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THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Living in a women’s hostel in the UK gave this small town girl who had left Ireland at
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Elizabeth Taylor’s Oscars dress among her items heading to auction
A gown worn to the 1974 Academy Awards and more than 1,200 other items from the life of late actress Elizabeth Taylor will be offered
The word for leaving Europe
By David Aitken I HOPED – we all hoped – it would have a short shelf life, a not-too-distant sell-by date. And that it would
Think fast: newer doesn’t mean better
Nutritionist KRISTIAN GRAY suggests the best way to lose weight is to follow the example of our ancestors Whenever you read a newspaper or open
A Minute with Andrea Busfield Journalist/author, founder of Write Cyprus
Where do you live? I live in Peyia with six rescue dogs and a lot of hair. My oldest dog is Blister, a Kabul street
Hammers, chisels and a microscope: inside a diamond jewellery workshop
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian In a small workshop behind London’s bustling Oxford Circus, a team of goldsmiths file, solder and polish the metal castings that in
Decisions, decisions
By Richard Dickenson Isn’t life just full of them? Every last one of them important decisions. Do you support Liverpool or Spurs? Were you rooting
As Chinese mountains get hotter hunt for ‘cure-all’ fungus gets harder
By Ryan Woo For Ma Junxiao, an ethnic Hui Muslim farmer from remote western China, the daily climb up sheer mountain slopes to look for
One million trees
By Rita Henss “Several hundred years,” the young man replies, when we ask him how old the gnarled olive trees are behind his parents’ house.
Tunisia take last place in Cup of Nations quarter-finals
Tunisia edged past Ghana 5-4 on penalties in their last-16 tie on Monday, after a 1-1 extra-time draw, to take the last place in the
The conundrum of no good jobs
By Sharon Lam If Western economies are at full employment, then why are people still hurting? That is the conundrum David Blanchflower lays out –
A minute with Maria Varnakkidou Theatre Director
Where do you live? Cyprus, Nicosia, Strovolos Best childhood memory? 1998 when there was a box outside the door of our house with a puppy
‘Racial diversity in fashion should not be just a trend’
By Jayson Mansaray and Marie-Louise Gumuchian Racial diversity in fashion has improved in recent years, but the industry must not treat it like a catwalk
Those you never see: photos reclaim women’s bodies
By Zoe Tabary A naked woman floats in the air with a pair of scissors tied around her waist while another straddles a cannon, her
Ranting and raving
By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou Facebook can be a pleasure or a pain. I love keeping in touch with people I don’t see often or people
Don’t ask my age: ageing South Koreans begin new chapter
By Hyun Young Yi and Hyonhee Shin Boasting an overgrown beard and grey wavy hair, 65-year-old Kim Chil-doo glared into the wall, poised and confidant,
Listening to the band: Belua driving force remains
By Melissa Hekkers The first time I heard Belua’s music was in an apartment in Kaimakli, Nicosia. The apartment was on a parallel street to
We have to act on biodiversity loss
We should follow Malta’s example in educating local communities By Ayten Pehlivan Biodiversity loss has been one of the main global environmental issues and a
A minute with Giorgos Achilleos Artist
Where do you live? I live in Larnaca with Prokopis, my feline pal. Best childhood memory? Long family weekends at the countryside. Most frequented restaurant
Stonewall uprising veterans still astounded 50 years after making history
By Daniel Trotta Time has claimed many of the street fighters who rebelled against the police raid of a New York City gay bar 50