The degree to which the Acropolis Museum is designed to shame the British Museum is spectacular
museums  history  Greece  UK  theft 
yesterday by andrewducker
Greece legalizes same-sex marriage in a first for an Orthodox Christian nation
greece  lgbt  marriage  christianity 
4 weeks ago by andrewducker
Sophia heard a few of Aesop's Fables and enjoyed them, so I've been reading to her from this complete (i think) collection, a few every night.
short_story  greece 
august 2023 by andrewducker
How should you pronounce the name of the company that was Twitter?
twitter  names  greece 
july 2023 by andrewducker
Greece migrant boat had 100 children in hold as it capsized
greece  asylum  children  death  OhForFucksSake 
june 2023 by andrewducker
Damning Video Proves Greece Abandons Migrants at Sea
greece  migration  asylum  OhForFucksSake 
may 2023 by andrewducker
What did the ancient Greeks call their dogs?
dogs  Greece  names  history 
april 2023 by andrewducker
A Greek and Roman Mythology Walk around London (I've been on one of Tony's walking tours and he's an academic who really knows his stuff)
London  Greece  Rome  history  UK  walking 
march 2023 by andrewducker
Multilingual transliteration corruption
language  evolution  Greece  English 
february 2023 by andrewducker
European Parliament VP taken into custody over alleged bribery
bribes  Europe  corruption  Greece 
december 2022 by andrewducker
The influence of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies on cinematic portrayals of ancient Greece and Rome
rome  greece  lotr  movies 
november 2022 by andrewducker
British Museum executive calls for ‘Parthenon partnership’ over Elgin Marbles
Greece  archeology  history  theft  UK 
july 2022 by andrewducker
What can ancient Greece tell us about how to deal with America's attempted coup?
coup  USA  Greece  history  viaDanielDWilliam 
january 2021 by andrewducker
The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture
colour  sculpture  history  Roman  greece  racism 
october 2020 by andrewducker
Greece's Golden Dawn: Neo-Nazi leaders guilty of running crime gang
nazis  Greece  GoodNews  crime 
october 2020 by andrewducker
The Greek government is taking refugees out to sea and then leaving them there
murder  refugee  OhForFucksSake  greece 
august 2020 by andrewducker
How we think about Nations. And what if we thought about Greece the same way we think about China?
nations  Greece  China  viaDanielDWilliam 
may 2020 by andrewducker
Coronavirus: Britons not welcome in Greece until infection rate declines
Greece  UK  pandemic  tourism 
may 2020 by andrewducker
Complete moral collapse on the Greek border
asylum  immigration  racism  greece  Turkey  Syria  war  Europe  OhForFucksSake 
march 2020 by andrewducker
How "The Meaning of Liff" was written (while Douglas Adams was writing Hitchhiker's)
HHG2G  douglasadams  history  greece 
august 2019 by andrewducker
Giant marble pyramid-shaped island complex rising from sea uncovered, revealing secrets of ancient Greece's origins
Greece  prehistory  archeology  religion 
july 2019 by andrewducker
Murdered man's body found after tree 'unusual for the area' grew from seed in his stomach
murder  turkey  greece  trees  viaSwampers 
september 2018 by andrewducker
Greece was never bailed out – it remains a debtor’s prison and the EU still holds the keys
Greece  economics  epicfail  europe 
august 2018 by andrewducker
Eurozone agrees deal to bring Greece out of financial crisis
Greece  debt  Europe  economy 
june 2018 by andrewducker
Macedonia and Greece: Deal after 27-year row over a name
Greece  Macedonia  names 
june 2018 by andrewducker
On the sexualisation of the sirens
greece  mythology  translation  language  society  sexuality  writing  patriarchy 
march 2018 by andrewducker
The six Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May | Yanis Varoufakis
Europe  UK  greece 
december 2017 by andrewducker
Historically, men translated the Odyssey. Here’s what happened when a woman took the job.
translation  history  women  slavery  hero  greece 
november 2017 by andrewducker
Agate carving dating to around 1450 B.C., recovered from the grave of Griffin Warrior at the site of Pylos in Greece
archaeology  greece  art  war 
november 2017 by andrewducker
The world's oldest still-used bridge
architecture  history  bridge  greece 
june 2017 by andrewducker
What is the Antikythera Mechanism? Five things you didn't know about 'the world's first computer'
computers  history  space  time  greece  Technology 
may 2017 by andrewducker
Whatever happened to the Greek Gods?
myths  greece  story  short_story 
february 2017 by andrewducker
The Fierce, Forgotten Library Wars of the Ancient World
history  library  greece  egypt 
september 2016 by andrewducker
The EU will treat Britain like Greece
europe  greece  uk  viaNWhyte 
june 2016 by andrewducker
Driverless bus in Greece has had no accidents in six months
automation  transport  buses  greece 
april 2016 by andrewducker
Mythological Valentines day pick up lines
valentines_day  funny  mythology  Greece 
february 2016 by andrewducker
Former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is setting up a Europe-wide movement to democratise the EU
democracy  Greece  Europe 
october 2015 by andrewducker
Awesome though Socrates apology was, I don't recommend you follow his approach
Greece  apology  philosophy  history  comic 
october 2015 by andrewducker
Heroic Historical and Uncomfortable Truths
history  slavery  Greece  war  heroism 
september 2015 by andrewducker
Looks like the EU negotiators with Greece were operating in bad faith the entire time
Greece  Europe 
july 2015 by andrewducker
A complete disaster. Everyone comes out of the Greek negotiations looking incompetent.
economics  Europe  Greece 
july 2015 by andrewducker
Hellenism and the History of Homosexuality
LGBT  history  Greece  UK 
july 2015 by andrewducker
Greece Settlement Agreement
Greece  funny 
july 2015 by andrewducker
Greek referendum: The best cases for "no" and "yes"
Greece  referendum  Europe 
july 2015 by andrewducker
IMF backs the Greek government’s debt assessment
Greece  economics  debt 
july 2015 by andrewducker
The IMF seems to have the right idea about Greece
Greece  debt  economics 
july 2015 by andrewducker
Joseph Stiglitz: how I would vote in the Greek referendum
Greece  referendum  economics 
june 2015 by andrewducker
Greek bailout extension refused: a panel of leading economists give their verdict
economics  Greece  Europe 
june 2015 by andrewducker
Greece’s Proposals to End the Crisis
Greece  economics  economy 
june 2015 by andrewducker
It's time to end the pretence: Greece will never fully repay its bailout loans
Greece  economics  debt 
june 2015 by andrewducker
In Greek Debt Puzzle, the Game Theorists Have It
games  Greece  Europe  debt 
june 2015 by andrewducker
A very nice piece on Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis
Greece  politics  economics  Europe 
may 2015 by andrewducker
The Greek God Family Tree
Greece  religion  family 
april 2015 by andrewducker
To Explore Strange Old Worlds, to Seek Out Old Civilizations: Conferencing Greece and Rome and Science Fiction
Greece  rome  scifi  history  myths  roleplaying 
april 2015 by andrewducker
Greece wants Germany to repay €279bn it was forced to loan the Nazi authorities during WWII
Greece  nazis  Germany  wwii  debt 
april 2015 by andrewducker
Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss IMF payment
Greece  Europe 
april 2015 by andrewducker
Yanis Varoufakis: How I became an erratic Marxist
KarlMarx  economics  greece 
february 2015 by andrewducker
What's it like when Zeus owes you a favour?
comic  religion  greece  myths 
february 2015 by andrewducker
Greece has a moral obligation to claim German WWII reparations
Germany  greece  wwii  debt  politics  viaBartCalendar 
february 2015 by andrewducker
Open letter from the prime minsiter of Greece to German readers: That which you were never told about Greece
economy  economics  greece  Germany  Europe 
february 2015 by andrewducker
Valve's Economist Appointed Finance Minister of Greece
valve  games  greece  economics 
january 2015 by andrewducker
Syriza and Independent Greeks agree anti-austerity coalition
greece  austerity  politics  Europe 
january 2015 by andrewducker
Inside the Spartathlon - 245km in 36 hours.
greece  marathon  running 
december 2012 by andrewducker
The Greek message for Angela Merkel
austerity  greece  germany  europe  finance 
october 2012 by andrewducker
What did the Persians think of Alexander the Great?
history  persia  middle_east  greece 
july 2012 by andrewducker
A proposal to solve some of Greece's problems
greece  tax  transparentsociety 
june 2012 by andrewducker
The Greek Elections Changed ... Nothing
greece  austerity  politics 
june 2012 by andrewducker
Germany, Not Greece, Should Exit the Euro (Fascinating idea, not sure I can see it happening)
german  greece  euro 
june 2012 by andrewducker
Greeks apologise with huge horse
politics  money  funny  greece  Europe 
may 2012 by andrewducker
What's going on with the coalition-forming in Greece.
eu  politics  greece 
may 2012 by andrewducker
Greece,Portugal and Spain all fucked. They can't devalue, and they can't be competitive _and_ pay debts off.
greece  spain  portugal  euro  debt  money 
april 2012 by andrewducker
Why we should be hoping that Greece defaults today
greece  debt  insurance  money 
march 2012 by andrewducker
The price of Greek democracy
greece  democracy  finance  europe 
november 2011 by andrewducker
Greece's debt crisis, a handy flowchart of DOOM!
debt  greece  euro  finance  economics 
september 2011 by andrewducker
Governor of the Bank Of France describes the idea of Greece defaulting on its debt as "Horror"
greece  france  europe  finance  banking 
may 2011 by andrewducker
Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks
greece  funny  theonion 
october 2010 by andrewducker
An astounding article on how Greece utterly destroyed its economy. Just flabbergasting.
greece  economics  politics  finance  business 
september 2010 by andrewducker
Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked
greece  statue  history  photography  art 
august 2010 by andrewducker
BBC News - Will Europeans accept a generation of 'austerity'?
This was a phenomenon across south Europe. You could say the whole liberalisation process in politics - from Galway to Lisbon to Barcelona to Athens - was based on a middle class getting quietly rich on property speculation and tax evasion.
economics  europe  finance  greece  politics 
may 2010 by andrewducker
The Greek Financial Crisis - an explanation
greece  finance 
february 2010 by andrewducker
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