During three decades as press attache and then head of the press office at the Greek Embassy in London, my father, Nikos Papadakis, became, in many ways, the voice of Greece in Britain.
Nikos, who has died aged 68 after suffering a stroke, joined the embassy's press office in 1976, serving as head of the London office from 1989 until his retirement in 2004. He had two short placements during this time: as head of the press office in Dublin in 1983, and from 1995 to 1996 seconded to become the first director of the Hellenic Centre in London, where he was a central figure in representing his country and offering a cultural programme of amazing breadth and richness.
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