The question of whether we can make a difference in the world seemed particularly important as I walked through Plaka on Monday
The power of ‘no’
Four articles I’ve read most accurately reflect what I’ve been seeing and hearing in Athens over the last few days
A new era begins
As we sat eating souvlaki and tzatziki in a Monastiraki restaurant, Maria read on her Twitter timeline that bank closures and credit controls would start Monday
The stones are silent…
While all the tourists come and go, Greeks in cafes like this around the country are having conversations that will decide the outcome of the 5 July referendum
Tuning in to the reality of the Greek crisis
Perhaps the first step if we want to support the Greek people, is to at least try to pay attention to what they are saying about their situation
Finding your feet in a new landscape
Maybe it’s when we’re prepared to wobble around precariously in unfamiliar terrain that new ways of approaching old problems emerge
Up close and personal
If we were face to face with the reality of the lives of the Greek people today, would we really think what is happening is OK?
Detroit state of mind
Perhaps one of the most important things about Charlie LeDuff’s book on the former boom town is how much he is changed by what he sees
What lies behind
How do we hold on to what is precious from the past while embracing the present, the future, even, no matter thorny and pain-filled it may seem?
Intellectual pursuit
Do places like Café Gijón in the 1930s, where intellectuals, writers and artists got together to talk, argue and debate exist any more? Did they ever – at least as I imagine them?
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