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Franz Kafka’s Doll, a captivating new production by the team behind the award-winning STILL! A Statue That Travelled the World, brings a timeless story of empathy, imagination and loss ...

The name Campo de Fiori certainly evokes the delights of Italian cuisine. However, if you visit the restaurant so named in the old town of Paphos before 4pm you can ...

Chinese New Year (on Wednesday) was welcomed in Cyprus in a festive atmosphere, full of colour and traditional decorations that transformed the usually quite drab university amphitheatre into a Chinese ...

Are you a Blunt-Nosed Viper or a Cyprus Whip-snake? Perhaps you’re one of the island’s rarer species: the Coin Snake, Dwarf Snake, or Worm Snake (an elusive ophidian ...

February is just around the corner and as always we are here to help you wade through the avalanche of content coming from Netflix – seriously guys, you can take a ...

Thirty per cent of Cyprus potentially has a health issue that can disrupt careers and destroy relationships. Fifteen per cent of us may be facing symptoms for the rest of ...

It’s quite an emotional moment, on a Friday evening at Hoi Polloi a few minutes north of the checkpoint. Gifts are brought, as to a visiting dignitary: a Pink ...

When it comes to work-related health problems, Cyprus is amongst Europe’s best! According to the most recent EU report, just four per cent of us have health issues that ...

Where do you live and with whom?I live in Limassol. As I work in Nicosia, I spend most of the day there and sometimes stay overnight. Of course, I ...

One of the first TV shows I devoured in 2025 – right after Black Doves – was The Perfect Couple, another murder mystery series. It stars a thrilling cast of actors, Nicole Kidman ...

Upon entering Mexican restaurant Catrinas on a cold weeknight evening we noticed that the staff outnumbered the patrons who were currently sat down with their meals. No surprises there: the ...

The dreams began in Paphos. At first, they were small: whispered moments of hope; tiny flames in the dark. Over the months they grew, kindled by compassion and the quiet ...

As a working stand-up comedian, I have a special place in my heart for Netflix’s stand-up specials. While some don’t like to admit it, Netflix’s decision to ...

Working to understand the marine environment of Cyprus, once local scientist is now hoping to improve it to a degree through pioneering pilot research restoring local corals through the creation ...

Where do you live?I live with my family in the suburbs of Nicosia. What did you have for breakfast?A Lemnos barley rusk with honey. Describe your perfect dayIt ...

Comedy stars of yesteryear take on new roles in Netflix whodunnit, although there is some dark comedy, No Good Deed. Lisa Kudrow of Friends fame plays home owner and former ...

After being on the rotation of clean, cook, eat, repeat over the holiday period, we could take no more gave ourselves a rest and went out for a well-deserved treat. ...

Nicosia, Europe’s last divided capital, has long been a city of contrasts, its bustling streets juxtaposed with the silent, guarded buffer zone. Now, the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia ...

It began with a theft.   The theft itself wasn’t unusual – Cyprus is all too used to its artefacts being plundered. In our time, we’ve lost the Kanakaria mosaics, ...

By Dirk Matten The second season of Squid Game, Netflix’s most-watched show of all time, has been eagerly awaited by many. The first season featured players participating in a ...

Sometimes a New Year really is a new year. “It’s a new thing for us,” says Aziz Altaany. “It’s a new thing. We lived 50 years with the same ...

No heat, no light, no water. That was my Christmas. Okay. I wasn’t stuck in a freezing Ukrainian subway, and I could both find and afford food. I’m ...

Where do you live?I live in an apartment in Aglandjia with my partner. What did you have for breakfast?Nothing. I am on intermittent fasting. Describe your perfect dayThe ...

Kleo Straub grunts when she is frustrated. The series sports exaggerated (or is it?) 80s attitude, oddballs left, right and centre – like the techno junkie who thinks he’s from ...