A minute with: Andreas Miltiadis, professional cyclist
Where do you live and with whom?I live in Cyprus. I grew up in Palaichori, surrounded by nature and mountains, and I spend a lot of time travelling internationally ...
The biggest payoffs in TV history
When I was a child, my father, brother and I used to go on daily long walks. We would end up at an arcade/ice cream shop, where we had ...
October festivals not to miss
Breach Festival: October 9-10
Expanding the boundaries of music-making and encouraging improvisation and experimentation, the Breach Festival arrives soon at Ktirion 53 in Nicosia. Artists from Cyprus, the Netherlands, Lebanon and ...
Cyprus, The Troubles and lives changed by conflict
For a journalist of Irish heritage living in Cyprus for decades, it might seem natural that reading a novel whose backdrop is both The Troubles in Northern Ireland and the ...
Strange lights over Cyprus: what are people seeing?
Most things people see in the skies above Cyprus have perfectly ordinary explanations. Every night, satellites pass overhead, meteors streak across the night sky, and aircraft fly back and forth ...
Ukraine Olympic sailing champion finds a base in Cyprus
Ukraine at the Olympics is quite a recent development. For decades, its athletes were enfolded into other teams – tagging along with Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia in the 1930s, then as ...
Lebanese food gem hiding in plain sight in Paphos suburb
After a recent report in the Cyprus Mail found the cost of eating out has shot up by 26 per cent over the last three years, it feels like the right ...
A minute with Peter Leandro Kypri, Cypriot smurf comedian
Where do you live?Larnaca, alone unfortunately 😛
What did you have for breakfast?Freddo Espresso Sketo
Describe your perfect dayMy perfect day would be exploring with friends, road-tripping somewhere new, ...
TV shows we love: Severance
The first half hour of Severance’s pilot may mislead the viewer to mistake the show as workplace satire for prestige television.
However, should one commit, Dan Erickson’s magnum ...
Buckets of blood, divorce and serial killers: what to stream in October
Get out the jumpers – well, figuratively speaking, this island has beach weather up until the end of November – pop the kettle on and settle in! October is here and, as ...
Ancient Cypriot jewellery reveals stories of status and craft
Almost 3,000 years ago, someone in what is now Larnaca (and was then Kition) was buried with an extraordinary collection of gold jewellery. There were earrings, bracelets, rings, a necklace and ...
Can bookshops survive the digital age?
As I venture to the newly-located premises of one of our capital’s longest standing bookshops in the heart of the walled city, I wonder whether Al, online bookshops and ...
TV shows we love: What/If
What/If is one of those shows that starts with a question that sounds simple enough and then takes things somewhere you really do not expect. What would you be ...
Japanese dining where restraint matters
There are certain advantages to reviewing restaurants. Occasionally, somebody even invites you to one.
And so, for once, there was no reservation to make, no bill to anticipate and, rather ...
A minute with: Tatiana Stupak, musician, music school owner and teacher
Where do you live?In Limassol with my husband, two daughters and my parents.
What did you have for breakfast?I do not eat breakfast, except when on holiday. Coffee ...
Box-office failures that became cult classics
The death of cinema has been prophesied many times, but Covid appeared to be the death knell. Streaming during that period reached its peak and photos of almost empty cinemas ...
Artist turns his gaze from Cyprus landscape to its people
Crossing the bridge over the Pediaios River, I enter the Ayioi Omoloyites neighbourhood. It is quiet, yet these streets always feel busy. Workers step in and out of house renovations, ...
Cyprus’ traditional doors reveal the stories behind old homes
A large wooden door from a traditional Cypriot house may not have been designed simply for letting people in and out. In many vernacular homes, the main entrance, known as ...
Everyday magic, and the spells we create
A pocket-sized hardback with a cover like a vision of Atlantis, all sea-blue and filigreed gold. The Magic We Create reads the title – then, in smaller letters, The Book of ...
TV shows we love: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
It is almost autumn. For the rest of the world at least; Cyprus still feels like a hot summer day, and we probably will not get the autumn memo until ...
From pandemic food truck to Limassol pizza favourite
Everyone loves an underdog story. The early struggle, the humble beginnings, the protagonist clawing their way to the next level. This also applies to small businesses you find yourself inadvertently ...
A minute with: Lefki Savvidou, artist, writer, storyteller
Where do you live?A little outside of Nicosia with the spirit of my three dead chickens.
What did you have for breakfast?The best breakfast known to man, cold ...
Hollywood tried to kill Coyote vs. Acme. Audiences had other ideas
It is not that often that a movie comes along that shakes the industry, regardless of its story. Jaws introduced the summer blockbuster, The Matrix revolutionised CGI and the Sharknado ...
He found direction in wrestling. Now he’s bringing it to Cyprus
When Barry Charalambous founded Pro Wrestling Cyprus (PWC) in 2023, he wanted to give people in Cyprus the chance to experience professional wrestling without having to travel abroad. It also allowed ...