I knew I’d spend my birthday in Metz, the capital of Lorraine, when I organized my press trip. I knew I would be away from family and friends with only Twitter and Facebook to keep me company. I knew that Metz would join the dubious company of Athens, London, San Francisco, Paris,Vienna, Zurich, St Ives, […]
How a gay love triangle caused a massacre in Thessaloniki
It is 390AD. Emperor Theodosius is on the throne of Constantinople but the Roman Empire is not yet Byzantium. There are still pagans aplenty in the Empire, and Emperor Julian the Apostate has just tried to get rid of those annoying Christians – but no, he failed… In Salonika, there lived a striking-looking cup-bearer, a […]