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Seven little luxuries that make life worth the luggage allowance
Today we’re going to play a little word game to set the tone for this fine Sunday (at least here on the Athenian Riviera) and guide us through the days, weeks and months ahead.…
An Athenian outing: ‘Konfekt’, Le Monde Béryl and Mouki Mou celebrate summer
The editors of ‘Konfekt’ and Le Monde Béryl’s Lily Hanbury take an artful tour of the Greek capital’s creative hot spots – topped off by a rooftop launch party for the magazine’s summer issue.
City Gift Guides
Christmas shopping in a new city – or even, at times, one you’re familiar with – can be exhilarating. You just need to know where to go.
Soul supplier
A decade after starting Mouki Mou in the UK, Maria Lemos has opened an outpost in the Greek capital.
Greek revival
Young Greeks are returning home to revive family businesses while creative expats discover Athens' sunshine, affordable living and thriving artisan scene.
25 things to make you happy
From sun-soaked Mexican neighbourhoods to Athenian hat-makers and uninhibited dancing, our curated selection offers practical wisdom for cultivating joy in everyday moments.
How Athens is redesigning itself for extreme heat
Europe’s first chief heat officer reflects on a year in the hot seat.
Talking funny
The Greek stand-up and actress on ‘doing the accent’, audience empathy and the illness that forced her to tell jokes sitting down.
Collecting the set
How a personal haul of modernist homeware became a premier prop source for the global film industry.
Tales of the city
In the Greek capital, a mid-century apartment block gets a modern facelift.
