India’s Zakir Hussain, the tabla maestro with ‘dancing fingers’, dies
Zakir Hussain, whose “dancing fingers” made him one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and who became a major force in contemporary world music, has died.
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A minute with: Fimi Hadjigianni, Photographer
Where do you live?I live in a house in Ayios Dhometios with some cats.
What did you have for breakfast?Oats with carob syrup.
Describe your perfect day.I ...
A minute with: Marinos Koumides, painter – musician
Where do you live?I live in Acropolis, Nicosia, with my dog Ektoras 🙂
What did you have for breakfast?Bacon and eggs.
Describe your perfect day.In the mountains with ...
A minute with Luciana Franzolin, Photojournalist, owner of London School of Photography Cyprus
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my boyfriend and my son. I’m from Brazil.
Best childhood memory?Spending time at my grandparents’ rural property. I would ...
A minute with Dr Nicoletta Demetriou Ethnomusicologist, singer, creative writing teacher
Where do you live and with whom?In Engomi, Nicosia, by myself.
What did you have for breakfast?Oats with banana and peanut butter, cooked in oat milk, and a ...
Cyprus tradition given a twist
They’ve got 20.6k followers on Instagram. They’re identical twins and they’ve got a contagious passion for food. Katerina and Georgia Fella, known as The Fella Twins, have ...
A minute with: Androulla Yiannaki, Poet
Where do you live?I live in Dasoupolis, in Nicosia. I’ve been living alone since my husband died in 2022.
What did you have for breakfast?I had half a ...
Levi Pettit says this Element has been a driving force in his career so far
For the past decade, continual improvement has been a consistent theme in investment professional Levi Pettit’s educational and work pursuits.
Pettit double-majored in finance and economics at the University ...
When it comes to art, he’s a prodigy
The little boy doesn’t hesitate once. He’s only 10 years old – the video was shot in Kakopetria in 2015 – but the piece of charcoal flies across the paper, adding lines ...
A minute with Jimmy Mavrommatis, lead vocalist
Where do you live?I live with my partner.
What did you have for breakfast?Boiled egg, nuts and a protein bar!
Describe your perfect day.There is no perfect ...
A minute with Kyriakos S Kyriakou, Blogger
Where do you live?I live alone in Nicosia.
What did you have for breakfast?Porridge with almond milk, chia seeds, walnuts, banana.
Describe your perfect dayRise in the morning, ...
A minute with Iakovos Hadjipieris, writer
Where do you live?I live on asteroid B612 with a small prince.
What did you have for breakfast?I had traditional warm Athienou bread, dipped in butter, with halloumi.
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‘That could easily be me trying to cross the sea’
“The fact that you’re essentially dealing with people that are facing your own trauma or the trauma that your parents experienced means that every day, it’s like I’...
A minute with Dimitris Leonidou, tattoo Artist
Where do you live?In Ayia Varvara Nicosia with my partner
What did you have for breakfast?Coffee and three eggs!
Describe your perfect dayA 10am appointment for a big ...
In Lebanon ‘we always find a way’
Furen is the name of the place – situated right on Eleftheria Square, the most prominent location in all Nicosia – offering “a real taste of Lebanon”. But which Lebanon? The war-torn ...
A minute with Antonis Loizides, bass player
Where do you live?My house in Nicosia with my wife
What did you have for breakfast?Coffee and a toast, nothing too fancy.
Describe your perfect dayLate wakeup, no ...
Letting the land breathe
We’re outside the church of Panayia Kousouliotissa near the village of Flasou, surrounded by pine, eucalyptus and prickly pear. The field next door looks cultivated, and I wonder what ...
A minute with Nikos Demetriou, musician
Where do you live?I live in Aglandjia with my wife and son.
What did you have for breakfast?Rusks with a Cyprus coffee, no sugar.
Describe your perfect dayA ...
Kris Kristofferson, influential singer-songwriter, dies at 88
Kris Kristofferson, who became one of the most influential American singer-songwriters of his time with works such as “Me and Bobby McGee,” as well as becoming a successful actor, died ...
A minute with Giorgos Vrionidis, visual & applied artist
Where do you live?Limassol, Cyprus
What did you have for breakfast?Coffee
Describe your perfect daySpend most of the day in my studio, working on my projects. Evening time ...
Celebrating the joy in laundry
Kids do it constantly, at least till they become jaded teenagers. ‘Look!’ they’ll exclaim, ‘A dog!’, pointing at a rocky protuberance (that does look a bit like a dog’...
A minute with Skevi Afantiti, jewellery designer
Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my husband, my son, and my dog.
What did you have for breakfast?Yoghurt with fruit and a double espresso with ...
A minute with Leda Theo, professional artist ‘striving to create emotional intimacy through light and colour!’
Where do you live?For the past few years I live and paint in Nicosia Cyprus where my art studio is, with my dog.I’ve been traveling for almost ...
A messenger from Cyprus’ depths
Sakis Lazarides doesn’t live in Nicosia (or even Cyprus). That’s just where we happen to meet, at the Arabica Coffee House in a nondescript corner of the capital – ...