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Saturday, December 22, 2018

22 Bishops From Macedonia Denounce Prespa Agreement

22 bishops from all over Macedonia signed a common statement with which they denounce the Agreement between the governments of GREECE and ...


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Why the Eastern Orthodox Church is suing Princeton University

The plaintiffs cite the university's own book, “GREEK Manuscripts at Princeton, Sixth to Nineteenth Century: A Descriptive Catalogue,” as evidence of the ...


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Reminiscing rembetika

For lovers of old GREEK music and especially rembetiko, an upcoming event promises to be full of history, ancient aromas and tradition.


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GREEK, Bulgarian Prime Ministers Urge EU to Clearly Define Migration Policy

BELGRADE (Sputnik) – GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov urged the European Union to define more ...


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Horry County groups feeding the hungry for Christmas

They will be providing a free Christmas dinner on Tuesday from noon until 2 at the St. John the Baptist GREEK Orthodox Church in Myrtle Beach. This is ...


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4 Down: Urban Meyer, $500000 freebie, Patriots, GREEK basketball team

1. Urban Meyer. Ohio State announced this week that outgoing football coach Urban Meyer will teach a class on leadership and character after he ...


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Boston Celtics Host GREEK Dance To Honor Antetokounmpo at Halftime

A GREEK surprise was waiting for those watching the game between Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks for the American NBA on December 21 in ...


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GREEK TV Host Shares Her Secret to Youth

Attaining eternal youth has captivated minds from antiquity to modern times. For one GREEK TV host in Australia, her youthful appearance is thanks to ...


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GREEK police bust fuel fraud ring

A ring that imported chemicals from Bulgaria for the purpose of adulterating fuel was dismantled by the financial fraud squad of the GREEK Police ...


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Even after bailout exit, holiday meals will be frugal

Four months after GREECE formally ended the eight years of harsh bailout programs overseen by the country's international creditors, cash-strapped ...


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Compare Money Transfers to Greece

If you need to transfer money to Greece from the UK or any other country worldwide, Exchange Rates UK provides you with the latest Euro exchange rate comparison. Whether you're looking for the best Po...


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Israel, Greece and Cyprus can count on U.S. support

As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being ...


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Will 'Quitaly' be Season 8 of the Euro-Drama series?

If you have been a keen watcher of Europe and countries like France, Germany, Italy, GREECE and Spain over the past decade, the news flow and ...


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ExxonMobil VP 'very excited' about drilling off Crete island in GREECE

“With respect to GREECE, ourselves and Hellenic Petroleum and Total have been awarded – subject to final government approval – two very large ...


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Balkan leaders look to bolster Serbia's EU bid

The leaders of Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and GREECE met here on Saturday discussing economic cooperation. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) (Darko ...


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Romanian premier looks to support Serbia in EU bid

Dancila was speaking after meeting with other Balkan leaders from Bulgaria, GREECE and Serbia in the Serbian capital of Belgrade Saturday as part of ...


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Take a trip to the magical Trikala mountains in Thessaly, GREECE

Elati: Elati is the biggest village in the mountainous area of Trikala and one of the most beloved destinations in GREECE. Built on the southwest side of ...


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Avoid Provocations or You'll Pay a Heavy Price”, Turkey's Akar Warns GREECE

In a statement made on Wednesday, GREECE'S Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis' said ”if Turkish forces land on a rocky islet in the Aegean, it [the islet] ...


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Serbia, GREECE, Bulgaria, Romania to jointly bid for hosting Euro-2028 or World Cup-2030

BELGRADE, Dec 22 (Sputnik) Serbia, GREECE, Bulgaria and Romania will create a joint organizing committee to apply for hosting the European ...


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Balkan countries to prepare joint soccer bid

The leaders of GREECE, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia have agreed to form a commission to prepare a joint bid to host soccer's European ...


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Freighter grounded at Nafplion, GREECE

General cargo ship SIBEL D ran aground at around 0630 UTC Dec 22 while leaving Nafplion port, Peloponnese GREECE, after offloading cargo of ...


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Tsitsipas, Sakkari to Represent GREECE in This Year's Hopman Cup

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari will compete in this year's Hopman Cup in Australia's Perth representing GREECE. Their first game will be held on ...


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With an exciting nightlife and scenic beauty, here are 5 fun things to do in GREECE this winter

The festivities have already begun and GREECE has become a popular tourist destination for the winters. Heading to GREECE within the next few days?


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Turkey and GREECE exchanged threats

GREECE accused Ankara in a number of cases of violations of its airspace this week. Turkey will not tolerate “provocations” in the Aegean sea and the ...


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Merkel expected to visit Athens on January 10-11

Merkel will most probably support GREECE'S leftist premier ahead of an expected parliamentary vote on the name deal with the Former Yugoslav ...


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Recipe for Christopsomo, Greek Christmas bread

A Greek tradition


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Nostalgic Greek-Americans In Athens can find Christmas Refuge

ATHENS – Over time, the trappings of Western Christmas have made the cities of Greece – especially Athens – somewhat familiar places to expats and […] The post Nostalgic Greek-Americans In Athens can find Christmas Refuge appeared first on The National Herald.


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The Prespes Agreement now an inspiration for Vucic

The meeting of the Supreme Cooperation Council between Greece and Serbia held in Belgrade has shown that the Prespes agreement can also serve as a model for resolving the issue


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Parthenon Marbles Returning to Greece? UN Supports Greek Resolution

Following the discussion of a draft resolution brought to the United Nation’s General Assembly by Greece, the body adopted without a vote a draft resolution for the ”return or restitution of ...


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Greece, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria Bid to Host EURO 2028, Mundial 2030

From left to right: Viorica Dăncilă, the Prime Minister of Romania, Boyko Borissov, the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Alexandar Vucic, the President of Serbia and the Prime Minister of Greece ...


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Greek Government Extends Low-VAT-Rate Period For Five Aegean Islands

Five Greek islands that have dealt with the brunt of migration inflows will keep their reduced VAT rate, Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Friday, after the parliament plenary ...


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AGAPW and ALLILONnet Christmas Party at Coco-Mat in Soho (Vid)

NEW YORK – The Association of Greek-American Professional Women (AGAPW) and ALLILONnet held their annual Christmas party on December 19 at Coco-Mat in Soho. The […] The post AGAPW and ALLILONnet Christmas Party at Coco-Mat in Soho (Vid) appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Night in Boston for Giannis; Bucks Beat Celtics 120-107 (Vid)

BOSTON (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks turned their slow start into a long, frustrating night for the Boston Celtics. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and […] The post Greek Night in Boston for Giannis; Bucks Beat Celtics 120-107 (Vid) appeared first on The National Herald.


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Akar: "Provocations in the Aegean and Cyprus will bring about a heavy price"

Defence Minister of Turkey Hulusi Akar issued a statement in response to the resent statements of the Chief of General Staff of Greece Evangelos ApostolakisWe will not allow


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The Next Step: Steve 'Greek' Antonopulos explains why Owner Pat Bowlen 'epitomizes what the Hall of Fame is all about'

During Pat Bowlen’s 35 years as the owner of the Denver Broncos, he has left his mark on the team, the Denver area and the larger NFL community. The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Contributors Committee ...


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The Ancient Greek Roots of Christmas Celebrations

Christmas is one of the the most important — and perhaps the most treasured — celebration of Christianity, filled with joy and love. Countries around the world celebrate with different customs ...


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Greek Defense Chief Kammenos Fires New Warning at Turkey

ATHENS – After the head of the Hellenic Defense General Staff (GEETHA) Chief Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis said if Turkish forces land on Greek islet they […] The post Greek Defense Chief Kammenos Fires New Warning at Turkey appeared first on The National Herald.


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Dimitris Copelouzos Was Bestowed the Italian “Star of Order”

MAROUSSI, Greece (BUSINESS WIRE) – Mr. Dimitris Copelouzos, President of Copelouzos Group, was bestowed the “Italian Star of Order” (“STELLA D’ITALIA”) with the title of […] The post Dimitris Copelouzos Was Bestowed the Italian “Star of Order” appeared first on The National Herald.


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Butterless Christmas Sweets? It's the Rule in Chef Maria Loi's Kitchen

We reached out to New York City-based Chef Maria Loi who's an expert on “healthy GREEK cuisine” and asked if butter-free GREEK deserts were ...


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Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo has gained 51 pounds of muscle since entering NBA

As you can see from the picture below, Giannis Antetokounmpo was a skinny little kid when he came into the league. Now, the GREEK Freak is a grown ...


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Bulpett: Celtics can't get into the party spirit against Bucks

It was GREEK Heritage Night at the Garden last evening, which isn't as odd as it sounds for the Irish-themed home team. The Celtics do, after all, play ...


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NBA Wrap: Dante Exum winds back the clock to rookie season, GREEK Freak brilliant but cops big ...

Plus the GREEK Freak and Milwaukee keep on rolling - although Giannis was the victim of a major dunk in the process. It's all in the NBA Wrap! Foxtel is ...


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Collaboration memorandum between GREEK Space Organisation and UK Space Agency

A memorandum of cooperation was signed on Friday between the GREEK Space Organisation (GSO) and the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) ...


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GREEK shipping again tops second-hand vessel transactions in 2018

GREEK shipowners and shipping companies again were the top buyers and sellers of vessels worldwide in 2018, while remaining in first place in terms ...


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Quadrilateral Summit of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia Began

The summit between Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia in Belgrade began with the participation of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov together with Alexis Tsipras, Viorica Dunchila and Alexander ...


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Tampa Museum of Art chief curator Seth Pevnick resigns

Seth D. Pevnick, who spent nearly a decade at the Tampa Museum of Art, will become the curator of GREEK and Roman art at the Cleveland Museum ...


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GREEKS, Bulgarians enjoy Christmas shopping in Edirne

Northwestern Turkey's Edirne has become a top shopping destination for GREEKS and Bulgarians, who look to benefit from competitive prices and ...


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Government standing by GREEK military chief

Greece will not seek to imitate Turkey's escalating rhetoric and provocations, Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said on Friday after ...


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The big literary quiz of the year: authors test your knowledge of 2018's books

From salmon fishing to textavism, naked tennis to Trump’s thirst for Diet Coke ... pit your wits against authors like Will Self and Anne Enright in our bumper quiz ANNE ENRIGHT: In Molly Fox’s Birthday by Deirdre Madden, Andrew from Belfast survives a bomb in another city. Which city? Paris London Beirut Boston In A Pagan Place by Edna O’Brien, Emma agrees to send home a postcard when her secret baby is born. “All well with Volkswagen” will mean it is a boy. What car is code for a girl? Triumph Herald Robin Reliant Hillman Minx Morris Minor In Sally Rooney’s Normal People, how many more points does Connell get in his Leaving Certificate than his friend Marianne? 25 just 10 they get the same none, she has honours maths JONATHAN COE: Which of these novels concerns a forger called Wyatt Gwyon and an art dealer called Recktall Brown? The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan The Recognitions by William Gaddis The Allegations by Mark Lawson The Fabrications by Baret Magarian The film A Touch of Love, starring Sandy Dennis and Ian McKellen, is based on which novel? The Millstone by Margaret Drabble Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin A Touch of Love by Jonathan Coe Winter Garden by Beryl Bainbridge Which of these books did not inspire a progressive rock album of the 1970s? Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Watership Down by Richard Adams KAMILA SHAMSIE: What is the name of Xandra’s dog in Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch? Popper Pepper Pickle Pipette What is the name of Andrew Aguecheek’s horse in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night? Dobbin Capilet Curtal Galathe What is the name of Liz’s cat in Vikram Seth’s The Golden Gate? Charlemagne Carloman Tamburlaine Barbarossa WILLIAM BOYD: Which of the following writers did not live in Chelsea? PL Travers Charles Dickens George Eliot John Betjeman Who in Ernest Hemingway’s immediate family had a gender reassignment? Ernest Hemingway John Hemingway Patrick Hemingway Gregory Hemingway Which writer is responsible for this sentence? “At times the sound of low fugitive laughter made him tremble like a leaf.” James Joyce Vladimir Nabokov Barbara Cartland Anthony Burgess OLIVIA LAING: Who does Virginia Woolf’s Orlando finally marry? Gussy Fink-Nottle Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock Eustace Clarence Where would you not encounter a fox hunt? Riders by Jilly Cooper Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer Lady into Fox by David Garnett Where would you eat chipolata sausages served with boiled onions and apples stewed in tea? The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Eve of St Agnes by John Keats The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester IAN RANKIN: The centenary of novelist Muriel Spark took place in 2018, including a revival of the only stage play she wrote. Is it called … ? Masters of Science Doctors of Philosophy Bachelors of Art Doctors of Divinity The Reservoir Tapes was the follow-up to which fictional work? Reservoir Dogs The Anderson Tapes Reservoir 13 Canal Dreams What two words connect the Beatles’ White Album to American author and attorney Vincent Bugliosi? Dear Prudence Glass onion Revolution nine Helter Skelter VAL MCDERMID: Which of these trilogies ended up, according to its author, as merely being three books from a fictitious universe of 15 titles? Millennium trilogy Sword of Honour trilogy Foundation trilogy Regeneration trilogy If you were salmon fishing on the River Turlie, which detective would you be most likely to encounter? John Rebus Hamish Macbeth Karen Pirie Alan Grant If you multiply the pillars of wisdom by Dorothy L Sayers’ tailors, then subtract Hannay’s steps and Dickens’ cities, what’s the problem? Mr Penumbra’s 24‑hour bookstore Catch-22 The Thirteen Problems 21 Lessons for the 21st century WILL SELF: Which writer accompanied Truman Capote as he investigated the Clutter family murders for his book In Cold Blood? Flannery O’Connor Carson McCullers Eudora Welty Harper Lee Which murderous character has been portrayed by actors John Malkovich, Alain Delon, Matt Damon? Hannibal Lecter Moosbrugger George Harvey Bone Tom Ripley Which of these writers created that character? Agatha Christie Zadie Smith Patricia Highsmith Kate Tempest DAISY JOHNSON: In a year of Greek mythic retellings, who retold the story of the daughter of Helios who uses her power, among other things, to turn men into pigs? Pat Barker Emily Wilson Michael Hughes Madeline Miller Naomi Alderman’s first novel, Disobedience, was made into a film this year, but what power do women find they have in her most recent novel The Power? To release electrical shocks from their fingers To control different elements To speak all languages Ability to fly Sarah Hall won the 2013 BBC Short Story prize with a story about a woman who turns into what animal? A raven A fox A badger A tiger JOHN BANVILLE: Which novelist in his eminently phthisic masterpiece featured among an extensive cast of characters a Hegelian-Marxist Jewish Jesuit modelled on Georg Lukács? Thomas Pynchon Thomas Mann Thomas Wolfe Thomas Harris Who, in a time with alarming pre-echoes of our own, wished to show an affirming flame? WH Hudson WH Auden WH Davies WH Smith Who has “sailed the seas and come … to B … a small town fastened to a field in Indiana”? William Faulkner William Butler Yeats William Styron William H Gass Which crime novelist made a surprise appearance on the Man Booker longlist? Belinda Bauer Val McDermid Tana French Robert Galbraith Who won this year’s alternative Nobel prize for literature? Maryse Condé Neil Gaiman Haruki Marukami Olga Tokarczuk “The latest in a long line of eggheads pretentiously but harmlessly romancing the noble savage.” Pankaj Mishra wrote this about which thinker? Yuval Noah Harari Jordan Peterson Mary Beard Richard Dawkins Which book ended: “I am no longer a writer”? The Rub of Time by Martin Amis Kudos by Rachel Cusk Normal People by Sally Rooney The End by Karl Ove Knausgaard Kamila Shamsie’s 2018 Women’s prize-winning novel Home Fire anticipated the elevation of a politician of Pakistani origin to which high office? Chancellor the exchequer Prime minister Home secretary Foreign secretary To what mythical animal did Michelle Obama compare her husband in her bestselling memoir Becoming? A unicorn A centaur A pushmi-pullyu A phoenix Helen Dunmore was the second poet to be awarded the Costa prize posthumously. Who was the first? Seamus Heaney Philip Larkin UA Fanthorpe Ted Hughes What was Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas’s autobiography called? The Tour According to GT The Tour According to G The Tour According to G&T The Tour According to Geraint Thomas The first book of which great writer who died this year was called Rocannon’s World? Philip Roth Tom Wolfe Ursula K Le Guin VS Naipaul Which grime artist launched an imprint with Penguin Random House this year called #Merky Books? Stormzy Skepta Wiley Dizzee Rascal Posy Simmonds’s festive thriller Cassandra Darke was influenced by … ? A Christmas Carol ’Twas the Night Before Christmas The Snowman Die Hard Whose second world war diary was made into a graphic novel this year? Winston Churchill Anne Frank Joseph Goebbels Spike Milligan The Drunken Sailor by Nick Hayes celebrates the life of … ? Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Rimbaud Arthur Ransome Arthur Rackham Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina was the first graphic novel to be …? Nominated for the Orwell prize Longlisted for the Man Booker prize Shortlisted for the Turner prize Winner of the Arthur C Clarke prize “It’s the title of something [my spouse] published ... and actually I’m in a lot of trouble because I said: ‘That’s a good title, maybe I’ll use it.’ And out of politeness [they] said: ‘Yeah, OK.’” Who stole the book’s name? Santa Montefiore from Simon Sebag Montefiore Michael Frayn from Claire Tomalin Zadie Smith from Nick Laird Paul Auster from Siri Hustvedt Who tweeted this in response to Lee Child’s search for a new Jack Reacher? “I’ve got the height, I’ve got the menace, the physical prowess, the fitness levels, the ruthlessness ... you need look no further, Lee.” Karl Ove Knausgaard Jane Smiley Benjamin Markovits Stephen Fry “It was culture as class performance, literature fetishised for its ability to take educated people on false emotional journeys.” Whose protagonist said this about a reading event? Daisy Johnson’s Gretel in Everything Under Rachel Cusk’s Faye in Kudos Jonathan Coe’s Doug in Middle England Sally Rooney’s Connell in Normal People Who said this in a post‑victory interview? “I haven’t yet told them [to stop my benefits]: I mean, I got the cheque two days ago!” Ted Hughes winner Jay Bernard Man Booker winner Anna Burns Desmond Elliott winner Preti Taneja Orwell winner Darren McGarvey From whose writing tips? “It’s doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction.” Jonathan Franzen Martin Amis Karl Ove Knausgaard Philip Hensher Who said this? “Before I read digitally, I’d be reading perhaps 10 books simultaneously – but now I read as many as 50 at once.” Will Self Marina Warner Geoff Dyer Michiko Kakutani Whose fictional alter ego was played on TV by Benedict Cumberbatch? Alan Hollinghurst Edward St Aubyn Anthony Powell Howard Jacobson Who played a literary giant on screen and then published a book? Michael Palin Simon Callow David Walliams Ruth Jones Which writer did Keira Knightley play in a film premiered in London in October? Vita Sackville-West Leonora Carrington Nancy Mitford Colette Who, in 2018, played Ian’s Florence and Anton’s Nina and was cast as Louisa’s Jo? Saoirse Ronan Lily Collins Olivia Cooke Bel Powley John le Carré’s cameo in The Little Drummer Girl was as … ? Yugoslav border guard Israeli torturer Austrian waiter English milkman What do these newly coined words mean? Textavism fabric conditioning watching TV with subtitles on sending political messages via SMS a brutish prose style Bougie like a candle fast-moving aspirationally consumerist a dancing budgerigar fintech snorkelling equipment computer-aided money manipulation a robot shark Scandinavia’s Silicon Valley autoheterodyne pansexual self-pleasuring capable of repairing any car able to mix signals moonmoon double act of buttock‑baring the moon of a moon friendly troll satellite of love Who says “Merry Christmas” at the end of Ali Smith’s Winter? Donald Trump Charles Dickens Barbara Hepworth Ant and Dec “People here are so rooted in one place, through generations, that they might as well be trees. They hate London, the EU, politicians, newspapers … ” Where have the unhappy metropolitan couple in Amanda Craig’s The Lie of the Land been forced to move to? Cornwall Middlesbrough Devon Stoke-on-Trent What is the name of the rightwing political party in Sam Byers’ Brexit satire Perfidious Albion? England Always England First UKOK The Black Shorts In Jonathan Coe’s novel based around the EU referendum, Middle England, what is the song that Benjamin Trotter repeatedly listens to? “A New England” by Billy Bragg “Adieu to Old England” by Shirley Collins “Oh England My Lionheart” by Kate Bush “This is England” by the Clash Which radical American writer did Olivia Laing channel for her novel about political and personal upheaval in the summer of 2017, Crudo? Audre Lorde Chris Kraus Eileen Myles Kathy Acker In Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury we learned that Donald Trump refuses to let White House staff touch which of his possessions because he is fearful of being poisoned? His toothbrush His iPhone His hairbrush His TV remote How long was Trump biographer and former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci in post? 1 hour 1 day 10 days 100 days According to Michael Lewis’s The Fifth Risk, which of these songs and their performers did president-elect Trump enthuse about to the world leader who called him after his election win? “I love Paris” by Frank Sinatra to the president of France “Down Under” by Men at Work to the prime minister of Australia “Walk like an Egyptian” by the Bangles to the president of Egypt “Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner” by Chas & Dave to the Queen In Bob Woodward’s Fear, Trump is quoted as claiming to be the … ? Abraham Lincoln of 140 characters Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters Oscar Wilde of 140 characters Alexander Solzhenitsyn of 140 characters Former contestant on The Apprentice and White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman estimated in her book that Trump had consumed how many cans of Diet Coke over the last 15 years? More than 1,000 More than 5,000 More than 2,000 More than 40,000 Which pseudonym was used by Muriel Spark, who was born in 1918? AM Bernard Aquarius Abram Tertz Mary Pollock Victor Frankenstein was created in 1818, but where was he born? Naples Island of Gont TimiÈ™oara Mytholmroyd Bicentenarian Emily Brontë’s best friend after Anne was ...? Toby Chien, a French bulldog Basket, a poodle Pinka, a cocker spaniel Keeper, a bullmastiff Which landmark literary censorship trial ended 50 years ago? Lady Chatterley Ulysses Howl Last Exit to Brooklyn Who, according to an anniversary biography, was fond of naked tennis? 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Ryanair: Six New Routes to GREECE from Bulgaria, Italy, UK

The carrier's GREECE 2019 summer schedule will include new routes from/to Kalamata, Heraklion on Crete and Zakynthos. Flights have been added on ...


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