Life & Style

By Michael Graham and Jonathan Taylor Most of us know we need to exercise more. Yet finding the time to work out is often easier said than done. For most, ...

Paul Lambis meets a prolific author based on the island who is currently working on her eighth novel Ever since that pivotal moment when she first put pen to paper, ...

The European University of Cyprus (EUC) has been conducting research into the benefits of music played to expectant mothers in the last trimester of pregnancy and mothers with infants up ...

By Naomi Braithwaite Throughout history, women have faced pressure to have certain body shapes – often leading them to use extreme methods to achieve them. So you’d think with a ...

A group from Limassol recently braved escalating tension, altitude sickness, and lethal gas to get to the top of Asia’s highest peak, Mount Damavand in Iran. ALIX NORMAN finds ...

By Patricia Jordan I collect seeds all year round, often sharing them with my gardening friends. The early flowering annuals like poppies and cerinthe have many seeds. Poppies shed their ...

Little Paris, New Berlin, the City of Joy – the Romanian capital goes by many a name. Over 10 million sightseers visit the city each year, swelling an already substantial population. The ...

By Lauren Taylor A wok is something many of us have in our kitchen cupboards – and yet most people don’t really know how to use it, says Jeremy Pang. ...

Thousands left the island in the 20th century, setting out for new lives in a new country. One well-known poet now asks what happened to those who were left behind ...

Where do you live? I live in my hometown Nicosia at the moment along with my cats. What did you have for breakfast? Two bowls of cereal and a freshly ...

South Indian Lentil Curry using Mysore Dhal Dhal or lentil-curry can be prepared in about a 100 ways. There is no set standard of excellence attributed to the taste of dhal ...

Athletics is what inspired the creation of sneakers back in the 19th century. Over time, the love for these shoes transcended sport and created a culture that thrives today. Sneaker ...

Set in the forests of Paphos, the village of Panayia has something for everyone: nature trials, churches and wine finds PAUL LAMBIS Cyprus is home to many spectacular landscapes, and ...

Asset protection entails ensuring that regardless of your age and health, you make sure that you protect your loved ones from suffering a loss of financial support under any difficult ...

Everyone has a go-to restaurant to return on a regular basis. A tough day can easily be turned around by a familiar environment. At the same time, a reason to ...

From Cape Town to Namibia there is hardly a Greek or Cypriot home that has not tuned in hears PAUL LAMBIS Saturday, July 1, 1995. At precisely 5:20pm, the only Greek radio ...

A giant piano fountain, bingo, great food, a wedding, and dozens of African migrants daily chanting ‘Anna Queen of the Prison’ prompted filmmaker Raphael Rowe of Netflix’s Inside the ...

A timeshare, in the eyes of the law, is simply a method through which multiple persons can jointly possess a piece of real estate, typically a resort-area housing project. Typically, ...

Several high profile cases involving foreigners have hit the headlines recently. And in the foreground is an international organisation making sure their rights are respected, but Cyprus courts are not ...

By Katie Wright Celebrities including Victoria Beckham, Kourtney Kardashian and Katy Perry have all touted the apparent health benefits of drinking raw apple cider vinegar – usually a couple of tablespoons ...

“The Harvard Club of Cyprus would like to extend our sincere condolences on the unfortunate death of our colleague and former Board member Andrew Rosenbaum. Andrew was a graduate of ...

Spanning fashion and interior design, one local woman has brought her own style to bags, belts and even yachts. NIKI CHARALAMBOUS meets her The name Fani Xenophontos has become synonymous ...

Cyprus missed out on the first wave of punk in the 70s and 80s. But now, one local band is pioneering this unusual genre of soft rebellion on the island. ...

This isn’t actually a sea. But nor is it a lake. The Caspian Sea is something else altogether… At almost exactly 40 times the size of Cyprus, the Caspian Sea ...