Life & Style

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 ...

For many of us, long gone are the days of our college dorm rooms being covered in posters that are thumbtacked to the walls. It’s understandable, as adults, to ...

Having been to some of the world’s worst war zones one photographer now uses his lens to tell human stories. MELISSA HEKKERS meets a man telling the stories of ...

By Katie Wright To quote Phoebe Waller-Bridge in season two of the incomparable Fleabag: “Hair is everything. We wish it wasn’t so we could actually think about something else ...

Environmental art is changing people’s view of the world by bringing it onto the canvas. PAUL LAMBIS meets a local artist who allows nature to do the talking Since ...

With winter weather threatening rain you don’t want to look a washout says PRUDENCE WADE When the wind starts howling and the rain pours down, it can be tempting ...

Popular TV show Call the Midwife’s Christmas special will this year include the storyline of a migrant from Cyprus. ALIX NORMAN meets the woman essentially bringing her own family’...

Where do you live? Limassol with my partner Androula and our two cats Xanax and Nyhta What did you have for breakfast? Toast Describe your perfect day April 25th. Because ...

By Ella Walker Mary Berry has worked in the food industry for more than five decades and is always keen to keep learning. The 86-year-old’s new TV series and ...

Trends come and go. And this year one of them has been Gonks, whose story starts in the festive lore of Scandinavia. Alix Norman learns more Christmas is weird. We ...

Pfizer Inc on Friday forecast that the Covid-19 pandemic would not be behind us until 2024 and said a lower-dose version of its vaccine for 2-4 year olds generated a weaker ...