Lea Ypi, Free. A child and a country at the end of history
This is a marvelous almost magical book about growing up in Albania. It encompasses just over a decade under communism, then her teenage...
Kosta Lako (1949-2021): placemaker of Saranda (ancient Onchesmus/Onhezm)
Kosta Lako was one of the outstanding Albanian archaeologists of his generation. Born in the coastal port of Saranda in December 1949, he...
Excavations and surveys at Butrint, Albania: Butrint 5 & 6i,ii, iii
The popular view of archaeology is that it is done and dusted on the ground, in the trench. Nothing is further from the truth. Analysing...
Odysseus and Naucicaa
Twenty five years since we crossed to begin our excavations at Butrint in Albania and had our excitement dashed by our Albanian...
Dame Drue Heinz
I learnt of Dame Drue’s death aged 103 on Friday. I only knew her slightly, the head of a great literary foundation, with a scrutinizing...
Albania’s dynamic cultural heritage
Back in Albania for meetings about the future of Butrint and to see the excavations along the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project. Butrint is...
