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A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An Interview with Beryl Darby

Posted on 6 May, 2016

A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An Interview with Beryl Darby

Author Interview with Beryl Darby. Today I’m delighted to welcome to A Literary World: Greece, English author, Beryl Darby, a prolific author with no less than seventeen books to her name. Her first, “Spinalonga The Leper Island...

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A LITERARY WORLD:GREECE. An interview with Rebecca Hall.

Posted on 24 April, 2016

A LITERARY WORLD:GREECE.  An interview with Rebecca Hall.

A Literary World: Greece. An Interview with Rebecca Hall. Today’s guest to A Literary World: Greece, is the multi-talented, Rebecca Hall. After extensive global travels, Rebecca left the UK to return to the country she fell in love...

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BLOG 31 17/04/2016 Sultan Mahmud II’s Revenge: The Destruction of the Island of Psara

Posted on 17 April, 2016

BLOG 31 17/04/2016 Sultan Mahmud II’s Revenge: The Destruction of the Island of Psara

 Sultan Mahmud II’s Revenge. The Destruction of the Island of Psara On the morning of June 21, 1824, the island of Psara, which had joined The Greek War of Independence on April 10, 1821, was invaded by the Turkish fleet, comprising 176 ships...

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A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An interview with Ruth Kozak

Posted on 9 April, 2016

A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An interview with Ruth Kozak

 A Literary World: Greece. Author interview with Ruth Kozak Joining me  today on A Literary World: Greece, is an author who takes us back to that legendary world of heroes and conquests: to a world most of us are familiar with in one way or...

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Blog 30 31/03/2016 Mariano Fortuny: The Inspiration of Ancient Greece on 20th Century Couture.

Posted on 31 March, 2016

Blog 30 31/03/2016 Mariano Fortuny: The Inspiration of Ancient Greece on 20th Century Couture.

Mariano Fortuny: The Inspiration of Ancient Greece on 20th Century Couture. Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, 1871-49, was a Spanish fashion designer and one of the most creative designers of the early 20th century. Born in Granada, both his parents were...

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A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An interview with Ekaterina Botziou

Posted on 25 March, 2016

A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An interview with Ekaterina Botziou

A Literary World: Greece Author interview with Ekaterina Botziou Today’s guest on A Literary World: Greece is the multi-talented Ekaterina Botziou. Ekaterina spent much of her childhood battling against the Greek stereotype that a...

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BLOG 29 14/03/2016 The Imperial Harem of the Sultans: An Ottoman Wedding.

Posted on 14 March, 2016

BLOG 29 14/03/2016 The Imperial Harem of the Sultans: An Ottoman Wedding.

The Imperial Harem of the Sultans: An Ottoman Wedding. Everyone loves a wedding, especially a royal wedding. No one can do pomp and ceremony like them. The Ottoman Sultanate was no different yet hardly any documentation survives to give us a...

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A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An Interview with Suzi Stembridge

Posted on 29 February, 2016

A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An Interview with Suzi Stembridge

Author Interview with Suzi Stembridge Today’s guest is English author, Suzi Stembridge. a writer who shares my love of Greece in general and especially stories set during The Greek War of Independence. Welcome to A Literary World:Greece Suzi,...

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BLOG 28 29/02/2016 Opus Anglicanum and Medieval Embroidery.

Posted on 29 February, 2016

BLOG 28 29/02/2016 Opus Anglicanum and Medieval Embroidery.

Opus Anglicanum and Medieval Embroidery. I have always held a fascination for embroidery ever since I took a GCE subject in embroidery at school years ago. It was that same young enthusiastic teacher who encouraged my career in the arts. When I...

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A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An Interview with Yvonne Payne

Posted on 19 February, 2016

A LITERARY WORLD: GREECE. An Interview with Yvonne Payne

Author Interview with Yvonne Payne Today’s guest on A Literary World: Greece is the delightful Yvonne Payne, an author who shares my love of Ottoman Greece, in particular, Crete. Welcome Yvonne 1. Where do you live?  In 2001, my husband and I...

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