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An embroidery-themed workshop and a guided tour in Lefkara awaits the last Saturday of March, organised by the Centre for Social Innovation. On March 29, a team of participants will head ...

Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with my husband and twins. What did you have for breakfast?A sandwich with zea bread, fig jam and brie. Describe your ...

In a sea of streaming options, Cassandra rises above the noise. This German-language thriller on Netflix is an atmospheric blend of sci-fi, horror and family drama that will keep you ...

“Do I belong here? Is a writer, part-time photographer and cyanotype maker just as much an artist as a ceramicist or a printmaker is? These thoughts crept up on me ...

A miscommunication between friends meant that we had ended up at a restaurant with no reservation and they had no space to squeeze us in. Being all dressed up with ...

Cyprus is running out of people. This, says our government, is a crisis. It’s a threat to our economy, our pensions, our future. Something must be done! And so, ...

How often has this happened to you? You turn on Netflix, hoping for something to watch to pass the time, and you are instantly flooded with suggestions and content you ...

Antonis Koupparis shows me videos on his phone. The clips are mostly CCTV footage, plus videos he shot himself: a low-res litany of crime and disorder in the walled city ...

Where do you live?I live in Nicosia with two dogs, Telios and Lily, and two cats, Tryfonas and Maggie. What did you have for breakfast?Banana and almonds. Describe ...

Described as heartbreaking, unsettling and inspired, Netflix’s new limited series Toxic Town is based on a true story of a clutch of children born in England with physical deformities, ...

We decided to visit a restaurant that has been a fixture in Nicosia’s dining scene since at least the 90s that is widely regarded as a pillar of Levantine ...

In the years leading up to 1974, Eleni Papademetriou travelled the island. A renowned ethnographer, philologist and photographer, she documented a way of life that has since been reshaped beyond recognition ...

With March 1 set as International Yiannoudi Day, the indigenous Cyprus grape is celebrated by oenophiles across the island in an initiative spearheaded by president of the Cyprus Friends of Wine ...

By Philippa Tracy Are cinema-going audiences in terminal decline? There has been lots of evidence to suggest that they are. However, I am happy to report that last weekend I ...

“Last summer our office air conditioning broke! “It was the middle of the worst heatwave; the repairmen were slammed and couldn’t get there for a week. So my boss ...

Where do you live?Limassol What did you have for breakfast?Cereal Describe your perfect dayCreative writing, a walk with my dog, listening to classical music and jazz, watching a ...

Björn works for an unappreciative law firm and his clients are equally ungrateful mafia bosses. As his family life goes down the drain, he can either wave it goodbye ...

On a ridiculously cold, wet, and wintery night in Paphos, it was hard to summon any enthusiasm to leave the warmth of home and go out to eat. However, the ...

Special education teacher by day, football referee by weekends and afternoons. This dual profession is not groundbreaking, but in Cyprus if you are a woman on the football field it ...

There’s a fantastic thread on the r/Cyprus subreddit. ‘What Are Your Hobbies?’ it asks. Some of the answers are hilariously tongue-in-cheek. ‘Dreaming of affordable property, cursing idiots who ...

Do you love jump-scares, gore and blood but also like the odd joke sprinkled in? Is gallows humour your kind of funny? Then look no further than the horror-comedy genre, ...

On my way to the Oleander Institute – actually to Myrsini’s studio in old Nicosia; the institute has no physical office – I spot a grey-haired couple in their golden years ...

Cyprus sleeps more than most! In the UK, people sleep an average of seven hours a night; in the UAE, it’s 6.8 hours. Albania sleeps the most (almost eight hours), ...

What is life after retirement? For Charles Nieuwendyk, the protagonist of Man on the Inside, it develops into an unexpected job as an amateur private investigator. When he answers a ...