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Adrian Brockless unravels the threads.

History buffs  and philhellenes alike will have the opportunity to learn about the history of textiles in all forms, from cloth manufacture, costume, home textiles, and embroidery in Greek society in the latest online offering of Greek History and Culture Seminars by the Greek Community of Melbourne. Author Kathryn Gauci will give the online lecture entitled Threads of Life: Greek Textiles Through the Centuries, on Thursday 29 July where she will explore the major influences and changes in textiles through the centuries, from war to social changes, to the influx of the Asia Minor Greeks aft...

Ground-breaking male form sale at Bonhams By the Water’s Edge by Henry Scott Tuke. Estimate: £6,000-9,000. Photo: Bonhams. LONDON .-Bonhams is to hold the first-ever sale by an international auction house dedicated exclusively to a celebration of the male form in art. It will span centuries and genres, from Antiquities and Old Master Painting to Sculpture and Decorative Arts, from Contemporary Art to Photography. The sale will take place at Bonhams New Bond Street saleroom in London on Wednesday 16 June. The sale is being curated by Bonhams Greek Art Specialist Anastasia Orfanidou and Bonha...

Their assertions are absolute and utter balderdash. I could go back to ancient history, to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, to Classical Greece and Rome and indeed to mediaeval Scotland and England to show how policing developed, but suffice to say the first police force as we understand them was the Maréchaussée, the mounted police force of France which was made the national law enforcement agency by King Louis XIV between 1697 and 1699. Louis was building on the Maréchaussée’s long traditions – it was originally founded by King Philip IV, Philip the Fair, in 1306. He was the French ...

Mr. Mayor, On behalf of the Greek-American Community of the United States of America, and all those who love Greece, I want to thank you and the Citizens of Nashville for this special commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution. Standing here, in front of the only full-scale replica of the Parthenon in the world, I feel an overwhelming sense of pride. That here in this City – the heartland of America – such appreciation and love for Greece, expressed so manifestly, is deeply moving and inspiring. Nashville has been called the “Athens of the South,” and it has certainly e...