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Mythical figures from Cypriot folk tradition, legends and more are the focus of an upcoming multi-thematic exhibition by the Press and Information Office (PIO), which will take place at the ...

Rebekah Gregoriades For once, I didn’t start the year off with a list of resolutions. This, I must say, took the guilt factor out of the equation and I ...

Where do you live?I live in Spain by myself 🙂 What did you have for breakfast?Oats with yogurt and frozen berries 🙂 Describe your perfect dayIt’s a Saturday, I ...

Following David Lynch’s sad passing this year, I decided to revisit that distant town in the Pacific Northwest of Twin Peaks. Released in 1990, it appeared a rather unassuming soap ...

Shepherds and Christmas go together like crumpets and tea – but they’re mostly NPCs, as the kids say. They do their own thing, watching their flocks by night as the ...

It’s a beautiful winter day. The sun is out under a cloudless sky, yet a chilly wind cuts through it all. The season has truly turned. And what better ...

“Life without pausing to celebrate and experience human togetherness can feel long and exhausting,” says wine and gastronomy educator and writer Florentia Kythreotou. Centered on the history of the beloved ...

As time feels increasingly fast, digital and disconnected, an older habit is finding new life: reading. Boosted by the influence of BookTok, the rise of book cafés and shared ...

Where do you live?I live between London and Cyprus. In London I live with flatmates and in Cyprus I live at home with my family. What did you have ...

We know post-apocalyptic shows all too well, from zombies to brain-infecting fungal viruses, but a disease carried by rainfall? That might be a first. In Netflix’s The Rain, siblings ...

By Dina Gavarieva Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat – and so are we. Not only that, our diets could be slowly killing us. In a startling wake-up call, ...

They say that repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of stupidity. In the context of visiting the same restaurant multiple times ...

I went to Andreas Vrontis’ studio in Limassol for an interview, but it didn’t really feel like one. I was expecting the typical quiet, intense artist, maybe a bit ...

Second-hand fashion has stepped out of the shadows; what was once seen as niche, alternative or even unfashionable has now evolved into a global mainstream movement defined by sustainability, individual ...

For years, we talked endlessly about the so-called Streaming Wars. For a brief period, the battlefield was wide open, with Netflix holding a narrow advantage through sheer global reach. HBO ...

Some four thousand years ago, Cyprus was home to the oldest perfume factory in the Mediterranean, located in the village of Pyrgos, east of Limassol. Abandoned following an earthquake, one ...

Where do you live?I live in Larnaca with my family What did you have for breakfast?I had toast with eggs Describe your perfect daySpending time in my studio ...

Imagine going on an exciting trip with your dad, only to find he is never taking you back to your mother. In Netflix’s Mexican thriller, No One Saw Us ...

There is a certain relief that comes from seeing culturally familiar elements through a modern lens. Resilience and passion drive us forward, yet the true aim is evolving alongside traditions ...

If you are a wine lover, it is always possible to build your Christmas menu around the wine. This is the best time of year to bring out those special ...

Spontaneity can be fun but perhaps not the best idea on a weekday afternoon. Most places were ‘closing soon’ and opening again in the evening but we remembered the sister ...

By Karen Taylor The famed silk roads, which connected ancient China to the rest of the world, were not so named until many years later, by German geographer Richthofen in ...

One of the glories for many of living in Europe is being able to take train journeys that sweep through large parts of the continent. For us in Cyprus, although ...

’Tis the season to be binging tra la la la! If there is one time when it is socially acceptable to stay home and watch TV all day long, that’...