A minute with Michalis Kontovourkis Singer/songwriter
Where do you live? I live alone in my apartment in Larnaca Best childhood memory? My first live concert at the christening ceremony of my...
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Taxi driver looks back on the profession
Taxi drivers all seem to have a back story. THEO PANAYIDES meets a veteran who encapsulates the profession A taxi driver, sure – but which...
A minute with Natasa Ioannou Biologist environmentalist
Where do you live? Nicosia Best childhood memory? Camping holidays in Latsi with all the family. I remember my parents basically packing all the house...
Campaigner calls for a stitch in time
In common with other skilled crafts, the art of Lefkara lace is in danger of dying out despite being Unesco protected. AGNIESZKA RAKOCZY meets a...
A minute with Kyriacos Frangoulis Stonus lead vocalist
Where do you live and with whom? London with my flatmate. Best childhood memory? Playing football with friends in the field next to my house....
War photographer is ‘all about hope’
THEO PANAYIDES meets a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist, a smooth talker who’s been close to death as he tries to photograph the human, the fun in the...
A minute with Lefki Savvidou aka Le Boob
Le boob is a Text Based – Visual/ Tattoo Artist Where do you live? Amongst lizards and olive trees Best childhood memory? Summers at Grandma’s...
Ruby Wax: Self-acceptance is a lifelong struggle
If there’s a woman of many sides, it’s Ruby Wax. Bursting onto the scene as a comedian and a regular on TV for many years,...
From teenage singer to transport minister
THEO PANAYIDES meets an emotional woman, always a quasi-public figure, whose latest role saw her slowed down by procedure and bureaucracy ‘Emotional’ isn’t really a...
‘I think I’ve become more radical’
Bestselling historical novelist Philippa Gregory talks to Hannah Stephenson about feminism, social media and how grandchildren have changed her life IMAGINE a fairy tale where...
A minute with Anastasia Demetriadou Singer and songwriter
Where do you live and with whom? I live in the capital with my folks Best childhood memory? Buying caramelised apples at the winter fair...
‘Cyborg’ scientist on creating the future
THEO PANAYIDES meets a bright young thing who describes herself as a cyborg, and dreams of using science to make a better world “I have...
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...
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...
