There are two elements that I believe spark interest in these rapid entries and make them so popular. Firstly, it is the parade of names. Writers, actors, politicians, and so many other famous people fill the days of Thanasis Niarchos to such an extent that one wonders about his exhausting work pace alternating with a fully social nightlife. Giannis Kontos, Menis Koumandareas, and Christoforos Liontakis, Marina Karagatsi, Manos Eleftheriou, and Manos Karatzogiannis, Antonis Fostieris and Thanasis Kastaniotis, Amalia Megapanou and Kiki Dimoula, Kostas Mitropoulos, Zozo Sapountzaki, and Stamatis Fasoulis are just some of the individuals who form the close core of his company, along with ministers, members of parliament, painters, directors, etc. [...] It is for this reason that the diary pages of Thanasis Th. Niarchos capture a large part of Athenian and by extension Greek cultural history of the last almost forty years (1981-2018), constituting a valuable tool for the researcher of this period, who can now confirm friendly networks, intellectual affinities, and underground influences. (from the foreword by Dimitris Aggelis)