Onlooker

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.

Death of a Microbophobe

Last week I attended the funeral of my old friend Taki the Microbophobe. It was a sad occasion because it marked the defeat of a man who had spent most of his adult life in a relentless battle against every known virus, bacillus or other form of micro-organism that might have threatened his existence.

A Small Voice at Monte Carlo

WHEN THE news broke that Christina Onassis was giving away half her father’s fortune to charity I decided to interview the young lady for The Athenian and find out more about how she intended to go about this gigantic giveaway gambit.