Hello…
Contents
… and welcome to the winter
edition of ISLAND magazine!
At the time of writing, Corfu is a hot-
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bed of political scandal, with Russian
tycoons, superyachts, politicians and
ISLAND magazine is published
alleged dodgy deals all featuring in a
on a quarterly basis by:
plot that would do well as a Hollywood
corfu news
Tempest Publishing,
blockbuster. The question is, will we
ever again be able to enjoy a leisurely
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meal at Agni Taverna without shame-
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lessly eavesdropping on the conversa-
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tions of our fellow diners? Probably not.
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Also at the time of writing, winter proper
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has yet to make an appearance on our
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island, with warm, sunny days making
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the prospect of Christmas difficult to
imagine. Maybe it’s for this reason that
we don’t start being reminded of the
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Christmas season here till December,
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unlike in U.K., where shops and adver-
&
tisements would have us shopping for
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Contributors:
You may have noticed this issue’s front
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cover, being rather different from our
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usual photograph of Corfu. This time we
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have used a drawing of a Corfiot house,
by our featured artist, Tony Kennedy. To
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see more of his work, go to page 36.
Wendy Holborow
gratitude
Samantha Kendle
In this issue, there is a feature on a
Angela Papageorgiou beautiful Corfiot house, as always; but
this is not just a pretty house – it’s a piece
Design / Photography:
of history; Byzantine, Venetian and Cor- horse sanctuary
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fiot. Go to page 25 for the full feature.
Subscriptions:
One of our subscribers recently re-
quested that we write more about the
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south of Corfu, an area we know less well
so tend to neglect a little. So, this issue’s
Advertising:
Explore Corfu feature has been written
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over 25 years and makes one want to
Terms and conditions:
get in the car and start exploring at the
All material is strictly copyrighted
first given opportunity! See page 14.
and all rights are reserved. No
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part of this publication may be You would think that Corfu being an
reproduced in whole or in part island, those who live here would know
without written permission of
everything about what goes on (political
Tempest Publishing.
scandals-in-the-making aside). Wrong! 4 phaeacian
Which is why our article on page 33
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features The Silva Project; everyone
ought to know about the wonderful
Front cover image:
corner of Corfu where Skyrian small 4 in the garden
A painting by
horses, along with assorted dogs, birds
Tony Kennedy (see p.36)
and ancient trees, are given sanctuary.
Of course, there is much more content
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than we can mention on this page, so start
reading and please remember to email
us with any feedback or suggestions.
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