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Profile: Lefkos Middleton was the founder of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
THEO PANAYIDES meets the man who has since moved on to more academic fields ... Read on
A taste for the unusual
There’s something brewing behind an old door in a Larnaca village. ZOE CHRISTODOULIDES meets some craft brewersIcy cold with just the right amount of froth for good measure. It’s the man’s face that prompts a double take. And the instant surprise really bears little relation to the man pouring the beer. With an image of a propaganda poster from World War II staring right at me, the stern faced soldier from the Soviet Union is certainly not what you would expect to see gracing a bottle of your favourite tipple. But then again, nothing of what I’ve witnessed today is quite what I expected... Read on
Raping Aphrodite
American Cypriot Loukia Borrell has released a debut novel, a historical fiction about a life in modern day America entwined with one in Cyprus during the invasion. She speaks to NAOMI LEACH ... Read on
Celebrating a new chapter for youth activism
YOUTH POWER, the Cyprus-wide network of youth organisations, will be celebrating the launch of its new identity and its new project, the Youth Power Small Grants, with a party on Monday, at the Home for Cooperation, in the Buffer Zone. Youth Power is a network of 12 diverse, Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot organisations that promote or affiliate with youth activism. Their mission is to inspire, energise and strengthen the youth’s efforts to shape a peaceful and sustainable future for a multicultural Cyprus. ... Read on
Profile: Paratrooper turns novelist
Serving over 30 years as a paratrooper in the British Army led one man to vent his frustrations in the form of a novel. ZOE CHRISTODOULIDES meets himHe’s an artist who likes to sit back and paint Monet-style landscapes but has also released a book that presents a violent journey through the strife torn streets of Belfast in the 1970s. Not just any journey, it’s largely based around one that he was personally involved in. I glance at a copy of The Hated but I can’t draw many conclusions from the profile picture on the novel’s jacket... Read on
Golden design
Cypriot fashion designer, Stephania Ayiotou this week showcased her collection to a celebrity audience at the Golden Globes she tells NAOMI LEACHIn the glamorous world where fashion and film meet, the place where red carpet appearances are dreamt of, sits Stephania Ayiotou. The talented Cypriot/Columbian filmmaker has managed to turn her nomination for an award at Cannes film festival last summer into an invitation to the Golden Globes this week. But Stephania is no ordinary trail blazing film maker, she is also a fashion designer with her own label, Steffi Crown... Read on
Assaulting logic
Larger than life pencil studies stare down from the walls of a Nicosia gallery. But there is more to them than that finds ZOE CHRISTODOULIDES... Read on
Soteris Kallis: Big is the new small
WE ARE often confronted with the suggestion that bigger is better, so much so, that we are constantly reminded by a number of sayings, proverbs and phrases that aren’t necessarily so. ‘Good wine comes in small barrels’ or ‘Good things come in small packages’, are examples of such human efforts, whereas the infamous McDonald’s instigation to ‘supersize’ everything or groceries’ tendency to sell strawberries the size of footballs and spinach leaves as long as your arm keep reminding us to look for what’s larger, shinier – therefore better... Read on
Maiden United: Better than the real thing?
WE ALL have a favourite band or act, but for most people the chances of getting to see them play live is slim to none. This can be for a number of reasons, the band is no longer performing, the act has passed away or tours are rare. At a time when a pair of tickets to a concert by the biggest rock bands can run in the hundreds of euros, tribute bands are able to fill the void, bringing the music and the atmosphere of that band or act the stage.There really is no better expression of devotion and enthusiasm for a particular band than forming a tribute or cover band and these acts are today gaining newfound respect and drawing big crowds... Read on
Profile: Doctor behind American Heart Institute doing things the American way
THEO PANAYIDES meets one of the men behind the snazzy looking American Heart Institute in Nicosia There’s a 45-minute wait before I can go in to see Dr Christos Christou, MD, FACC at the American Heart Institute in Nicosia. I have an appointment, of course, but that kind of thing means little to a doctor: patients turn up unexpectedly and, especially in his field (interventional cardiology), time is usually of the essence. I don’t mind waiting, however, as it gives me a chance to look around the Institute’s eye-catching building, a sleek private hospital which is brand new (they only moved in last March) and impressively designed... Read on
