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How a pen can save the day
There are few things more revealing about a state’s relationship with its citizens than the everyday bureaucratic encounters most of us dread, whether…
Jan 15
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The year of magical thinking
A sentimental note, a final news recap, and a list of things you can do in Athens during the holidays
Dec 23, 2025
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A bug's life
Who is going to miss Athens' rusty phone booths?
Dec 11, 2025
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Athens, the winterless wonderland
When farmers, taxi drivers, and funeral directors all protest at once, you know it’s December in Greece
Dec 4, 2025
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Fieldnotes from Kypseli. Bits and pieces of my life as your resident anthropology nerd
And in other news: Ermou is, apparently, the 15th most expensive street on Earth, which feels about right
Nov 28, 2025
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May 11, 2025
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That Instagram sunset doesn’t come with a bus schedule
Aug 2, 2025
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Why aren’t you as happy in Greece as you thought you would be?
Sep 18, 2025
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The tomb of the Unknown Protester
Oct 23, 2025
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Mick Jagger, 274 pools and "the genuine human contact" of "modern luxury"
Nov 21, 2025
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Yes, you can still drink coffee while driving
A week of tanks, flags, and flying eggs
Oct 31, 2025
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The tomb of the Unknown Protester
A dispatch from Vienna, with democracy and dessert
Oct 23, 2025
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Time for flexibility: the 13-hour workday, failed inaugurations, and other thought experiments
Plus eternal life lessons from Samantha Jones
Oct 17, 2025
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The music of spheres and parallelepipeds
No matter what they say, do not follow the sound after midnight
Oct 9, 2025
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Do you believe in life after work?
And it's only a supermarket if it's for common people. Otherwise, it's a franchise delicatessen
Oct 2, 2025
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Athens, where everything is fine, all the time
Marches, hunger strikes, parking miracles, and humble real estate companies
Sep 26, 2025
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Why aren’t you as happy in Greece as you thought you would be?
But still, something here keeps you from leaving? An attempt at an answer, a pseudo-academic self-exorcism, lots of news about cars, and Arleta.
Sep 18, 2025
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Just take the gift and put it in your trousers
An edition with eclipses, earthquakes, tax cuts, and other Doomsday signs
Sep 11, 2025
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