Samuel Kalantzis
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Samuel Kalantzis
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Journalist based in Leicester.
Reporter for Leicester Mercury and LeicestershireLive.
Would you steal if you had to?

Do dire financial circumstances excuse a crime?

Having a shoplifter and a supermarket worker talk about an increase in shoplifting rates in Leicestershire creates an interesting debate.
June 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Reposted by Samuel Kalantzis
With the news that there are "high level " private meetings being held regarding the return of the Parthenon Sculptures ahead of the visit by the Greek PM tomorrow why not read this article by @skjournalism.bsky.social from January this year ⤵️
Parthenon Sculptures: the Greek response to Sunak’s snub
Sunak’s cancellation of the meeting with the Greek prime minister on the Parthenon Sculptures aroused feelings of mistrust in Greece
centralbylines.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Interesting to see Labour plans to reopen a detention centre to tackle immigration, even though it was known for its terrible living conditions.

Read all about it here ⬇️

www.hybridmag.co.uk/p/reopening-...
Reopening of Campsfield Detention Centre continues despite strong backlash
Oxfordshire MPs and UK charities are joining forces in an attempt to stop an immigration detention centre from reopening.
www.hybridmag.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Although I haven’t written for the @centralbylines.bsky.social team in a couple of months, I thought it’d be good to include the link to my articles with the team:

There will be more to come once I’ve got my masters course under control! :)

centralbylines.co.uk/author/sam-k...
Samuel Kalantzis - Central Bylines
Samuel Kalantzis is a writer/editor based in Birmingham, UK. He was born and raised in Athens, Greece, with the dream of becoming a foreign correspondent with a focus on war journalism. He mainly writ...
centralbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Some recent articles I wrote for Oxford’s Hybrid Magazine📝:

www.hybridmag.co.uk/p/apologies-...
Apologies don't pay the bills: Oxford’s Botley Road closure hits businesses
Westgate Hotel co-owner sees big hits from the delayed road closure as he said, 'costing us tens of thousands of pounds.'
www.hybridmag.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM