Greece
Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Greece in the early 1960s.
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
December 19, 201413m 44s
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Show Notes
Oscar-winning screen writer Frederic Raphael reads the final essay in his new series about living abroad across Europe, this time in Greece.
It's the early 1960s, and the country is as yet undisturbed by mass tourism. As Raphael travels to a remote island, echoes of the classical world rub up against the realities of post civil war division, and a village life which has barely changed for centuries.