Nana Mouskouri in Athens
A misanthropic moment, just one amongst many, just lately. Strange to think that as I sit here on this warm stone step of the acropolis, looking down at the city lights, just a few hundred metres away is Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer, (whose music, incidentally, I cannot stand), singing the last song of her last ever concert.
Nana, now 73 years old, announced her retirement in the local papers today. She’s held in high regard here – in fact by most Greeks everywhere. Everyone’s been talking of nothing else for days. In England, no one even knows – or really cares. There she was considered a laughable figure, a graceless Greek woman with silly hair and stupid-looking glasses.
Tom Disch died, and so did Alex Solzhenitsyn, but their deaths have just slipped past the cultural radar with hardly a blip. Alive, Solzhenitsyn made an enormous contribution to [...]
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