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If you found a frog on your bread, what would you do? Well, if the bread you were looking at was Ploumisto Psomi, the frog would be a good omen. ...

Gone are the days when actors shot a movie and then moved on to their next project. With the rise of marketing and social media, promoting a film is part ...

“I want to do a crossover with the English-speaking audience,” says Athena Xenidou, sounding almost impatient. Xenidou is the director of Nachtland, a play by German writer Marius von Mayenburg ...

By Philippa Tracy Agro-tourism is one of those phrases that people throw about while other people nod vigorously in approval. It conjures up images of expensive, luxury farm villas in ...

In September 2023, Tala Cat Park was struggling. Dawn Foote, the founder of the feline rescue centre, had suffered a debilitating stroke. The facilities for the roughly 800 cats under her care ...

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 good beginning for people who want to get into anime is Noragami, even though its release date of 2014 makes it quite old in anime terms. And the plot is ...

Mushroom Risotto For mushrooms 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons onion, finely chopped 200g fresh mushrooms 1 tsp thyme For the risotto 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 2 tablespoons onion, finely chopped ½ teaspoon salt 200g rice ...

By Andrea Kouyialis Some places feel like home even before stepping in. There’s a warm cosiness to Nanas Brunch in Trimiklini that can’t quite be summed up with ...

Does anyone else think we’re lucky to be alive? GenX and older, I mean. The generation that got hit in the shin a few too many times with a ...

In the middle of No Man’s Land, there stands a lonely fig tree. Each summer, its fruit ripens. But nobody comes to share it; years of fear and division ...

Out of sheer curiosity I asked our AI Overlords (blessed be thy Motherboard) through their official spokes-tool ChatGPT to write a film treatment about an MCU movie based in Cyprus. ...

The koupa (plural, koupes) is having a moment. Earlier this month, a campaign was launched to add it to the EU’s PGI (Protected Geographical Indications) register as a traditional ...

Do you think you actually chose your job? In Cyprus, chances are you didn’t. Men are safe – they usually have the freedom to pursue the career they choose. But ...

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 ...

Before you get all excited, this is for beginners. The show follows Tiff, a psychology student in New York, who is moonlighting as a dominatrix and enlists her broke gay ...

Just as I thought I was done with Ayia Napa for the season, I was invited up one last time. Some friends wanted to go to their favourite restaurant before ...

Design, for Cypriot creative Thalis Nicolaou, is more than form. It is a journey that culminates in objects meant to surprise, inspire and evoke emotion. Ahead of his debut Limassol ...

Decades ago, market day meant catching the Bedford. Yes, larger villages had occasional markets, and there was always a panayiri. But the weekly shop down in the town (hair-raising hairpin ...

How often do you get the chance to scratch something off the bucket list? For me, it happened this past week, when I got the opportunity to briefly work on ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the heart of the all-American National Football League (NFL), where the spotlight shines brightly on the feats of quarterbacks and running backs, Netflix pulls sports fans, especially those passionate ...

I love comfort food and the places that serve it, restaurants that evoke a sense of nostalgia, warmth, and satisfaction, reminding us of home-cooked meals or special moments. Comfort food ...