I wish the UK had a Tsiodras, British author Victoria Hislop tells Kathimerini

"The Greeks have done remarkably well in dealing with the pandemic compared to other countries in Europe and America," says British writer Victoria Hislop.

"When the restrictions are over, when the borders reopen and flights start again, Greece will be one of the first countries without cases. Then you might not want to have tourists from countries which are still dealing with the problem. We might be equivalent to the lepers trying to come to Greece, like a reverse stigma," says the author of "The Island," a historical novel centered in the former leper colony of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete, which was published in 2005.

Isolated at her home in the English countryside, she is feeling something of the atmosphere she describes in her book and the television series it inspired - distinguished not just for the fascinating plot, but also for the humanity and...