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Tom Sawford
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The charm of Patrick Leigh Fermor - Artemis Cooper
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Artemis Cooper, writer and author of Patrick Leigh Fermor's authorised biography, An Adventure, addressing the attendees of the dinner held at the Aphrodite Taverna in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Miklos Banffy and Paddy's introduction to They Were Counted - Artemis Cooper
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Artemis Cooper, author of Paddy's authorised biography slays another Paddy myth with this story about Patrick Leigh Fermor's introduction to Miklos Banffy's wonderful trilogy
Paddy and Helmut Kohl: "Ach Herr Reichskanzler" - Anthony Beevor
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Anthony Beevor, author of many histories including The Battle of Crete, and Stalingrad, addressing attendees of the dinner held at the Aphrodite Taverna in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Leigh Fermor
I pestered Patrick Leigh Fermor to death
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Harry Bucknall, Blandford Forum's best known travel writer, addressing attendees of the dinner held at the Aphrodite Taverna in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Leigh Fermor. Harry hypothesised that he was responsible for Paddy' death by pestering him to death about a book review.
Patrick Leigh Fermor 10th Anniversary memorial dinner - Chris White
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Chris White, editor of Abducting a General, www.abductingageneral.info/ , addressing the attendees of the dinner held at the Aphrodite Taverna in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Leigh Fermor
I pestered Patrick Leigh Fermor to death (short)
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Harry Bucknall, Blandford Forum's best known travel writer, addressing attendees of the dinner held at the Aphrodite Taverna in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Leigh Fermor. Harry hypothesised that he was responsible for Paddy' death by pestering him to death about a book review.
One of the enduring legacies of the Kreipe kidnap - Alan Ogden
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Alan Ogden, author of many books about Romania and the exploits of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), explains how Billy Moss' book, Ill Met by Moonlight, continues to have an enduring legacy in Crete today.
It's a long way to Tipperary in French - Patrick Leigh Fermor version
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Isabelle Cole, daughter of Billy Moss, singing Patrick Leigh Fermor's version of "It's a long way to Tipperary" in French at the dinner held at the Aphrodite Taverna in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor 10th Anniversary memorial dinner - Tom Sawford 2
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Tom Sawford, owner of the Patrick Leigh Fermor blog patrickleighfermor.org/ addressing the attendees of the dinner held at the Aphrodite Taverna in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor 10th Anniversary memorial dinner - Tom Sawford 1
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Tom Sawford addressing the attendees of the dinner held at the Aphrodite Taverna in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Via Egnatia Pequin Albania to Ohrid Macedonia copy
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Highlights of the trip from Durres to Lake Ohrid made by the Via Egnatia foundation early members in May 2009. Personal archive copy
Via Egnatia Dancing in Dardhe copy
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Personal archive copy. Dancing with the villagers of Dardhe, Albania in what was an excellent evening. May 2009
Via Egnatia I'm an Albanian Lumberjack
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Personal archive copy. A night in Darhde, Albania, confusing the locals. Backed by the Slovenian Angels Choir and the soon to be heroic Bulgarian archaeologist Nayden Prahov
Thank you for sharing this. I have read PLF's books and been to Crete and have met Greek's who told me their fathers knew PLF. Great to finally see this documentary.
Such a rich tapestry Life Is
Have very few Heroes, but HE is one! R. I. P PLF
Amazing Life I am humbled to have enjoyed surreptitiously, have had a similar road journey before I ever knew of Paddy! Deep Respect, & all things Greek! And a fellow Aquarian!!!!
Amazing Life I am humbled to have enjoyed surreptitiously, have had a similar road journey before I ever knew of Paddy! Deep Respect, & all things Greek!
Anybody who met PLF must have felt intellectually inferior to him,what an erudite gentleman he was,quoting Hamlet in German off the top of his head
Hello! thank you for sharing this beautiful video. Do we know by any chance when the take this interview from Patrick Leigh Fermor in Kardamily ??
A Time Of Gifts,is one of the very best books ive ever read.
Wonderful to see this, he is a hero in so many ways!❤
Wonderful 🧡
I met Paddy once in 1991 when he was promoting Letters from the Andes book. There is nobody like him now.
How very lucky you are to have met him! 😊
Yes that great generation are all gone now. People full of adventure, learning, artistry and curiosity.
What a wonderful discovery ! A wonderful channel. From a new Subscriber . Thank you.
Thanks for posting.
Not sure why the director kept superimposing music from Wagner's Siegfried -- set in the dank, mouldy forests of German mythology -- on the Mani land and seascapes.
Classic.
That is my great aunt's husband
Thank you very much for sharing this. I was searching for anything about Patrick Leigh Fermor, and found something with Melvin Bragg as well. I remember the South Bank Show from TV when I was child. Those were the days, when TV was a serious media.
This was wonderful and captures a time that will never return. I don't mean a sense of that period but that there is no sense of adventure or discovery of travel as it was back then. The internet and net travellers have exposed the whole planet, why bother travel these days when wherever you go you simply meet your own kind. There is a homogenisation that has made previously interesting places almost a carbon copy of the place you just left.
After visiting all over Mani, I know how he feels!!! I also have fallen in love with it!! OMG How Beautiful Mani is!!! I wish to move to Stoupa ...
Wonderful
Thank you for uploading - It's made my day.
24:08 just rewatched "ill met by moonlight" and i wondered what happened to the driver, i guess he either way he was done for, had he been let go , I'll suspect the would have been executed for losing a General. When i 1st watch the movie years ago, i thought nice story, obviously made up only to find it wasn't
During the capture of General Kreipe, the driver, Sergeant Albert Fenske, was coshed and was almost unconscious when the kidnappers left the scene. The plan had been for two guerrillas to take the driver on foot and meet up with the kidnappers on Mt Ida, but the guerrillas arrived alone. They explained that the driver had not been able to keep up with them and they had had no choice but to kill him. The body was buried in a lonely spot under a pile of rocks. Soon afterwards one of the guerrillas was killed by the Germans and some time later the other guerrilla was killed in the civil war, so nobody knew exactly where the body had been buried. About 55 years after the kidnapping the driver's remains were discovered by chance. A few years after the war a delegation from Germany arrived in Crete to organise the recovery of the bones of German soldiers who had been killed by the guerrillas in the mountains during the occupation. The villagers welcomed the delegates and gave them every assistance in locating the bodies and these were taken to the German military cemetery at Maleme, which is probably where the remains of Sergeant Fenske are now.
Sublime documentary, love it!
Wonderful!
Really happy to have found this fantastic documentary on PMLF. I thought I’d seen all his stuff on here, this is about the best imo. I visited his house- viewed from the perimeter- on the Mani 5 years ago, it’s in a beautiful spot close to the village 🇬🇷❤
Ps thanks v much for uploading 👍👏
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thanks for sharing Tom!
Thank you Tom for uploading this. I recognize the music beginning around 2:15 but cannot identify it. Anybody know?
It's "Forest Murmurs" from Act II of Richard Wagner's "Siegfried."
What a wonderful show. Recommended by a friend so will certainly delve into his books. Thanks for posting
At last! Well done Tom!
This is a marvellous find; so wonderful to hear Paddy and Melvin in the same programme. Such charm. Thankyou
Great,cheers for posting,