‘Finch’ fries, ‘Boo’ burgers as Harper Lee’s hometown greets new novel
By Rich McKay In the southern hometown of author Harper Lee, a freight truck unloaded the first of 7,000 copies of Go Set a Watchman...
Entertainment
A little night cinema
By Maria Gregoriou Anyone who has lived in Nicosia for a while must surely have been to at least one film screening at the Constantia...
Salonica songs
By Maria Gregoriou Hoping to give us a small glimpse into what Thessaloniki means to them and everyone who calls the city their home, Greek...
Colours go to war
By Maria Gregoriou The Spanish have their tomato festival during which they can become completely red… but one colour can get a bit boring, plus...
Old and new jazz trends
By Alix Norman Whoever came up with ‘Aglanjazz’ should be congratulated. The name of the municipality lends itself perfectly to an event of this type....
Film review: Amy ****
By Preston Wilder North London, 1998. A girl’s 14th birthday party. The time comes to sing ‘happy birthday’, and the fuzzy 90s camcorder takes in...
The art form of using cement
By Maria Gregoriou CVAR/ Severis Foundation in Nicosia isn’t showing an signs of slowing down as the summer heat-wave is, very much so, starting to...
Women – the source of life
By Maria Gregoriou Summer cinema continues at the Rialto on Monday with the screening of the French 2011 film La Source Des Femmes (The Source)...
Anglantzia – the jazz is in the name
By Maria Gregoriou It’s that time of year again when jazz is really and truly in the air, the open air that is as it...
A night at the museum
By Maria Gregoriou You can have a night at the museum tonight and instead of the artifacts coming to life and chasing you all over...
Actor Omar Sharif, star of Doctor Zhivago, dies
Actor Omar Sharif, best known for his title role as Doctor Zhivago in the Oscar-winning film, has died, Egyptian state television said. He was 83....
Electrify the night away
By Maria Gregoriou It is Saturday tomorrow and you know what that means, there is sure to be a party going on somewhere. And that...
Restaurant Review: The Gym, Nicosia
By Alexander McCowan My jazzy grand-daughter, Charlotte, said ‘try The Gym, it does very nice coffee’. So again we plunge into the boulevard that was...
A night in Italy
By Maria Gregoriou For those who would love to visit Italy for at least an evening and sit under the stars in an amphitheatre watching...
A world unveiled
By Maria Gregoriou As of today the solo photography exhibition entitled The World of Cyprus by Andreas Efstathiou will be on display at Is Not...
Feel the music
By Maria Gregoriou Who said Mondays are boring? Well, if that was the case it sure isn’t anymore, because on this coming Monday the British...
Bar review: Ambassaden Bar, Ayia Napa
By Andreas Vou It is not exactly everyone’s cup of tea but Ayia Napa is a truly unique spot with an atmosphere that every Cyprus...
Into the garden we go…
By Maria Gregoriou Those who’ve been to the Nicosia Municipal Gardens on a Friday after 6pm in recent weeks will have seen the lines of...
Photographs in the lead
The four winners of the Aphrodite International Photographic Competition 2014 were awarded free holidays for two people in four luxurious hotels on the island. As...
Give peace its freedom
By Maria Gregoriou The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama 2015 continues with a number of performances of the anti-war play Peace by Aristophanes. The...