Filming in Dorset; Far From The Madding Crowd; Creative England; Locations to Visit

A video about filming in Dorset, and some of the locations in the new film of "Far From The Madding Crowd".

See also, Dorset Magazine, May 2015:

Radio Times - “The English countryside and beaches are stunning,” says Danish cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen, who was responsible for the glorious look and feel of the new Hardy adaptation. "When we went to Dorset, I thought I want to live here." Here, Christensen reveals some of her favourites places to relive scenes from the movie...


John Schlesinger's 1967 Film Locations - In the midst of the Madding Crowd once again, Yarn Magazine, Nick Gilbey

May Day; Bellis Perennis; Birthday of Yannis Ritsos; Γιάννης Ρίτσος, Πρωτομαγιά

Bellis Perennis
For May 1

Yannis Ritsos, The Acrobat

Yannis Ritsos, The Meaning of Simplicity

Yannis Ritsos was born on May 1, 1909

Yannis Ritsos reads Romiosyni; Guitar, Notis Mavroudis

Απαγγέλλει ο ίδιος ο ποιητής .Συνοδεύει στην κιθάρα ο Νότης Μαυρουδής.

A conversation with Elli Ritsou, the poet's daughter, from anemourion.blogspot -  Ο πατέρας μου, ο ποιητής Γιάννης Ρίτσος

May Day in Ioannina (Protagon)

Greece: Who's Afraid of Yani's Socio-Political Analysis?

Kathimerini Cartoon - Andreas Petroulakis

They've never been afraid of tear gas, clubs or arrests - why are they running away? 

The fear of yet another sociopolitical lecture?

Quilts and Books

See Maria's Facebook quilts photos page

From Real Corfu

Marianne, Alex and Maria with Kaffe Fassett,
Steninge Castle, Sweden

"Travel, Tourism and Identity" - now published; Chapters on Greece and Corfu

"Travel, Tourism, and Identity addresses the psychological and social adjustments that occur when people make contact with others outside their social, cultural, or linguistic groups. Whether such contact is the result of tourism, seeking exile, or relocating abroad, the volume’s contributors demonstrate how one’s identity, cultural assumptions, and worldview can be brought into question".

Society for Modern Greek Studies

"Travel, Tourism and Identity, edited by Gabriel R. Ricci (New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers, 2015), includes a chapter by David Wills, "Travel Writers and Greece: The Legacy of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor".

This chapter is based on a talk given at the Society for Modern Greek Studies 2012 event "Sounds of the Greek World and Beyond: the travel-writing of Patrick Leigh Fermor". The book also includes Greek-interest chapters by William Hutton (the importance of Dio’s travels), Maria Kostaridou (the Nostoi of John Frederick Usko), Vasiliki Galani-Moutafi (Greece in travel writing and tourist discourse), Loretta Proctor (An Anglo-Greek author’s search for roots and identity), and Jim Potts (Tourists, service providers, and residents, Corfu)".

Greece: "Getting Feta" ; Marjory McGinn; Living through the Greek crisis

Effrosyni's blog, an enthusiastic book review of "THINGS CAN ONLY GET FETA",  by Marjory McGinn.

Effrosyni writes:

"I’ve read numerous books by British authors who’ve recorded their experiences with fixing up the odd dilapidated house in various parts of Greece. All the accounts managed to irritate me, both with their arrogance and intolerance towards the Greek way of life, as well as with the many inaccuracies their stories included. Thankfully, this book was a breath of fresh air".

More about Marjory McGinn

Marjory's blog

The book on Amazon