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Theo Panayides

Theo Panayides

Theo Panayides is a journalist and filmmaker. His Cyprus Mail profiles have been collected in a book, ‘The Lives of Others’.

Articles

image Something rotten in the state of local veggies

Something rotten in the state of local veggies
“Growing up, in the old days, we had good vegetables” It’s a truism that sun-ripened fruit and vegetables in Mediterranean countries are among the best in the world. The ...
image The British bases’ refugee who won’t leave

The British bases’ refugee who won’t leave
After a long, long battle the Ibrahim family was granted permission to go to the UK. Some members went, but Said says it’s too late Said Ibrahim gazes at ...
image World champion street dancer comes alive on stage

World champion street dancer comes alive on stage
In an athlete of the gods THEO PANAYIDES finds a can-do, tough-minded dancer combining an African upbringing with a Western mentality, still searching for something new in his chosen art ...
image Restless academic favours irony over ideology

Restless academic favours irony over ideology
THEO PANAYIDES meets a man, born in Ceylon, who grew up all around the world with books and continues to live for knowledge, questioning everything even though he considers himself ...
image Scorpions: still rocking around the world

Scorpions: still rocking around the world
Almost 60 years after they first formed, Scorpions played in Limassol this week. They say they will continue while still having fun. THEO PANAYIDES gets an insight into the men on ...
image Cooking feeds TV chef’s creative side

Cooking feeds TV chef’s creative side
In an open and free spirited woman, THEO PANAYIDES finds an influencer whose life is easily broken down into raucous encounters and blog-worthy anecdotes I assumed Galatia Pamboridis and I ...
image 23 years at the head of a drug rehab centre

23 years at the head of a drug rehab centre
In the calm and controlled woman in charge of the island’s rehabilitation programme THEO PANAYIDES finds someone driven by compassion fighting fiercely for the less fortunate and against the ...
image Multi-faceted actor finds himself on stranger tides

Multi-faceted actor finds himself on stranger tides
In an English Cypriot who has played alongside such stars as Angelina Jolie, THEO PANAYIDES meets a man who has enjoyed cult success, juggles several balls but finds himself not ...
image Zero hour for Akamas (video)

Zero hour for Akamas (video)
On June 18, around 750 people protested in Nicosia, calling for the peninsula of Akamas – a national park, and the last pristine coastal area left in the Republic of Cyprus – to remain ...
image Barbed-wire plan riddled with problems

Barbed-wire plan riddled with problems
Fencing along the Green Line unlikely to stop migrants coming in, but sure to cause all sorts of new issues The seemingly endless stream of refugees and asylum seekers – mostly ...
image Stage designer with a boundless creative flow

Stage designer with a boundless creative flow
In a man born to be a creative, THEO PANAYIDES meets a costume designer for whom the flow never seems to ebb, someone who uses humour to fight against feeling ...
image Thrill-seeking chef doesn’t do it for the stardom

Thrill-seeking chef doesn’t do it for the stardom
In the owner and creative force of a local foodie institution THEO PANAYIDES finds a hard-working man in total control of his kitchen who is passionate about cooking for people ...
image Fragmentation of the people’s team

Fragmentation of the people’s team
The implicitly political Omonia saga reflects something greater than football: the splintering of the Left and the declining influence of Akel in Cyprus Four years ago to the day, on ...
image Former jockey on the craft of horse riding

Former jockey on the craft of horse riding
The world of horse racing has come a long way since it had large crowds and race winners were treated like celebrities. THEO PANAYIDES meets a jockey with 400 first places ...
image Poet and activist with a deep need for change

Poet and activist with a deep need for change
In a restless and wide-eyed eco-activist, THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman hoping for a new system, resigned to writing reports instead of poetry It’s okay, sighs Paraskevi ‘Evi’ Christodoulou – ...
image British Cypriot wins Bafta comedy award

British Cypriot wins Bafta comedy award
Barnet-born actor, writer and comedian Jamie Demetriou, the son of an English mother and a Greek Cypriot father, won Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme at the Bafta TV ...
image Scholar and soldier’s 90 years of encounters

Scholar and soldier’s 90 years of encounters
In a military man and academic who appears to be a ‘posh Brit’ THEO PANAYIDES finds a fascinating history of stories that reflect on the history of Cyprus and led ...