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THEO PANAYIDES discovers that few people understand the circle of life better than Florentina Mela, the 28-year-old funeral director Last Sunday, April 3, was Florentina Mela’s birthday; she turned 28. She’...

In a risk taker with a swashbuckling CV, THEO PANAYIDES meets a man whose years in the City through the hedonism of the 60s and strife of the 70s see ...

In a relentlessly sunny educator THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman inspired by Obelix for whom music is a reason to live ‘Love’ says the sign on a door in the ...

In a contender for the world title, THEO PANAYIDES meets a man looking for love who has found peace in poetry Argyris Loizou sits in his small first-floor flat off ...

In a man of vision, THEO PANAYIDES meets someone who is detail oriented and cerebral from his days filming the invasion as a teenager to backing the production of Jiu ...

In a world-renowned soprano THEO PANAYIDES finds an emotional, spiritual woman who has led a fascinating life that might well make an opera tale itself It starts off dramatic, and ...

In the specialist in turning out warming soups in the north THEO PANAYIDES meets a former mechanical engineer who has moved into the late night dining scene. He now lives ...

In a candle and scent maker THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman who is something of a dreamer, who claims to be a modern witch and a believer that God is ...

Cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos could this week become only the second Cypriot ever to be nominated for an Oscar. THEO PANAYIDES talks to his old friend about loving what you do ...

A designer who won international acclaim for the renovation of a bookshop in north Nicosia now works all round the world. AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY meets him ”I never leave my clients ...

In a scientist with a poetic mind THEO PANAYIDES meets a man driven by and with a love of youthful enthusiasm who now enjoys the good night’s sleep that ...

For nearly three years, an Iranian-Israeli couple were homeless and reduced to eating lizards before Cyprus finally granted them refugee status. Following your heart comes at a price they tell ...

In a man who creates stark and otherworldly ambrotypes, THEO PANAYIDES meets someone who mixes technical and artistic ability and is fascinated by death Where to begin with Dimitris Mina? ...

In the founder of a local charity THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman for whom charity began at home, and the lines of the two still blur, who points out in ...

Having been to some of the world’s worst war zones one photographer now uses his lens to tell human stories. MELISSA HEKKERS meets a man telling the stories of ...

In the captain of a replica of a compact 18th century frigate, THEO PANAYIDES finds someone at home in a space designed for function over comfort who has lived a ...

In a cult sensation and local drag queen THEO PANAYIDES finds someone trying to be as positive as possible, using exuberance as a secret weapon Big hair, big lips – ‘bee-stung ...

With her vision 97 per cent impaired, stress follows Karolina Pelendritou every moment of her waking life, but she tells THEO PANAYIDES she has transformed what should be negative energy into ...

In one of the founders of Nicosia’s American Medical Centre, THEO PANAYIDES finds an assertive and dynamic medic looking to the future from the healing environment of his clinic ...

In a minor legend of the jazz scene THEO PANAYIDES meets a music nerd, a travelling trumpet player originally from America who says his lips are his livelihood John Marshall ...

In a writer, actress and activist, AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY meets a determined woman moved by the power of music I first met Nouritza Matossian when she came to Cyprus in the ...

In a lifelong geek that runs a comic store, THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman drawn to extremes whose habit of drawing every day helps to embrace what scares her Talking ...

THEO PANAYIDES meets the man behind a new venture brining simplified cooking from a community of small farmers to people tired of fakeness, looking for something real Yiannis Tryfon is ...

In a mournful romantic, THEO PANAYIDES finds a man for whom art is therapy as well as vocation, pained by the jungle mentality of the film industry as he took ...