Life & Style

In a man who creates stark and otherworldly ambrotypes, THEO PANAYIDES meets someone who mixes technical and artistic ability and is fascinated by death Where to begin with Dimitris Mina? ...

Where do you live? At the moment I live on Lapatsa with my friend and her horses, donkeys, dogs and pigs What did you have for breakfast? I came to ...

Aiming to bring strangers together to discuss meaningful things in life, Conversation Cafés are frequently held around the island. Alix Norman meets one of the women behind them Tired ...

Lima is a desert city – the second largest in the world after Cairo – and situated in the Sechura Desert, caught between the Pacific and the Andes. The city was founded ...

By Alexia Saleem I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions, so I haven’t made any this year. That’s because I have found that instead of ...

By Alexia Saleem I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions, so I haven’t made any this year. That’s because I have found that instead of ...

By Andreas Nichola 2021 proved to be an almost crippling year for the hospitality industry. Bars and restaurants had to close with uncertainty about when they would be allowed to open ...

By Abi Jackson Covid still dominates the health agenda, but two years of pandemic living has taken a toll. So could it be worth checking in on our overall health? ...

In the founder of a local charity THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman for whom charity began at home, and the lines of the two still blur, who points out in ...

By Katie Wright Wintry weather has begun and now the fashion forecast is clear: it’s boots season. More specifically, long boots are taking over from the ankle-high kind and ...

By Prudence Wade New Year’s resolutions aren’t always the most positive of things – they traditionally centre around ideas of things like weight loss, and can often suggest you’...

By Ella Walker Brussels sprouts have had it rough. Horrifically mistreated throughout the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties, for too long we threw them into boiling water and left them to ...

Over the last two years we have found ourselves with more free time than many appreciated. The love of books, film and music saved many. What our writers watched, listened ...

Taking a break from some of our more regular topics such as reviewing essay services, let’s talk about a subject that brings more cheer: vacations. As inflation rises, the ...

Through food and culture, a YouTube channel looks at what it means to be from the island. Eleni Philippou meets the woman behind it Christmas is a time of family ...

Where do you live? I am living in Larnaca with my partner and our fur babies..!! What did you have for breakfast? Homemade pancakes with fruits and hazelnut praline (vegan, ...

Everyone goes on about the palaver of the turkey come December 25, but some of the best festive cooking at this time of year is actually spent in the run up ...

There’s a town in Alberta called Vulcan. And its residents (eccentric to a fault) have built a 31-foot replica of a Star Trek starship right next to the visitors’ ...

A friend recently asked me which part of Nicosia is my favourite. The question was quite innocent and should not involve a lengthy thinking process to answer. What makes people ...

By Alexia Saleem I can’t believe it’s only six more sleeps until Christmas. The children have been bouncing off the walls with excitement since the start of the ...

For the holidays it is best to go with crowd pleasing wines rather than focusing on one dish on the table When choosing wines for Christmas should we buy considering ...

By Lisa Salmon Everything from embarrassment to not knowing what’s normal can mean some women don’t seek help for gynaecological problems – potentially putting them at risk of their ...

Quick and easy Indian style keema rice is a perfect dinner recipe for a busy day and this recipe can be made with pantry-friendly ingredients. Minced lamb cooked with aromatic ...

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Wednesday that a fourth vaccination will be necessary in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic due to the more contagious Omicron variant. He ...