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Described as heartbreaking, unsettling and inspired, Netflix’s new limited series Toxic Town is based on a true story of a clutch of children born in England with physical deformities, ...

We decided to visit a restaurant that has been a fixture in Nicosia’s dining scene since at least the 90s that is widely regarded as a pillar of Levantine ...

In the years leading up to 1974, Eleni Papademetriou travelled the island. A renowned ethnographer, philologist and photographer, she documented a way of life that has since been reshaped beyond recognition ...

With March 1 set as International Yiannoudi Day, the indigenous Cyprus grape is celebrated by oenophiles across the island in an initiative spearheaded by president of the Cyprus Friends of Wine ...

By Philippa Tracy Are cinema-going audiences in terminal decline? There has been lots of evidence to suggest that they are. However, I am happy to report that last weekend I ...

“Last summer our office air conditioning broke! “It was the middle of the worst heatwave; the repairmen were slammed and couldn’t get there for a week. So my boss ...

Where do you live?Limassol What did you have for breakfast?Cereal Describe your perfect dayCreative writing, a walk with my dog, listening to classical music and jazz, watching a ...

Björn works for an unappreciative law firm and his clients are equally ungrateful mafia bosses. As his family life goes down the drain, he can either wave it goodbye ...

On a ridiculously cold, wet, and wintery night in Paphos, it was hard to summon any enthusiasm to leave the warmth of home and go out to eat. However, the ...

Special education teacher by day, football referee by weekends and afternoons. This dual profession is not groundbreaking, but in Cyprus if you are a woman on the football field it ...

There’s a fantastic thread on the r/Cyprus subreddit. ‘What Are Your Hobbies?’ it asks. Some of the answers are hilariously tongue-in-cheek. ‘Dreaming of affordable property, cursing idiots who ...

Do you love jump-scares, gore and blood but also like the odd joke sprinkled in? Is gallows humour your kind of funny? Then look no further than the horror-comedy genre, ...

On my way to the Oleander Institute – actually to Myrsini’s studio in old Nicosia; the institute has no physical office – I spot a grey-haired couple in their golden years ...

Cyprus sleeps more than most! In the UK, people sleep an average of seven hours a night; in the UAE, it’s 6.8 hours. Albania sleeps the most (almost eight hours), ...

What is life after retirement? For Charles Nieuwendyk, the protagonist of Man on the Inside, it develops into an unexpected job as an amateur private investigator. When he answers a ...

The weather continues to shape my culinary choices. Even before we sat down for a meal at Como, a sea-facing restaurant and bar on Limassol’s coast road, I knew ...

With the carnival period just around the corner, the events calendar is filling up as revelers around the island get ready for one of the most hedonistic periods of the ...

Oh to return to the simpler days, when everything was bright and good and the world was still shiny and perfect. There is nothing like the good ol’ days before ...

Today Sofia begins her pilgrimage. Over the next several weeks, she’ll cover 1,200 kilometres: tracing an ancient Japanese path through misty mountains, past weathered shrines, along the edge of the ...

Everywhere in the world, two to three babies out of every 1,000 live births will be born with cerebral palsy, described by the World Health Organisation as a complex motor disorder ...

A few weeks ago, we ran a news article on the worst-rated Cypriot food: shamishi! But who decided shamishi was bloody awful, and how? Why is it universally detested? And, ...

Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my husband and son. What did you have for breakfast?I enjoy breakfast very much so I try to eat different ...

By Morgan West Light, heartfelt, and brimming with youthful energy and romance, XO, Kitty is perfect for days when you really don’t want to think! Streaming on Netflix and ...

When going out, I usually like to find a cosy taverna, somewhere by the sea or support a local business. However, we can’t always fulfil those criteria and it’...