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Snail’s pace to Byzantium: journey of a lifetime
This is a combination of profile and review of Words of Mercury. An interesting piece. by Ann Elder First Published in Athens News, 9 Jan 2004 “I HATE the word travel-writer,” London-born,… more →
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Snail's pace to Byzantium: journey of a lifetime
wrote 1 year ago: This is a combination of profile and review of Words of Mercury. An interesting piece. by Ann Elder … more →
NYFF 2011: Views from the Avant Garde Day 3: JEROME HILER & NATHANIEL DORSKY
wrote 1 year ago: I was glad that this program allowed extended time with both Mr Hiler and Mr Dorsky. Coming in to th … more →
The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo: Meeting Patrick Leigh Fermor
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wrote 1 year ago: Ryan Eyre lives in Seattle, and took a journey to Kardamyli to meet Paddy in 2009. He has written th … more →
He's the top
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wrote 2 years ago: The following review of Words of Mercury was first published in The Spectator. It is unusual as it w … more →
Voyages around a genius
wrote 2 years ago: At some point, when I get truly organised, it is my intention to create a section on the blog for al … more →
The mystery of The Black Sea Cave
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wrote 2 years ago: It seems that summer is the time that Paddy’s fans stir themselves to try and find locations associa … more →
Artemis Cooper talks about Words of Mercury
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wrote 2 years ago: Short and to the point, a little video snippet of Artemis Cooper talking about her work on Words of … more →
A chronicler of a bygone age a rememberer of things past
wrote 3 years ago: An interesting background piece from Kathimerini which mentioned that Vol 3 was due in 2007! This is … more →
Walking towards Byzantium
wrote 3 years ago: A Review of Artemis Cooper’s “Words of Mercury” by William Dalrymple published in … more →
A biography of Paddy by Artemis Cooper?
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wrote 3 years ago: There are some tough jobs around, but few could be tougher than writing a biography of Patrick Leigh … more →
