Zagori, Greece: A Song from Zagori (Lyric in English Translation)

I don't know this traditional Zagori song in Greek, but it appears in Hilary Pym's translation in "Songs of Greece, A Companion for Travellers, London, 1968:

Friends, why aren't you eating and drinking?

Maybe you don't like our bread?

We'll send next door and change it.

Maybe you don't like our wine?

We've other casks, we'll change it.

Is it the food that you don't like?

We've other cooks, we'll change them.

Maybe it's my poor wife that you don't like?

She's all I've got, can't change her.

Ghika, Sketch of Chef 

(Benaki Museum)

Can anyone supply the Greek text, or further information about the source of the song?

UK Drivers Hiring Cars Abroad; Car Hire Chaos?

BBC Report

"Motorists going abroad after 8 June are being warned they will need to take a special code with them if they want to hire a car. From that date the paper counterpart of British driving licences - which records endorsements and fines - is being computerised. Anyone wanting to hire a car abroad will officially need a code to show convictions for offences like speeding".

The Independent

The Guardian - Fears growing those hiring cars may be turned away - "Holidaymakers are being warned to expect a summer of car hire disruption after it emerged that the DVLA is to scrap the paper counterpart of driving licences from 8 June, with drivers told to obtain a special online code before heading abroad – or possibly be refused a rental car".

The UK Economy and the EU: What if...

From The Independent - EU exit would hit UK economy much harder than neighbouring countries, study finds

EU Observer - Juncker calls for 'fair deal' on EU for Britain

Greece: A New Week Begins; New Negotiating Team (Reshuffle/Sidelining?); Tsipras TV Interview (with English Translation)

 The Times, front page, 27 April, 2015

From Bloomberg - Greece’s Day of Reckoning Inches Closer as Payments Loom

“Despite the inelegant way the government did it, we will deposit our reserves at the Bank of Greece,” Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, said in comments on Mega TV....Germany’s Bild newspaper reported Monday that Tsipras asked Merkel to convene an emergency European Union leaders’ summit. A Greek government spokesman denied the report in a text message".

Bloomberg - Greece Just Clipped Varoufakis’s Wings (numbers or personalities?)

New York Times - Greece Says It Is Changing Team That Negotiates With Creditors

From Reuters - German Chancellor, Greek PM agree to stay in touch to reach debt deal

The Guardian - Greek government reshuffles negotiating team after eurogroup clashes - live updates

More from The Guardian - Greek finance minister denies being sidelined from debt talks - Yanis Varoufakis renews outspoken attack on eurozone partners despite being replaced as leader of bailout negotiating team

EU Observer

The Telegraph

FT: Varoufakis sidelined?

Protagon: The first measures  "Ορισμένα από τα μέτρα της λίστας Βαρουφάκη έχουν γίνει δεκτά από τους δανειστές (π.χ. ηλεκτρονικές πληρωμές), όμως κάποια άλλα μπορεί να θεωρηθούν μονομερείς ενέργειες, όπως η προστασία από τον πλειστηριασμό πρώτης κατοικίας".

Observing Greece blog - Whose Idea Was the Grab-the-Cash Move?

The Times, leading article - "Instead of reforming a sclerotic economy, Greece's government espouses fantasy"

The Telegraph - Greek creditors rule out massive new bail-out as embattled Varoufakis is sidelined

Kathimerini - Marginalised in negotiations with partners

Kathimerini - University rectors and mayors stall over cash

Tsipras TV Interview, CNBC

Tsipras TV interview with Nikos Hatzinikolaou, Video, enikos.gr - In three parts, in Greek

Tsipras TV Interview with English Translation

The Heat Is On, CCTV, YouTube

Elena Becatoros ‏@ElenaBec TWEET

#Greece' poker game bailout negotiations: KAL's cartoon in @TheEconomist

Australia/UK; "Enduring Civilisation"; British Museum; Poms, Critics and Indigenous Art

Jeremy Eccles writes in Aboriginal Art Directory

More from Jeremy Eccles

British Museum

Press Release

Also writing on the subject:

Christine Nicholls

Jonathan Jones

Paul Daley

Zoe Pilger

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THE BRITS EXPERIENCE INDIGENOUS CIVILISATION

'Kungkarangkalpa' by Kunmanara Hogan, Tjaruwa Woods, Yarangka Thomas, Estelle Hogan, Ngalpingka Simms and Myrtle Pennington, (2013), Acrylic on canvas © The artists, courtesy Spinifex Arts Project

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 23.04.15

Dates: 23.04.15 : 02.08.15
Location: British Museum, Fitzrovia, London

David Cameron in Yeovil, Somerset- " If you want political excitement maybe you could go to Greece".

Telegraph report - People demanding "political excitement" should go to Greece while those who want more "theatre" should look to Hollywood,

"If you want political theatre, go to Hollywood. If you want political excitement maybe you could go to Greece. That's an exciting country, I am told. I don't think that's exciting, I think that's terrifying.

The Times, 27 April, 2015