How a White Swiss Shepherd won over a rescued lop rabbit
Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...
Articles
Study skills for kids: how to hone focus and concentration
Hey kids, in this ‘Study Skills’ series of videos, we’re going to learn, step-by-step, the best approaches to become a studying powerhouse.
The fifth step towards this goal is ...
Heather Morris elaborates on why Lea Michele’s ‘Glee’ behaviour wasn’t called out earlier
In a recent podcast, actress Heather Morris revealed how she and many other ‘Glee’ stars were “very scared” to speak out about Lea Michele’s alleged mean-spirited behaviour.
Last summer, ...
Inside Jen Lopez and Ben Affleck’s $18m Miami love nest
By all accounts Bennifer – aka Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck – have rekindled their flame after having come close to wedding in the early Noughties.
The Hollywood actors are apparently dating, ...
Ship-shape: what it takes to be an aerialist on the high seas
The outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 has been disastrous for the cruising industry and global tourism, with uncertainty still plaguing the fate of its main players even as we head into ...
What’s the worst that can happen? How to re-think failure
In this Big Think video, we take a closer look at what it means to be a failure – a badge of either shame or honour, depending on our culture’s ...
The Cyprus problem: a tragic farce
By Victor
When Turkey invaded and occupied a third of Cyprus in 1974 the international community condemned Turkey’s actions, but its strong words were not met with actions or results. ...
A path to the sea: trekking to tucked-away Zapalo beach
Always up for a challenge, in this video members of the Idyllic Cyprus Travel group make their way down to the wild sands of Zapalo beach, also known as Tripiti. ...
Could mushrooms be the health-booster you’re missing?
By Lisa Salmon
Although mushrooms are a fungi and in a kingdom of their own, separate from plants and animals, the good news is, they count as one of your ...
Three ways to update and upcycle old picture frames
Sometimes, in a frenzy of housekeeping, we may wish to find new uses for things instead of throwing them away. Whenever such an impulse strikes, it’s called upcycling and, ...
Chinese-style pork and ginger stir-fry
In this video, cookbook author and host of the Marion’s Kitchen YouTube channel, Marion Grasby, demos a sinfully delectable Chinese-style pork and ginger stir-fry recipe.
Of course, the secret ...
Barry: the story of a heroic ancestor of today’s St. Bernard
Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...
Billions of cicadas emerging after 17 years underground
In this video, we catch up with the emergence of periodical cicadas in the US, after having spent nearly two decades burrowed beneath the soil.
Groups of cicadas that share ...
Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Plan falls short on energy goals
Too many measures have only a short-term effect and major goals are neglected.
By Dr. Charles Ellinas
Cyprus’ government has put forward an ambitious ‘Recovery and Resilience Plan’ (RRP), with ...
How a street game became competitive Double Dutch
Hey kids, in this video we look back at the history of the popular youth game ‘Double Dutch’, in which two long jump ropes, turning in opposite directions, are jumped ...
Brad Pitt granted joint custody over kids with Angelina Jolie
Actor Brad Pitt has been granted joint custody of his five underage children with former wife, actress Angelina Jolie, in a tentative ruling.
The former couple had hired a private ...
The haunting filial bond behind Art Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’
In this video, Art Spiegelman, the cartoonist behind the graphic novel ‘Maus’, recalls how his father Vladek’s stories of surviving Holocaust death camps drove the creation of the Pulitzer ...
Benefits of investing in cryptocurrency
For those who are still on the fence about investing in digital assets, here are four brief reasons (among many) as to how cryptocurrencies can help you improve your portfolio ...
How music can serve listeners’ spiritual progress – Sadhguru (Cyprus)
In this video, yogi and mystic Sadhguru elaborates on the sounds whose frequencies lie beyond the limited range of human ears, but which are audible to people in advanced spiritual ...
How time tracking can level up the professional skills of a content writer
It is important for content writers and writers to write a lot and be interesting. Wasted time, or an unbearable amount of work leads to the loss of the deadline, ...
Taking stock of the Cyprus of yesteryear
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou
A man whose father was British told me things were better under British rule than now, which came to mind when I found ...
Easy baked halibut with a herb mayonnaise crust
Put simply: baked halibut, topped with a creamy, herbed mayonnaise crust, is simply sensational, whether served for lunch or dinner.
When it comes to fish, if you tend to stick ...
Creating a circular economy for fashion
Waste in fashion occurs on a massive scale, and less than one per cent of recycled textiles is converted into new, wearable materials. However, very gradually, that may be changing.
...
The science behind bioluminescent bays
In a few special places around the world, the ocean lights up at night with countless tiny blue flashes, thanks to bioluminescence – light produced by a chemical reaction in a ...