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World Poetry Day: Social media injects new lease of life into poetry

From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we take a...

ON THIS DAY: Remembering Venizelos (1936) and Elytis (1996)

On 18 March, Greece commemorates the passing of two of its most significant historical and cultural figures—Eleftherios Venizelos, one of the nation’s most influential...

ON THIS DAY: Bertolt Brecht is born (1898)

On 10 February 1898, Bertolt Brecht, one of the most influential playwrights, poets, and theatre practitioners of the 20th century, was born in Augsburg,...

ON THIS DAY: Lord Byron is born (1788)

On 22 January, we reflect on the life and legacy of Lord George Gordon Byron, one of the most iconic figures of the Romantic...

ON THIS DAY: Poet Napoleon Lapathiotis commits suicide (1944)

81 years have passed since the suicide of poet Napoleon Lapathiotis on 7 January 1944, in German-occupied Athens. Α "bohemian" poet, one of the...

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ON THIS DAY: Bugs Bunny makes iconic debut in cartoon classic (1940)

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