A minute with Mickey Pantelous One Man Band – Dr Albert Flipout’s one CAN band
Where do you live? Athens, down town, with my girlfriend Best childhood memory? When I learned how to ride a bicycle. I felt free as...
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Former financier on a life of privilege and prison
From campaigning for Winston Churchill to singing with Gracie Fields to setting up newspapers to months in a high security jail, THEO PANAYIDES meets a...
A minute with Vicky Karaiskou Associate Professor of Art History at the Open University of Cyprus; author
Where do you live? Between Cyprus and, Athens, Greece. Best childhood memory? Swimming in a deep blue sea nearby Melbourne, my birth-place; I will never...
Dynamic actor-director on the art of theatre
In a dynamic actor and director THEO PANAYIDES meets someone who wishes everyone in Cyprus would ‘move their ass’, while his own hobbies, and child,...
A minute with Saskia Rudat, performing artist
Where do you live and with whom? I live in Cologne in a shared flat with a jazz musician, a social worker and a guy...
Micro-influencer is Cypriot and proud
The micro-influencer behind a popular food blog tells THEO PANAYIDES how she became a foodie on a teenage visit to Nobu, although she only got...
A Minute with Dominik the Storyteller Session musician; lead guitarist with Gecko and the ugly half of Gravity Duo
Where do you live? I live alone in Peyia at the moment Best childhood memory? Going to Rainforest Cafe with my family in downtown Chicago...
It’s a man’s world, says street artist (reluctantly) dubbed female Banksy
By Adela Suliman She’s been called the female Banksy, but acclaimed street artist Bambi is sick of how the media portrays women, saying it builds...
World’s energy watchdog is undermining climate change battle, critics say
By Matthew Green A short walk from the Eiffel Tower, Fatih Birol oversees the world’s energy watchdog, whose analyses of fuel demand have long been...
Images of the 20th century
Having lived through different worlds following an unusual upbringing, writer and artist Andreas Karayan became known for his provocative and erotic paintings but stresses the...
A minute with Dr Spyros Armostis Linguist, President of the Cyprus Linguistics Society
Where do you live? I live in Nicosia. Best childhood memory? Family camping in a van by the sea during summers. Most frequented restaurant and...
Leading Limassolian in love with his city
In a local architect and former King of the Carnival, THEO PANAYIDES meets a man who radiates bonhomie and Limassol’s old way of life Why...
New service takes the stress out of giving
These are a few of Your Favourite Things – wrapped, not in ‘brown paper packages tied up in string’, but in brown cardboard boxes. And...
A minute with Antonis Loizides Bass player
Where do you live? Nicosia with my girlfriend and my dog, a pug named Zoe. Best childhood memory? Waiting for the morning of Christmas and...
Photographing ‘windows to the soul’
In an emotional theologian who has photographed lives in the Middle East THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman who has had her faith challenged when left...
New book puts an end to suffering in silence
This is ‘a Cypriot mental survival guide’ – but with a twist. Unlike other self-help books, it’s written by a Cypriot, in Cypriot, for Cypriots...
A minute with Andria Antoniou Singer, Vocal Coach
Where do you live? I live in Highgate, a beautiful area surrounded by trees and woods in North London with my partner Best childhood memory?...
Volley players with a natural advantage
Sporting siblings are pretty common: Serena and Venus, Andy and Jamie, and New Zealand’s trio of rugby-playing Barrett brothers spring to mind. But twins are...
Chief scientist refuses to stay in his comfort zone
The island’s Chief Scientist is tasked with making people think outside the box. THEO PANAYIDES meets a busy, vital, high-achieving family man Everything about Kyriacos...
A minute with Alec Cumming Artist
Where do you live? I live in Norwich, Norfolk, in the UK with my partner Annie and our dog Gus the collie Best childhood memory?...
