Wannabe despot, dashing diplomat or boring back-office swot? Greece’s founding father divides opinion

He built modern Greece from the ground up, but Ioannis Kapodistrias remains a controversial figure. A new biopic throws light on this overlooked titan of European history On a hilltop in central Corfu, a marble bust carved in the classical style gazes skyward, lean,…

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