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May 30, 2013

“When courage inspires a novelist” Victoria Hislop at TEDxThessaloniki

Victoria Event, Greece, news, Video Thessaloniki, Victoria Hislop, video

For novelist Victoria Hislop “courage” lies in the lives of every day people, whose stories act as the source of inspiration in her novels. Her stories either set in the […]

April 11, 2013

My Big Fat Greek Dinner (*as tweeted by Nigella!)

Victoria Greece, Greek Food, news Greek Food, Nigella Lawson, Twitter

Nigella Lawson came to dinner last night – and then tweeted a rather glorious picture of my food to her billions of followers – I am rather proud… so have […]

March 16, 2013

Celebrating Cavafy

Victoria Event, Greece, news Athens, Cavafy, Gallery, Greece

Victoria recently took part in a performance of Cavafy’s poetry, set to music by Athanasios Simoglou, and sung by the soprano, Sonia Theodoridou, at Pallas Theatre, Athens.

March 16, 2013

Discovering Cavafy

Victoria Cavafy, Greece, greek, news Cavafy, el, Greece, Literature, Poetry

This week, I remembered what is was like to be back at university, studying literature. On this occasion, though, I was in Greece. And it was a thrilling experience. I […]

December 23, 2012

A Last Perfect Christmas

Victoria news, Stuff Childhood, Christmas

A long time ago there was a fairytale white Christmas; a perfect tableau that my eight year old self had been waiting for all her life. On Christmas eve, as […]

December 3, 2012

The Last Dance & Other Stories

Victoria Book, news, The Last Dance Books, short stories, Stories, The Last Dance

Intricate, beautifully observed and with a painter’s eye for imagery, in these stories Hislop evokes Greece, its people, its customs and traditions with a sensitivity that reveals her deep knowledge […]

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