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By Christina Michailidis We often imagine happiness is tied to big milestones – a promotion, buying a home or travelling the world. However, research increasingly suggests that wellbeing is less about ...

When all major players on a set carry around their massive egos, it is only a matter of time before they clash, usually with disastrous consequences. We all have colleagues ...

Everyone, so it’s often claimed, has a book in them – or a script, or a play. The idea of being a writer is a potent one, creating something that’...

Where do you live and with whom?I don’t have a permanent base. What did you have for breakfast?Coffee. Describe your perfect day.Swim, coffee, compose, lunch, nap, ...

Not strictly a TV show but if you’re into the weird and wacky, the Why Files? YouTube channel is highly engaging which can’t be said for most of ...

There’s something about a public holiday that makes you want to wander. We’d gone up to Lefkara village to stay the night, and the afternoon was perfect for ...

With December just around the corner, the busiest time of the year is approaching. The season, packed with festive events and markets, is an eagerly awaited period for one group ...

By Christina Michailidis For centuries, people have looked to the sea for healing. In 18th century Europe, doctors would prescribe sea air and saltwater baths as remedies for melancholy and ...

One of the harshest things a TV show can do is end a season on a cliffhanger. Manipulate your emotions, lead you to the pivotal moment the whole season has ...

What can you say about a seven-ton, six-metre ice sculpture in the middle of the Egyptian desert? The answer is ‘Nothing’, or at least it doesn’t matter. The image ...

Where do you live?I live in the suburbs of Nicosia with my partner. What did you have for breakfast?Toasted multigrain bread with avocado, hummus, and sautéed Pleurotus ...

Cameron Cope, a closeted gay American teenager with zero sexual experience, dons military boots after impulsively joining the marines with his best friend in a desperate attempt to give meaning ...

Is it cheating if you visit a restaurant knowing you’ll like it before you have even tried a morsel of its food? Perhaps. But revisiting a place you’ve ...

Historical creativity meets fashion in the Woven Roots collection to be presented this week by Folkmona, which aims to shed light on the everyday life of Cypriot women, and their ...

By Christina Michailidis Between Limassol and Paphos, high above the quiet stretch of Avdimou Beach, three vast spiral labyrinths of stone lie open to the sea and sun. This is ...

The Witcher season 4 premiered this week, and the crowd went… meh. The reviews were abysmal, the viewership collapsed, and what was once Netflix’s shining fantasy jewel is now limping ...

The power of love is something that has often been written, and even sung, about. It is also the focus of a recently released film telling the story of a ...

Where do you live?I live in a really picturesque part of Liverpool close to Lark Lane – it’s a small cozy apartment and I live by myself. What did ...

Single’s Inferno perfectly blends the two different worlds of questionable-but-entertaining Western find-love reality TV with the charming cheesiness of K-Dramas. First aired in 2021, this South Korean reality show returns ...

Caught in the moments between festive cheer and autumnal charm, November is a transitional month. It may not have the loud music festivals of the summer, yet it is a ...

If you drive from Nicosia to Palaichori, turn left to Ayios Epifanios of Oreinis. The village is situated in the lower altitudes of the forest of Adelfoi and close to ...

By Sarah Coyne As the redevelopment of Paphos old town goes from strength to strength, the added benefit for foodies is the opening of new restaurants and wine bars. Last ...

By Christina Michailidis Without bees, the world as we know it would quietly collapse. These tiny pollinators underpin almost 75 per cent of global crops and over 80 per cent of flowering ...

It’s not easy being a street photographer at a time when everybody walks around with a (phone) camera. Not only does it make your subjects – i.e. random people – ...