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Few non-Western shows have become as iconic as Death Note. Some 20 years after its release, it has numerous adaptations, from live-action films to spinoffs and video games. It is certainly ...

We were staying in Lefkara village and had deliberately decided not to set alarms or rush ourselves in the morning. No early breakfast, no hotel buffet, just a proper lie-in ...

By Philippa Tracy Artificial Intelligence (AI) entered the zeitgeist a while ago. And while Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability plays out as a family drama, it is essentially about the ethics ...

“This is not a museum. It’s a brain exercise,” says Dr Marios Kyriazis, Physician, Gerontologist and owner of the Kyriazis Medical Museum. From the moment visitors step inside the ...

We love television for many reasons, but the biggest one is escapism and comfort. TV is a controlled environment, whereas real life is chaos. Anything can happen at any moment, ...

“If you ever feel that you want to do something meaningful, start small; pick up one piece of trash or join a cleanup to share a message that actually matters,” ...

Where do you live and with whom?I’ve been living in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for the past ten years, on my own. What did you have for breakfast?A ...

The Polish Netflix series 1670 is a mockumentary-style satire that follows the feuds and misadventures of a noble family in the 17th-century village of Adamczycha, in what was then the Polish-Lithuanian ...

Kyperounda winery, in the Pitsilia area of Troodos, claims its gravity-fed winery, built on levels in time for the 2003 vintage at an altitude of 1,140m, is one of the highest ...

With the winter weather bringing colder temperatures, our craving for warm, hearty dishes increases. Nothing says winter food more than a traditional roast dinner. It has been ages since we ...

The New Year is here. Its celebrations have come and gone, and at this time of year a peculiar feeling lingers. It is a season of new beginnings and fresh ...

Olive trees are the most eternal feature of Cyprus’ rural landscape, with olive oil among the key crops each year. While production has wavered over recent seasons, Cyprus continues to ...

2025 has been a surprisingly good year for the cinema industry, both commercially and artistically, giving many hope that perhaps it has finally found its footing and entered a long-awaited redemption ...

Mythical figures from Cypriot folk tradition, legends and more are the focus of an upcoming multi-thematic exhibition by the Press and Information Office (PIO), which will take place at the ...

Rebekah Gregoriades For once, I didn’t start the year off with a list of resolutions. This, I must say, took the guilt factor out of the equation and I ...

Where do you live?I live in Spain by myself 🙂 What did you have for breakfast?Oats with yogurt and frozen berries 🙂 Describe your perfect dayIt’s a Saturday, I ...

Following David Lynch’s sad passing this year, I decided to revisit that distant town in the Pacific Northwest of Twin Peaks. Released in 1990, it appeared a rather unassuming soap ...

Shepherds and Christmas go together like crumpets and tea – but they’re mostly NPCs, as the kids say. They do their own thing, watching their flocks by night as the ...

It’s a beautiful winter day. The sun is out under a cloudless sky, yet a chilly wind cuts through it all. The season has truly turned. And what better ...

“Life without pausing to celebrate and experience human togetherness can feel long and exhausting,” says wine and gastronomy educator and writer Florentia Kythreotou. Centered on the history of the beloved ...

As time feels increasingly fast, digital and disconnected, an older habit is finding new life: reading. Boosted by the influence of BookTok, the rise of book cafés and shared ...

Where do you live?I live between London and Cyprus. In London I live with flatmates and in Cyprus I live at home with my family. What did you have ...

We know post-apocalyptic shows all too well, from zombies to brain-infecting fungal viruses, but a disease carried by rainfall? That might be a first. In Netflix’s The Rain, siblings ...

By Dina Gavarieva Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat – and so are we. Not only that, our diets could be slowly killing us. In a startling wake-up call, ...