Print dresses for every occasion
By Katie Wright At this time of year, we’re stocking up on swimsuits, flip-flops and basket bags ready to the throw in our suitcases and...
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The joy in a new beginning
By Alexia Saoulli New beginnings are frightening. Not many of us like change. We get used to being comfortable, happy in the way things are,...
Skincare rules for summer
By Katie Wright With more than 35 years of industry experience, a regular guest slot on British TV show This Morning, a hugely successful blog...
Jewellery designer creates a sea of lace
Filigree. It’s the foundation of jewellery making, an art that dates back thousands upon thousands of years. Originating in Mesopotamia and Egypt around 3000BC, filigree...
A minute with Antonia Nikodimou Owner of the Art of Hair
Where do you live? I come from Tsada in Paphos where I am living with my family. What did you have for breakfast? Coffee, toast...
Padel tennis: it’s not what you think!
Although it takes its name from the Spanish for paddle, this isn’t the rough-and-ready beach game of your youth. Nor is it a playground activity...
‘We can’t eat meat every day, no matter how good it tastes’
By Lauren Taylor “I think events of recent months are going to be an impetus for change, in all sorts of ways, but specifically in...
What’s Eaten Where: Arizona
The state food of Arizona is a fish. Bordered by California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Sonora, this is a state...
What to do when weight loss plateaus
By Kristian Gray There is a popular expression used in the health and fitness industry that says ‘weight loss is a marathon and not a...
Belgians holiday in trees as COVID-19 prompts staycations
Rather than take a summer holiday abroad during the coronavirus pandemic, some Belgians are trying a novel camping experience at home, spending a night in...
Plant of the week: Plant used to fight ‘melancholy diseases’ protects the liver
Name: Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) Otherwise known as: Blessed Thistle, Holy Mary’s Thistle Habitat: A prickly biennial member of the Asteraceae family growing to 1.5m...
From pop stardom to donkey farming
In a woman who has forged a second career, THEO PANAYIDES finds someone living for the now who can still feel the love from when...
Cut down plastic waste in your beauty routine
By Katie Wright Plastic Free July (plasticfreejuly.org) is an initiative designed to encourage us all to work towards a world where plastic waste is a...
Smart homes and the future of domestic tech
By Luke Rix-Standing Voice-activated kettles, app-controlled toilets, and ovens that can tell you the weather – love it or loathe it, the smart home is...
Italy’s artisans anxious as brands haggle to bridge luxury gap
By Silvia Ognibene and Silvia Aloisi With unsold luxury handbags and clothing gathering dust in their workshops, Italy’s artisans fear for their future as brands...
New initiative encourages people to embrace their curls
My curls have always defined me. They are as much part of my identity as spinach is to Popeye and freckles to Pippi Longstocking. Embracing...
Ennio Morricone, Italian composer most famous for Westerns, dies aged 91
Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, “The Mission” and “Cinema Paradiso” made him one of the...
A minute with Anastasia Uvarova, Physiotherapist
Where do you live? In Nicosia with my family What did you have for breakfast? Rye bread, peanut butter and banana, coffee Describe your perfect...
Diabetes meal planner eats some obscure things
By Ella Walker Phil Vickery is rather enjoying the pause lockdown has inadvertently offered us. “It’s like an enforced holiday,” says the chef and telly...
RuNicosia: enjoying the most simple sport out there
Running. It isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (or hastily snatched slice of orange). But, according to Chris A. Yiannaras, it’s the perfect activity, especially for...
