The 2nd Urban Mountain Bike Race was held in Molyvos today.
The sun shone, probably making it a little warm for the competitors.
Below you will see a short video and some photographs to try and give you a flavour of the day. Continue reading
The BBC spelling of Lesvos as Lesbos is a little embarrassing but I have presented the programme title and review as written by the BBC. Please accept my apologies.
With a PhD in Papyrology, Margaret Mountford (The Apprentice) goes in search of the truth behind the legend of Sappho, the most controversial writer of the ancient world and the first authentic woman’s voice in western history.
Watch the full program on YouTube here.
A lost papyrus inspires Margaret to go on a journey of exploration. From the fragmentary documents, ruined temple architecture and surviving oriental jewellery, we conjure the real world of the woman, whose erotic writings gave us the words ‘sapphic’ and ‘lesbian’, after the island of Lesbos the place of her birth.
Was Sappho indeed the first lesbian – a priestess, prostitute, stern schoolmistress or aristocratic lady of leisure, as readers over the centuries have variously alleged? Margaret looks at how each generation’s view of the archetypal liberated woman of letters tells us as much about us and our fears and concerns as it does about her.
Commissioned by Greg Sanderson, BBC Commissioning Editor, Arts, Music & Events, the 1×60 film is produced by Maya Vision International’s Sally Thomas and directed by Jack MacInnes.
Visit the BBC website Sappho: Love And Life On Lesbos
Lesvos has a different ‘coat’ for each season and each coat has many different colours. The colours can sometimes be subtle but frequently the colours of spring are bold and beautiful. They can take your breath away.
Close up the colours become even more vivid. Below are a few photographs with just some of the many colours of spring.
It was very cold this morning, with the wind chill making it feel like only 2 °C. I was cold with my hat, gloves and thick coat on so I have no idea how these 7 lads braved the cold.
After an explosion and fire destroyed the Captain’s Table in Molyvos harbour on Tuesday 13 May, nobody believed that the restaurant could possibly re-open this summer. Nobody except Melinda, Theo and the family that is.
Today is Thursday 6 August and all the hard work has paid off.
When you consider that what was left of the old building had to be knocked down before
the rebuild could start, you realise just how much hard work has gone into today’s opening.
The building is new, the kitchen is new, the tables and chairs were rescued from the debris of the explosion. Even the badly burnt tree next to the restaurant is making an effort and today has new green shoots to help celebrate the re-opening.
A new chapter begins for the Captains Table, let us hope that the final lines are
“and they all lived happily ever after.”
