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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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Keith Newman’s home is hardly ever quiet. He typically has a dog tagging along behind him, a dog that needs something, and at least one taking a nap somewhere ...

Three hundred years ago a group of nomadic Yoruk tribesmen from the Taurus mountains was ordered to move to Cyprus by the Sultan. Eighty six Yoruks landed in the west ...

Even before Alley Cats went live, reviews started popping up everywhere saying how dreadful the new series would be. Well, it’s Ricky Gervais being Ricky Gervais. Not everyone’s ...

It was one of those hot summer days when even the idea of going to the beach seemed like hard work. Instead, we headed to the mall for a cool ...