Our summer holiday in Greece has been extended by two days, but the rooms we’ve booked have failed to materialiseI’m on a Greek ferry watching a TV news report about the Greek parliament voting in favour of the bailout package. There follows a segment about animals attacking drones, which is gripping.After a week in Greece, I’ve probably learned only one thing that I’ll remember: that bathos, the literary term characterising the precipitous leap from the sublime to the ridiculous, is derived from the Greek word meaning “depth”. Literally: next to the pool there’s a sign saying “BATHOS – 2.2m”. Continue reading...
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