Thessaloniki, Salonika, Selanik, Salonica, Solun: it’s the many sided multicultural aspects of a city  at the heart of the Greek Project –  once home to Jews, Christians and Muslims of so many diverse cultures, languages and backgrounds – which gives to what we’re doing a very immediate 2017 raison d’etre in the face of  Brexit, Trump and the forces of a resurgent xenophobia.