Alix Norman

Cape Greco. Ayia Napa. Nissi Beach. This British TV series was shot almost entirely in Cyprus! I can’t honestly say I love Love Rat. But I do very much ...

Watch people disembarking from a plane in Larnaca or Paphos, and it’s immediately clear who’s been to Cyprus before! While visitors struggle with their bags, passports and hangovers, ...

Do you remember the food yiayia used to make? Fasolia, koupepia, pourgouri, lentils and rice. Tiropita and spanakopita. In the summer, we ate village salads: rough cut cucumbers, tomatoes, and ...

“Here we are, staring down the barrel of 50 years. How do we face it? “We’re not in Cyprus; we’re half a world away. And even if we were ...

Twenty five per cent of Cyprus’ residents recently admitted to being hampered in their daily activities. The cause? Physical or mental issues, infirmity, or illness. In short, disabilities. The same ...

Here’s the good news: Cyprus has far fewer people with dementia than other European countries. Just 1.17 per cent of our population (compared with 2 per cent in Greece, and 2.12 per ...

If you were born between 1981 and 1996, you belong to Cyprus’ most populous age group. By far. On this island, these Millennials are over a quarter of a million strong – nearly ...

Do you know Cyprus’ biggest phobia? Apparently, it’s crowds and open spaces: agoraphobia as it’s more commonly known. But we also have a healthy fear of spiders. And ...

“I live in fear,” says George Kouzis. It’s an odd admission, especially from a 19-year-old from Lakatamia who exists almost entirely on the knife edge of danger. But this ...

‘We’ve moved out of the villages, but we still like to know what our neighbours are up to!’ ALIX NORMAN looks at what the island uses the internet for ‘...

For centuries, we’ve celebrated Greece as the fount of knowledge and tradition. But now, finds ALIX NORMAN, it’s time for Cyprus to shine “From a very young age, ...

‘I’d climb up to Hilarion and just feel the wind in my hair, the sun on my face.’ ALIX NORMAN meets a fascinating photographer who, long ago, was drawn ...

This is an island that, through crisis after crisis, has earnt the right to be suspicious. ALIX NORMAN asks who we turn to when the chips are down For Americans, ...

And not just at Easter. ALIX NORMAN asks if faith still matters to us in this day and age Cyprus has more public holidays than any other country in Europe. ...

70 years on from the hanging of Styllou Pantopiou Christofi, a new true-crime novel exposes the facts and fictions of a truly monstrous murder. ALIX NORMAN asks whether death was deserved ...

‘I was reluctant to torch my car in the name of journalism’. Alix Norman discovers the Stanley flask for sale on the island, and viciously tests it against Cyprus’ cats, ...

‘Every inch that’s gained could mean millions in future value!’ ALIX NORMAN speaks to a UN officer turned podcaster who’s revealing the truth of life on the Green ...

Cyprus spends the least amount of money on books, and has one of the lowest rates of literacy in Europe. ALIX NORMAN asks why the island won’t read Guess ...

‘Even in Cyprus, with tensions on the rise, things felt relatively quiet.’ ALIX NORMAN dives into the past 70 years ago, Nothing Happened! Thursday was exactly seven decades on from April 11, 1954. ...

‘I’ve spent much of my life feeling totally out of place, a misfit!’ Alix Norman looks at what it’s like to be an introvert in an extroverted country ...

‘When the war breaks out in 1974, he is one of 40 soldiers commanded to keep the hotel under their control until the very end.’ ALIX NORMAN reads the most powerful novel ...

Who sleeps better in Cyprus: men or women, couples or singles, young or old? What professions lend themselves to insomnia? And why is one town sleeping much less than the ...

‘Change is in the wind for Cyprus! It will come not from the politicians, but the people.’ ALIX NORMAN meets a woman who, after half a century of division, has ...

While the beaches of north Cyprus have the second worst microplastic pollution in the world, Alix Norman meets a marine mentor who’s penning tales to save our seas Worryingly, ...