Onlooker

Sand-castles in the Sky

LEAFING through a copy of Time magazine the other day I came across an article entitled ‘Coping with How-to-Cope Books’ which featured, among others, a book entitled Your Erroneous Zones.

Praise the Lord

MY FRIEND Yanni Mourmouras is one of those eternal gripers who never cease to grumble and complain about life in general and their own sorry lot in particular.

The Ultimate Solution

European tour operators have been complaining that hotels in Greece have been overbooking this season, as a result of which many visitors with firm reservations in central Athens have been shunted off to hotels in the suburbs.

Everything’s Fine

MY FRIEND Gus (ne Costas) is a Greek-American who takes an avid interest in Greek affairs and always asks me awkward questions whenever he comes over to this country.

Everyhting’s Fine

My friend Gus (ne Costas) is a Greek-American who takes an avid interest in Greek affairs and always asks me awkward questions whenever he comes over to this country.

Expert Advice to Swimmers

ONE OF the many advantages of living in Athens is that whenever you feel like a swim in the sea you can drive out to any of the many beaches on the Apollo Coast or on the Rafina side of Attica any afternoon and be back in time for cocktails.

Arms and the Man

The discovery of a cache of arms in New-Democracy -M.P. Hippocrates Savvouras’s Kolonaki apartment stunned the nation but Alec Kitroeff has uncovered yet another collection of weapons hidden in Athens.