There is no room I love so much as the study of my grandfather’s house in Hermoupolis. A chamber of nautical curiosities.

Argirenia Paramani, a dietician in Ermoupolis, Syros has created her own company, crafting plant-based cosmetics, including a range of beeswax creams, herbal infused soaps and balsam oil

Kostas Prekas has wedded his passion to make traditional Greek products relevant to today’s cookery trends and expanded the culinary heritage of Syros

Making a cup of the company’s sage based tea in my kitchen in Athens, I was transposed back to Syros