Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Varoufakis on Eurogroup Greek Deal


A blog posting from Yanis Varoufakis, an economist with a different point of view

Island Stories: new E-Book, Just in Time for Christmas


"When the Sun Goes Down- Island Stories"

Maria's collection of four short stories is now available on Amazon.co.uk, as a Kindle e-book.

Two of the four stories are set in the Ionian Islands.

The ideal present, with a Kindle Reader!

If you don't have a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle for PC app here.

Corfucius kindly comments.

Don't forget that you can also obtain "The Ionian Islands and Epirus, A Cultural History" as a Kindle e-book.

Monday, 3 December 2012

Monsieur Bouquet in Dorset?


We're looking forward to welcoming visitors today, old friends from Corfu.

I wonder if I need to bother to tidy upstairs.

Q. "Are we going to show them round the house?"

A. "Well, it's not Longleat!"

Great Spy Books


Enjoyable BBC radio programme: Great Spy Books, Fact or Fiction? (BBC iPlayer)

Saturday, 1 December 2012

"Whole Nation Strategic Interception", Assange Interviews


Julian Assange interview, BBC World,  iPlayer, starts at 15.57

Full Zeinab Badawi interview, BBC TV

Durrelliana, Gerald Durrell on Corfu, 1987


This posting by the author of "Durrelliana" refers to a largely forgotten colour supplement article that Gerald Durrell wrote about Corfu in 1987.

I managed to find and supply a copy of the four page article, and I am delighted to see that it has been put to good use!