City culture or island life? I still can’t decide.
(from The Sunday Times 08/02/2015) My love for Greece began as a holiday romance nearly 40 years ago. I was a teenager and landed in Athens one blisteringly hot day […]
Greece
…a Few of My Favourite (Cypriot) Things
There has always been a little place in the sidebar of the website that features a few of Victoria’s favourite Greek things, but it has expanded so much that a […]
Celebrating Cavafy
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.
Discovering Cavafy
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 […]
“The Thread” chosen for Richard and Judy’s Summer Reads
Victoria’s novel “The Thread” has been chosen for Richard & Judy’s Summer Book Club, in association with WH Smith. You can join Victoria for a live web chat at the […]
Victoria in interview with Anthony Gardner
For Victoria Hislop, falling in love with the Mediterranean was not a slow burn, but something akin to standing under a hairdryer. ‘I remember the aeroplane doors opening,’ she says, […]
