The wonder that was Cyprus past
A new memoir draws an accurate picture of a Cyprus long gone, of a hard yet simple life. ALIX NORMAN discovers the things we never knew about life on the ...
Time to reflect: Five top Black Mirror episodes
After a surprise teaser promises a new season CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks back on the best so far
Netflix fans were greeted with a most fantastic surprise this week, as the ...
Why are there so many Brits in Cyprus?
One in five Cyprus residents were born abroad, according to a new survey. Many of those are from the UK. What brings them all to Cyprus, asks Alix Norman
According ...
A minute with AnexitiloN (Savvas Koureas) Airbrush Artist
Where do you live?
I live in Nicosia, alone with my books, my paints and my art works.
What did you have for breakfast?
Breakfast for me means a morning ...
TV shows we love: True Detective
First things first: True Detective spans four seasons and I’ve only managed to watch the first one so far. No matter how great or not the first instalment is (...
Restaurant review: Yialos Tavern by the Sea
By Sarah Coyne
As the summer kicks in, it is time to return to our favourite restaurants suited to sunnier days. One such restaurant is the family-owned Yialos Tavern by ...
Documenting the diaspora in the US
A non-profit organisation in New York is dedicated to telling the experience of Greeks and Cypriots who moved there discovers PAUL LAMBIS
Since its inception, the Hellenic American Project (HAP) ...
Do people in Cyprus really want a solution, asks peace activist
In a bicommunalist and daughter of a political giant, AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY finds a woman with an international upbringing who wishes those on the island would learn to listen to each ...
Globe-trotting Cypriots
The good, the bad and the ugly of travel. But mostly the picturesque. As Cyprus welcomes tourists from around the world ELENI PHILIPPOU meets some of those going in the ...
The granny who wants to go home
At the age of 72, one woman has cycled from Sweden to Cyprus. But now she needs to get home. ALIX NORMAN finds out what was behind the epic journey
“Do ...
Chimp-ly the best
CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES picks four nature documentaries that will blow your mind
Last week Netflix dropped Chimp Empire, a four-episode documentary about chimps in the African forest of Ngogo. The streaming ...
How not to lose your virginity in Cyprus
An upcoming play in English features stripping, silk undies, and stacks of suggestion. But, asks Alix Norman, will we get to see any sex?
A few years ago, a scientific ...
Relationship between a Greek and Turk sets scene for comedic commentary
A comic and thought-provoking tale, caught in between two worlds, is coming to Limassol next month. Following its staging at the Athens Epidaurus Festival in 2021 in the framework of the 1821 ...
A minute with Argyris Loizou Slam poet
Where do you live?
In Larnaca; the creative heart of Cyprus
What did you have for breakfast?
Frappé, black, no sugar, iced.
Describe your perfect day
Sunshine, friends laughing telling ...
TV shows we love: Who Were We Running From?
Picture this: you spend the majority of your childhood jumping from hotel to hotel, living in luxurious suites all around the world, with no homework to worry about. Sounds like ...
Restaurant review: Street Food Yard, Nicosia
Cravings are difficult to explain. They hit you suddenly and you have no choice but to either resist or give in to them and find a way to placate your ...
Hypnotherapist on a quest for inner peace
In a woman who burrows into strangers’ subconscious, THEO PANAYIDES finds a practitioner who likes calm, a positive mindset coach who has also been through some pretty bad times herself
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IVF heist Romantic Getaway explores the desperation couples can feel on costly IVF journey
By Michelle de Souza
British comedy Romantic Getaway recently dropped on streaming service Binge and sees Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan as Alison and Deacon, a couple desperate for a ...
Football and politics: the history of Cyprus
The island’s favourite sport and its troubled past are inextricably linked finds ALIX NORMAN, speaking to the co-curator of an exhibition that showcases football in Cyprus
It’s a ...
Feel-good series to dispel the gloom
With all the negativity in the world these days, feel-good series are the rise CONTANTINOS PSILLIDES has some suggestions to lift the mood
Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)
Schmigadoon! tells the story ...
NiMAC exhibition presents free film screening in English
As part of NiMAC’s ongoing exhibition ‘we can only begin to notice’, which presents non-fiction films by female creators from Cyprus and the Cypriot diaspora, comes a film screening ...
‘In Cyprus, only the rich had just two children’
Over the last 70 years, Cyprus’ birth rate has plummeted. Alix Norman asks those who grew up in the 1950s what it was like to be surrounded by crowds of children
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A minute with Simone Papaefstathiou Textile Designer
Where do you live?
I live in Nicosia.
What did you have for breakfast?
I ate some fruit, yoghurt, and honey
Describe your perfect day
The perfect day starts with ...
TV shows we Love: Tomorrow
The Korean show Tomorrow was an emotional roller-coaster ride, dealing with suicide and a team of grim reapers, called the Risk Management Team, that act as guardians trying to convince ...