My love affair with Greece began in the 1980s – all thanks to a TV historian and academic called Michael Wood. A hugely enthusiastic presenter, Wood was one of the first to bring history to the masses with his boots-on-the-ground, easy-access documentaries.
As a sixth-former studying A-level ancient history, I struggled with dry textbooks. Then came Wood’s series In Search Of The Trojan War, and suddenly classical Greece sprang to life: ancient temples and romantic mythology, amid flower-speckled islands and characters aplenty.
More than four decades later, Greece remains the place I love most to visit – not least for its unhurried
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