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About Me

Barney Spender is a journalist and radio presenter living and working in Athens, Greece. Although much of his time is spent discussing the political workings of the Balkans and European Union, he also likes to stick his nose into the worlds of sport and music.If you are interested in sport and want to know more about what is happening on the Greek scene then try logging on to his website www.sportingreece.comIf, on the other hand, you are interested in music then check into this site occasionally and he will endeavour to overcome the technical requirements of My Space and load up some of the music interviews that he occasionally does on Athens International Radio 104.4fm.Keep on humming....

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is unpretentious, non-judgemental and enjoys a laugh and a couple of pints...does that include Kylie?

My Blog

The Talented Mr Cohen

It is my wife's fault  but I thank her for it.   When I first met J back in 1997, it quickly emerged that Leonard Cohen was one of her favourite artists. I wasn't so sure but kept quiet, as you...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:01:00 GMT

Remember the name: Mary Spender

I missed a birthday this week. It was a bad miss. Not any old 15th or 25th...no as it happened July 2 marked the 18th birthday of a young lady called Mary Spender. She happens to be my niece - which m...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:30:00 GMT

Eleni and Monika

It has been a women kind of a day. On the show we had the Greek tennis player Eleni Daniilidou explaining the inner workings of her right knee - in short it's stuffed - and then Monika dropped by the ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:41:00 GMT

Early mornings, late nights

Tough work at the coalface but someone has to do it. With the Euro 2008 matches all finishing at around midnight here in Greece, it means a late night every night. That in itself is no bad thing, I ha...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:42:00 GMT

Euro 2008 music

So I am presenting a daily show (Athens International Radio) about the footballing extravaganza known as Euro 2008. Greece are the reigning champs so there is a great deal of interest here.One thing I...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:36:00 GMT