“Any debt Greece may be in now is as nothing compared to the debt we owe Greece”
— Stephen Fry*
In recent years, the name ‘Greece’ has had negative connotations: debt, austerity, recession, political failure, and social deprivation. But the present is only a slender time-slice in Greece’s long history, and Greece has been and remains the source of many riches of thought, art, culture, and landscape. Directly or indirectly, this heritage has shaped and enriched the lives of us all, and on this website people who love Greece — philhellenes in the simple sense — celebrate what Greece has given them and the world.
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David Pearce: Art and Diplomacy on Twitter
Nigel Gibbions: Indecipherable Crete
Sharon Blomfield: Greek kindness
Marjory McGinn’s big fat Greek odyssey
Anne Cooke: Every winter, I dream of Halki
Keith Frankish and Maria Kasmirli: A Greek perspective on austerity psychology
Giorgos Vitsaropoulos: Photographing the Acropolis museum
Howard Wettstein: The best vacation of our lives
Istvan Aranyosi: A Greek geek
* Email to site editor, dated 12/03/12