(by Simone Perotti) I reach my meeting with Theodossios Tassios unprepared. When I read his resume I realise that it would be impossible to prepare an interview with a man who is an educational engineer, Professor Emeritus of Athens University, a member of [...]
(by Simone Perotti) Ersi Sotiropoulos is beautiful woman, slim, sexy and not only because of her low husky voice. She is a sensitive writer, who comes from a troubled and tormented background. She seems to come straight from the pages of one of [...]
(by Simone Perotti) Paris Sigalas is one of those men whom Mother Nature has blessed in every way: an ever-present, slightly self-satisfied smile, as though everything were a pleasant surprise. The shining eyes of someone who often finds something to marvel at. “I [...]
(by Simone Perotti) “It is hard to be poor in Countries without sunshine”. A good start to my conversation with Marilli Mastrantoni, about time. Actress and art director of cultural events, Marilli doesn’t know why her name and surname are Italian. “My grandmother [...]
(by Simone Perotti) And then there are the islands. Thousands of Greek islands on which the recession has had little, if any effect. Perhaps due to tourism, flesh coloured gold, perhaps because on the islands there is a different mentality, the history of [...]
(by Simone Perotti) “I’m just a boring civil servant…” That’s how, Panayiotis Makris, diplomat, ambassador and Chairman of the Hellenic Foundation of Culture introduces himself. And then apologises “sorry if I am so elegantly dressed, but I have an appointment this evening…”. It [...]
(by Simone Perotti) I would like to show you a photograph of Kafka, nom d’art Katerina Kafentzi, but she does not like to be photographed. If you Google her, apparently you will get, at the most, one or two photographs. I ask her [...]
(di Simone Perotti) “Narrow-mindedness and double identity are the two main topics running through contemporary modern Greek literature, in particular in most recent times”. Maurizio De Rosa looks like an intellectual of the old days, cultured and learned as well as sensitive and [...]
36° 46.014 N – 24° 36.660 E July 24th, 15:00 local time Polyaigos ”Just few words aboard Mediterranea, lots of tears of emotion, silence. It swam with us and we did with it. An hour long. Then it swam quickly to the bottom of the [...]
“The most unfathomable, indefinable thing about the Mediterranean is this atmosphere, the set of light, colors, the white.. in the Mediterranean, the white is a different color. Then there are the noises, the air, the quality of the green, the infinite blue shades of the [...]
