‘In Cyprus you cannot live off music’
The story goes that the great rembetika player Markos Vamvarakis was walking the streets of Piraeus and Athens in the late 1940s with his fellow musicians on the lookout for ...
A minute with Anna Michaelidou Fashion and textile designer
Where do you live?I currently live in Nicosia, with my parents and our family cat.
What did you have for breakfast?I usually have avocado toast with a boiled ...
What you see is what you get: Cyprus’ light-hearted feminist
Monica Gavrielides is someone you remember. She talks loudly – so loud she’ll often embarrass more self-conscious companions – in a musical accent honed by 40 years in Brazil and America. She’...
A minute with Savina Ioannou, Art Therapist and Artist
Where do you live?I currently live in Nicosia, Cyprus with my better half.
What did you have for breakfast?Peanut butter and honey toast with goat cheese and tomato
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What’s it really like being John Malkovich
It’s around 12 midday in the foyer of the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc) building in Nicosia, and one middle-aged chap in a white shirt and navy-blue jacket greets another warmly.
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A minute with Mikaela Tsangari, Sound Engineer/Producer
What did you have for breakfast?Buckets of coffee unfortunately
Describe your perfect dayIt begins and ends with good friends and good food
Best book ever read?I love autobiographies ...
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Thanasis and the butcher shop of justice
Leto Cariolou’s CV is easy to find. Go online – whether to her law firm in Cyprus, or Garden Court Chambers in London – and you can read about her years ...
A minute with: Barbara Georgiou, Dancer, coach, choreographer
Where do you live?I live in Strovolos, Nicosia with my family (my husband and my son).
What did you have for breakfast?Today for breakfast I had granola and ...
Uncle Mete: the ‘go to’ man on Cyprus
Agnieszka Rakoczy meets DJ, artist, former hotel manager, political analyst and Cyprus expert Mete Hatay, and is not at all surprised to learn he reads four books at a time
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A minute with: Angela Bilianidi aka Angie Vein – Multidisciplinary artist
Where do you live and with whom?
I live downtown, within the walled city of Nicosia with my cat family.
What did you have for breakfast?
Coffee always comes first. ...
A minute with Michalis Pantelidis Sustainable Fashion Textiles Designer
Where do you live?
I live with my family and my cat in Nicosia.
What did you have for breakfast?
Smoothie with chocolate protein, peanut butter, honey and banana.
Describe ...
The glamorous, unbelievable life of Cyprus designer
From partying in LA to a semi-rural life in Larnaca, one man is always dressed to impress. THEO PANAYIDES finds him where art and engineering meet
There’s a phrase ...
Extreme balance: a contortionist’s story
The ancient art of contortion led one headstrong child out of her home nation to the circus and on to balancing business with wellness. THEO PANAYIDES meets her
For best ...
A minute with George Trousas Professional Guitarist, Teacher
Where do you live?
I live in Limassol with my family.
What did you have for breakfast?
For breakfast, I always like to have a black freddo espresso.
Describe your ...
‘I wouldn’t do it to my own kids’
From a Birmingham fish and chip shop to the Cyprus village of Kato Drys, everyone knows Panayiota. THEO PANAYIDES meets a restless lacemaker mourning the loss of local traditions
I ...
A minute with Danae Laou, aka Santa Nomeni Artist
Where do you live?
I’m renting a flat in Limassol, with a flatmate (I know, big flex).
What did you have for breakfast?
Eggs Benedict and an Overnight Chia ...
Blood-curdling tales of a Larnaca chef
A rock-star restaurateur in Larnaca is taking it slow after being given a second chance at life. THEO PANAYIDES finds out what is scary on the outside and beautiful on ...
A minute with Soula Evangelou Singer
Where do you live and with whom?
I live in Limassol with my fiancé.
What did you have for breakfast?
I love to eat eggs, and of course coffee.
Describe ...
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies aged 94
Physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science and was vindicated by a Nobel prize-winning discovery half a century later, has died aged 94, the ...
His brand is creative chaos
Using the body itself as art, one local man with a curated look is both playful and serious. THEO PANAYIDES meets a man (once half fish) who trusts his instincts
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A minute with Constantinos Avraam Painter
Where do you live?
I live in Nicosia, by myself.
What did you have for breakfast?
BLT in Lebanese pitta.
Describe your perfect day
Waking up early, some work, some ...
The paradox of the Palestinian Cypriot
In the creator of award-winning adverts, THEO PANAYIDES meets a driven, cool man who sees things other people can’t and believes the world should fight for Gaza, not feel ...
A minute with Fotini Michailidi Visual Artist
Where do you live?
All around Cyprus. No kidding, it depends on the day, as the last past months I chose to live a nomadic life between Nicosia and my ...
Three-act life of a travelling storyteller
In a Colombian storyteller, THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman who has lived through drama – stepping over dead bodies on the way to school – but finds medicine in stories
It’s ...