# Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011), also known as Paddy Fermor, was a British author, scholar, soldier and polyglot who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War. He was widely regarded as Britain's greatest living travel writer during his lifetime, based on books such as A Time of Gifts (1977). A BBC journalist once described him as "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene".
22. Ancient Sparta with Daniel Ogden
The Battle of Thermopylae left one Spartan survivor, Aristodemus, and so he fought suicidally at Plataea a year later in 479BC, giving his life, but as you heard failing to impress his fellow Spartans. The commander of the Greek troops against the Persians that day was Pausanias, Spartan Regent and…
22. Ancient Sparta with Daniel Ogden
The Battle of Thermopylae left one Spartan survivor, Aristodemus, and so he fought suicidally at Plataea a year later in 479BC, giving his life, but as you heard failing to impress his fellow Spartans. The commander of the Greek troops against the Persians that day was Pausanias, Spartan Regent and…
Food and Traditions of Mani Peninsula -Tough landscape and tough people!
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Brand new episode is out for all of you lovely subscribers!
This time we are going to the hard and unforgiving landscape of Mani Peninsula in Southern Greece. Peloponnesos!
Vendettas lasting decades... Towering villages in inhospitable mountains...Rocky and barren peninsulas with crystal cle…
Bonus Film Club: The Odyssey (2026)
The Odyssey is the new epic from Christopher Nolan, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson. Tim Hewitt joins me as we discuss casting, accents, costume, Batman, Batman costumes and plenty more. Spoilers are a possibility, though if you’re familiar with the Odyssey I wo…
Bonus Film Club: The Odyssey (2026)
The Odyssey is the new epic from Christopher Nolan, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson. Tim Hewitt joins me as we discuss casting, accents, costume, Batman, Batman costumes and plenty more. Spoilers are a possibility, though if you’re familiar with the Odyssey I wo…
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure - Artemis Cooper - The Interlocutor Podcast
KeywordsArtemis Cooper, Patrick Leigh Fermor, biography, travel literature, World War II, Greece, adventure, writing process, identity, EgyptSummaryIn this engaging conversation, Tyrel Cameron Eskelson interviews Artemis Cooper about her biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor, exploring his life, travel…
Film Club: United 93 (2006)
With the 25th anniversary of 9/11, a day that will live in infamy, we are bringing UNITED 93 to the pod, as Alec and Tim join to talk about Greengrass movie.
No film stars appear, just really good actors and, remarkably, people who served in Air Traffic Control and NORAD on the day.
For those li…
39. Film Club: United 93 (2006)
With the 25th anniversary of 9/11, a day that will live in infamy, we are bringing UNITED 93 to the pod, as Alec and Tim join to talk about Greengrass movie.
No film stars appear, just really good actors and, remarkably, people who served in Air Traffic Control and NORAD on the day.
For those li…
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