Η ιστορία που θα διαβάσετε μας έρχεται από τα βάθη των αιώνων και είναι πέρα για...

Have you ever wondered what’s the greatest story ever written? It’s this. I mean us, the world. History is not just written by kingdom-shaping wars, the edicts of emperors and the solemn acts or proclamations of political men: its eon-long pages are also filled with the works and days of our countless little lives, our hopes, fears, dreams, ambitions – our petty, shameful...

Love: possibly one of the most overused, abused, misunderstood, and exploited words today. But Love doesn’t mind. Everyone wants it, seeks it, wishes it to others, uses it, defines it at will. Yet Love endures. Even in the disillusioned and cynical world of today Love still finds root in the hearts of those who deny him. And I say ‘him’ because one of the most well-known...

The night sky is still a great mystery, though not in the sense that it is something beyond the ken of our knowledge or incomprehensibly magical.  Paracelsus gives a very astute definition of the term ‘mystery’: the mystery of an oak tree, he says for instance, is the acorn. In that humble little acorn which fits in the palm of a child’s hand lies the potential life of a...

As kids we often saw him sitting in the tavern, next to the dark fireplace, all by himself. In the mornings when we were on our way to school we would catch a glimpse of this tall, gaunt gentleman standing in front of the roof window in the small upstairs apartment he rented from Mrs. Hartmann. There was always a mug of steaming coffee in his hand and his gaze was transfixed on some far-off...

Enjoying a day of exquisite laziness at the beach is one of the simplest and most innocent luxuries still left to modern man; especially in the summertime.   People from all walks of life, whose tastes and ideas of “a good time” may vary greatly, can all agree that a visit to the beach constitutes a pleasant, relaxing and rejuvenating experience - except for some hardcore...