by John Martino | Feb 6, 2022 | Beijing Winter Games, Event, Sports
As with the Summer Games every 4 years, this year’s Beijing Games are – as we can see in the photos above and below – spearheaded by the Greek contingent of Winter Olympians in pride of place as the founding nation of the Olympics. Wonderfully, the...
by John Martino | Jan 12, 2022 | Event, Merchandise
Finding turning the pages of the release edition hardcover version of ‘Olympia’ a bit of a challenge, or simply prefer the entertaining tones of a narrator reading to you while otherwise engaged, then you’ll be mighty pleased to read that the audio...
by John Martino | Jan 11, 2022 | Backstory, Event
On behalf of the City of Glen Eira (Melbourne, Australia) and their network of five local libraries, the well-regarded freelance journalist and authoress, Claire Halliday, will be interviewing me (John) about the writing of, content within and contemporary...
by John Martino | Nov 23, 2021 | Event, History, Myth, Sports, Technology
The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports has recently collaborated with Microsoft to painstakingly recreate Olympia as the site operated as both Panhellenic sanctuary and home to the ancient Olympics for more than 1,100 years. The exhibit, as housed within the new...
by John Martino | Oct 19, 2021 | Beijing Winter Games, Event
Some two months after the end of the very memorable 2020 / 2021 Tokyo Games, Olympia came back to life – with a sense of both its ancient and modern heritage – with the lighting of yet another Olympic torch: this time for the 2022 Beijing Games. The...
