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  • Blue Guide Greece the Mainland

    Blue Guide Greece the Mainland

    Buy Blue Guide Greece the Mainland. The 2007 classic Blue Guide Greece the Mainland went out of print, in its original form, many years ago. Since then to keep the title’s erudition and depth of coverage available to new readers we have been providing a black and white “print on demand”…

  • Pilgrimages in Turkey in 2025

    Pilgrimages in Turkey in 2025

    Two fascinating intineraries, run by the Revd James Buxton, Chaplain in İzmir. Pilgrimage to the Seven Churches of Revelation » (May) These are the seven cities mentioned in the first three chapters of Revelation, in the Bible. They include Smyrna (İzmir) and six other six cities in the area. The…

  • Semmelweis: the Hungarian pioneer of hand-sanitization

    Semmelweis: the Hungarian pioneer of hand-sanitization

    The 19th-century doctor Ignác Semmelweis was the Hungarian pioneer of hand-sanitization. His ideas were to revolutionise medicine, not just in Hungary but around the world. who was semmelweis? How many of us, while methodically washing our hands during the Covid-19 pandemic, spared a thought for Ignác Semmelweis? Semmelweis (1818–65) is…

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