My four best girlfriends and I keep a monthly afternoon coffee and cakes date. When it was my turn to host, I had forgotten to reschedule two appointments to leave time for cooking and cleaning. Then I remembered my Grandmother’s homemade fruit cakes that, from prep to decorations, were a total of 25 minutes! Of […]
Aloha! Mahalo. Komo mai e ai. Greetings! Thank you. Come in and eat. These 3 basic Hawaiian expressions can get you very far on the islands of this beautiful and other worldly place. But what’s the best way to travel, where to go, what to do, and what to pack? I’ll help you with my […]
