Life & Style

The first Friday of August is International Beer Day, so what better time to celebrate Leuven? While Germany may have the quality, Holland the diversity, and the UK the beer-drinking ...

Summer in Cyprus! The recipe for enjoying the island comes alive when you have to show its high points to visitors says RODDY DAMALIS Today, I don’t have a ...

From scissors to ATMs, everything is designed for right-handers. To celebrate International Lefties Day, Alix Norman asks what it’s like to be a rare left-hander in a world that ...

Where do you live? Limassol with the best version of my self What did you have for breakfast? Bread with peanut butter and coffee Describe your perfect day Good sleep ...

Indian dish to suit all tastes Green Chicken Curry 3/4 cup yoghurt 1 cup coriander leaves 1 cup mint leaves 2 green chillies or according to spice tolerance 4 tablespoons ghee 500g boneless chicken cut ...

Tourists and tour operators are expected to head to northern Europe in the future after a summer of crippling heatwaves hit southern Europe and left travelers wondering if cooler temperatures ...

The Little Family Project is a new kind of concept store in Limassol that in addition to selling design products for modern families also hosts seasonal workshops for little ones. ...

One of the island’s best known religious landmarks has more than one story to tell finds PAUL LAMBIS Although Nicosia is the island’s bustling capital, its surrounding communities ...

Living in Nicosia means one is rarely exposed to touristy places. Bar a few restaurants in the old town, especially near the Ledra crossing, no establishment can pride itself as ...

Around 230 workers at London Gatwick, Britain’s second busiest airport, will take eight days of strike action this month over pay disputes, the Unite trade union said on Wednesday, warning ...

Tour operator TUI said on Wednesday it could see its travel season shift to start earlier in the spring and end in the autumn as climate change affects tourist habits. ...

The post-pandemic travel boom and the high ticket prices that come with it show no signs of slowing well into next year, despite economic uncertainty and dwindling household savings. While ...

In a journalist and award-winning novelist who follows stories across the continents, THEO PANAYIDES finds a vivacious woman in love with Cyprus Anais Llobet is moving on. This is not ...

DESPINA NICOLA outlines how to discover truth and transformation through Plato’s Cave As a life coach, I firmly believe that the journey towards personal growth and enlightenment begins with ...

One Limassol resident is so happy with her outsize bosom, she’s made breasts her business! ALIX NORMAN finds out why big also equals beautiful “Once, in a taxi, the ...

Unveiling eudaimonia: The enchanting fusion of feng shui and ancient Greek wisdom in Cyprus Step into a world where energies intertwine, where the threads of surroundings, emotions and actions form ...

How much difference does your hair really makes to keep you cool or warm asks THERESA LARKIN We have millions of hair follicles on our body, including around 100,000 on our ...

If you have a fondness for sushi, the renewed Sushi Yama at Ayia Napa Marina beckons to you with an exquisite Japanese experience. Now reopened, it promises to deliver an ...

The Limassol Wine Festival changes dates this year and is moved to October in an effort to extend the tourist season. Leaving behind its August-September rendezvous, the week-long festival in ...

I wonder if you have heard of ‘Borrowing the landscape’! It’s a Japanese idea practised for centuries there and called ‘Shakkei’, where features such as far off mountains and ...

Where do you live? I have lived alone in Athens the past seven years. What did you have for breakfast? I’m a huge breakfast lover – I love trying out ...

Recently, the southern US has hit the news thanks to a high-pressure air dome that wreaked havoc. From Texas to Oregon, extreme temperatures have baked the west and southwest, and 33 ...

Celebrating six decades of their festival is the Kato Mylos community in the Limassol district as it prepares for the latest Peach Festival. Happening in the middle of the August ...

Chemist NATHAN KILAH explains why you can’t just freeze cream and expect results Ice cream seems like a simple concept. Take some dairy, add some sugar and flavours, and ...