The well-known Greek chef Dimitris Skarmoutsos will make feature Greek food on the menu of a new restaurant in Notting Hill, one of the most beautiful and well-known areas in London. “I am not a businessman. I am not the owner of any restaurant. My job is in the kitchen. I am just making the [...]
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Charalambous Joins Downton Abbey Cast
The 27-year-old Cypriot Ioannis Charalambous came to London to study Marketing. He gave it up for acting and now he’s in the cast of the hugely-popular TV series Downton Abbey. Charalambous was born and grew up in the island of Cyprus. Seven years before, after he completed his military service, he went to London to [...]
London’s Life Goddess’ Greek Mission
Living in Central London for many Greeks can feel quite far away from their beautiful country. But it’s good to know that despite being so far away, we don’t lack that little bit of uniqueness when it comes to our food innovation and community. I’ve recently heard of a new store in London called “the [...]
Work by Painter who Defined 20th Century Greek Art for Sale at Bonhams
One of the major representatives of the ‘Thirties Generation’, Yiannis Tsarouchis, leads Bonhams Greek Sale on April 24 at 101 New Bond Street. Born in the Athenian port of Piraeus in 1910, Tsarouchis, is regarded as one of the greatest Greek painters of the 20th century. During the 1930s he travelled widely, absorbing influences from Renaissance art, [...]
Fewer Brits, More Austrians Visit Greece
Greece can count on continuing hordes of Austrian tourists who keep coming despite Greece’s crushing economic crisis, but the numbers of British visitors dipped last year, a trend that could keep on. The director of the great Austrian travel agency Ruefa, Walter Kral, estimated a 40 percent boost in bookings for holidays in Greece, the [...]
Aristophanes Now Wows London Audiences
At the end of its European tour, after successful performances in Athens, Istanbul and Timișoara in Romania, Aristophanes Now came to London to strong reviews and audience applause. The show was performed at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London by the Greek musical theater company Speira Speira, backed by an array of musicians [...]
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