Between May and July every year a huge natural spectacle takes place off the coast of South Africa. The show starts at the Agulhas bank, where the warm water stream of the Indian Ocean meets …

About the harvest of resin on Lesvos.

About capers on Lesvos.

About the yellow rhododendron and hemlock.

About orchids and salep, made of orchid tubers.

About St. Valentine and some of his relics in Lesvos.

(Picture: a kafenion in Loutronpoli-Thermi) You will not find the name Epicurus in a list of the best known Greek philosophers like Pythagorion, Socrates, Plato or Aristotle. Although he did found a school of philosophy …

Christmas times in the East and West and where it all came from.

Refugee centre Pagani compared to Dante’s Hell.

About snails and a Lesvorian recipe for snails with quinces.