Life & Style

By Niki Charalambous Interview with Stephan Caras, one of the twenty most influential designers For some, it might have just been another average afternoon, but for me, it was a ...

By giving hair, people can give cancer patients strength, and also help raise funds for quality wigs finds ALIX NORMAN Pasykaf wants your hair. As much of it is as ...

Britain has become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine that targets both the original and Omicron variant of the virus. The the UK medicines regulator (MHRA) approved the ...

Where do you live? In Old Strovolos with my partner, dog and 2 cats. What did you have for breakfast? Eggs with courgette and green peppers. Describe your perfect day It ...

Massage is over 5,000 years old, so it’s no wonder there are hundreds of different styles in massage incorporating thousands of techniques Type ‘massage Cyprus’ into Google, and you’re ...

In the twelfth instalment of “Weekend Escapes,” we visit Pafos Zoo, the first established and biggest licensed zoo in Cyprus, set in a lush and unspoiled natural environment. As one ...

The driest non-polar desert in the world, the Atacama is vast and alien: endless red hills and dusty plains. Stretching 1,600 km along the Pacific coast of Chile, temperatures can rocket ...

Spice up your kitchen Chickpea‑Filled Filo Triangles This is one of the dishes that’s on my vegan menu for The Real Greek. It has proved to be a ...

With horror stories of missing suitcases, huge queues and cancelled flights the thought of taking a cruise from the island is attractive. SARAH COYNE finds her sea legs With flights ...

To feel confident requires overcoming a lot of failures. But DESPINA NICOLA says it can be achieved by tackling the problems life throws at you I am sitting in class ...

By Sarah Coyne Last weekend, we grabbed the opportunity to head for the cooler climes of Amargeti, just 30 minutes from Paphos. If you ignore the signs for Amargeti village, you ...

National Federation of Cypriots in the UK is a thriving organisation keeping the links to Cyprus alive It is seen as a symbol of unity for the community, working with ...

Serena Williams announced her forthcoming retirement on Tuesday but even when her illustrious tennis career comes to a close her impact on the game she dominated for over two decades ...

THEO PANAYIDES hears about the mixed blessings of growing old from a straight-speaking Limassol-based woman looking back on a life ranging from corporate wife in America to ground breaking reiki ...

Nicosia based artist transforms the world around him into shapes, lines and angles. PAUL LAMBIS meets him Cyprus has a flourishing, diverse cultural scene, with a wealth of modern art ...

Japanese designer Issey Miyake, famed for his pleated style of clothing that never wrinkles and who produced the signature black turtleneck of friend and Apple founder Steve Jobs, has died, ...

By Katie Wright Summer is when many of us feel more adventurous with our wardrobes, embracing bold hues and prints in a way we might not during the colder months. ...

TikTok is one of the fastest-growing social media platforms in the world. In September of 2021 TikTok announced that they had reached one billion active monthly users on their platform. This ...

August 8 is International Cat Day. ALIX NORMAN celebrates Cyprus’ furriest friends There’s a story that suggests Cyprus was once cat-free. Until, that is, in the 1300s Saint Helen of ...

Coco Chanel’s little black dress, designed in 1926, changed people’s negative perception of the colour created since the Victorian era. For nearly one hundred years, black ruled as the ...

Elon Musk on Saturday challenged Twitter Inc TWTR.N Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the percentage of bots on the social media platform. “Let him ...

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia and I live alone at the moment. What did you have for breakfast? My breakfast includes two egg whites and avocado toast. ...

By Prudence Wade For Olia Hercules, cooking is normally her therapy, her safe space – but she lost this when Russia invaded her native country, Ukraine. “For the first two months ...

This is the home of the hillbilly – a term that’s been around since the later 1800s. Today, the term carries derogatory overtones; but it’s still how citizens of ...