Life & Style

When the members of SynerJoy Choir walked onto the stage of Vienna’s Musikverein they carried more than a programme of music. They carried the story of Cyprus as a ...

Kolokasi Keftedes In September, Cyprus enjoys a rich late-summer and early-autumn harvest, featuring an abundance of fresh local vegetables and fruit. At this point, and kolokasi ( taro) start to feature ...

By Jane Wood, Charlotte Barras and Elena Probert When trying to make more sustainable clothing choices, many consumers follow a simple rule: choose natural fibres over synthetic ones. Cotton instead ...

Miriam Erne is in what might be called a transitional phase. At 36, “I have lived through some stuff,” she says – vivid stuff and sometimes terrible stuff, images she’ll carry ...

Mediterranean Semolina Halva Semolina halva is one of the most comforting and traditional desserts found across Cyprus and the wider Mediterranean region. Simple in ingredients yet rich in flavour, this ...

Arepas are one of Venezuela’s most enduring foods, a culinary tradition with roots that stretch back to pre-Columbian times when indigenous peoples across northern South America cultivated and processed ...

Every day we like to believe we make rational, independent decisions. We think we choose what to believe, who to trust, what to buy, and how to respond based purely ...

By mid-July, the island routine is set: beach before ten, shade until five, dinner outdoors until midnight. It’s a rhythm humans have perfected. Watches, on the other hand, tend ...

Visa requirements for Cypriot citizens changed more in the past twelve months than in the previous ten years combined. Old identity cards lost their travel validity in August, the UK ...

Where do you live?I live in Tala, near Paphos, Cyprus, and I live on my own. What did you have for breakfast?A fruit and vegetable smoothie and an ...

Homes rarely fit neatly into a standard template. Apartments can have awkward corners, older properties may come with unconventional dimensions, and open-plan houses often need furniture to perform more than ...

For most people, getting a coffee from somewhere other than your normal supplier is hardly a big deal. But in LOYAL, a simple change of café becomes a very serious ...

Learning to DJ in the modern world has never been easier because of the access to so many tools and learning materials. Modern DJ software provides automatic functions that reduce ...

One day, your siblings may be the only people left who remember your childhood exactly as it was. The inside jokes, the worries your parents had, Christmas mornings, and family ...

For now, gastric cancer is a group of diseases and thus is being treated as such. Thus, for some patients with gastric cancer, information about biomarkers is taken into account ...

By Loulla Astin This is one of the best chicken recipes you will ever make! Everyone loves it, it’s succulent juice, melt in your mouth flavourful. Baked Chicken Breast ...

By Katherine Calvert Over the past few years, tradwife content has moved from niche corners of social media into mainstream cultural debate. Tradwives present themselves as embracing a traditional wife ...

After two flights and one lengthy layover in Qatar, I finally made it from Larnaca to Beijing Daxing international airport, located roughly one hour from the centre of the Chinese ...

Greek Pizza in a Minute 400g pizza dough150g tomato sauceFor the topping100g crumbled feta cheese1 green pepper, cut into slices10 pitted Kalamata black olives, sliced1 small red onion, ...

Bandeja Paisa is one of Colombia’s most emblematic dishes, originating in the Antioquia region and reflecting a history shaped by rural labour, agriculture and cultural blending. Emerging from the ...

By Hannah Marriott Fashion has always sold aspiration. Long before artificial intelligence (AI), it relied on carefully constructed images of beauty through styling, lighting, makeup and, more recently, digital retouching. ...

In early July, Fountaine Pajot held its landmark shipyard showcase, Fountaine Pajot Open Days 2026. The event was particularly significant thanks to the simultaneous premiere of several long-awaited novelties, with the ...

Most people don’t decide to scroll in bed. It just happens, because the phone is already there, charging six inches from the pillow, and picking it up takes less ...

Power outages are never convenient. Whether caused by grid overload, technical problems, damage to infrastructure, extreme weather or other unexpected events, losing electricity can quickly disrupt everyday life. The lights ...