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Spyros Meletzis, Vitsa, 1937 (detail)
Bride-to-be and family on way to wedding
from Zagorision Vios, Zagori: The Life of a Community
Bride-to-be and family on way to wedding
from Zagorision Vios, Zagori: The Life of a Community
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Saturday, 13 September 2014
Friday, 12 September 2014
"Dorset is the best place to retire"
"Dorset is the best place to retire...The best place for a long and happy retirement is Dorset, a study suggests".
That was the title and opening sentence of a piece in The Times today (12 September, 2014)
The Mail had an article too
"For the perfect retirement, go west! Dorset ranked as best place to live in old age thanks to high life expectancy, good health and general affluence".
This Is Money
"For those looking for a golden retirement, Dorset comes out top"
AoL
"Dorset is the best place to retire in England and Wales according to a new survey from Prudential. Pensioners here were deemed to have the best quality of life in retirement based on the firm's latest Quality of Retirement Index...Dorset was found to be the most desirable area to retire, achieving an overall score of 46 out of a possible 50 points".
Yahoo
There is, sadly, another side to the picture.
See also, Joanna Davis, "Hub help for the homeless", Dorchester Life, September 2014:
"It has a seemingly wealthy veneer of chocolate box villages and low unemployment rates but life isn't comfortable for all West Dorset residents. The Hub, a drop-in centre for homeless people in Dorchester, is now in more demand than ever before".
See also, that controversial Observer 22 June article on Weymouth, by Tracy McVeigh
Imaret, Yiannis Kalpouzos: Greek Novel Waiting For An English Translation
Imaret - highly recommended by many Greek friends
"Imaret: In the Shadow of the Clock Tower"
Yiannis Kalpouzos
568pp.
Metaichmio, 2009
ISBN: 978-960-455-773-8
"The bonds of destiny unite a Greek and a Turk who were born on the same night in 1854 in Arta. Set just a few years after the 1821 struggle for independence and the proclamation of Greece as an independent state, the story takes place in an area that is still part of the Ottoman Empire.
Leontos and Necip struggle to survive as political and military instability threaten to erupt into conflict and war. The story begins with an unexplained murder. Imaret: In the Shadow of the Clock Tower moves easily between the historical background and a colorful mosaic of everyday life, where Greeks, Turkish and Jewish culture and tradition meet. Shadow-puppet characters cross paths with carnival masks in voluptuous bath-houses and in cafes where men in fezzes smoke narghiles. Surprises and reversals feed the momentum of a novel that also deals in depth with its characters’ desires and fears".
568pp.
Metaichmio, 2009
ISBN: 978-960-455-773-8
"The bonds of destiny unite a Greek and a Turk who were born on the same night in 1854 in Arta. Set just a few years after the 1821 struggle for independence and the proclamation of Greece as an independent state, the story takes place in an area that is still part of the Ottoman Empire.
Leontos and Necip struggle to survive as political and military instability threaten to erupt into conflict and war. The story begins with an unexplained murder. Imaret: In the Shadow of the Clock Tower moves easily between the historical background and a colorful mosaic of everyday life, where Greeks, Turkish and Jewish culture and tradition meet. Shadow-puppet characters cross paths with carnival masks in voluptuous bath-houses and in cafes where men in fezzes smoke narghiles. Surprises and reversals feed the momentum of a novel that also deals in depth with its characters’ desires and fears".
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