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In 2023, ‘Cyprus’ was searched millions of times. Who searched for the island? When did they look us up? Why were they fascinated? Did you know that Cyprus was one of ...

Where do you live? Larnaca with my husband and daughter. What did you have for breakfast? Two cups of coffee. I’m definitely not a morning person. Describe your perfect ...

This is the story behind that little green app on everyone’s phones – Spotify. The Swedish TV series shows how the streaming platform was created and how it revolutionised the ...

In a chaotic time to launch something new, PAUL LAMBIS speaks to one of the UK’s leading businessmen who would encourage all to find your passion Cypriot-born Theo Paphitis ...

I’m usually a sucker for lunch by the sea or somewhere with a view. I feel content and it enhances my dining experience. However, for an ad hoc lunch ...

In a Turkish Cypriot public figure, THEO PANAYIDES meets a doleful doer who treated politics much like a business. While dismissing the chances of Cypriots living together again, he is ...

What makes a good baddie asks CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES crying out for more of them to create good movies WARNING: Minor spoilers for Rebel Moon In Zack Snyder’s space opera ...

Where do you live? I live in Limassol, for the time being I live with my parents but in the next few months, I am planning to move in with ...

I may be a little bit late to the party but I have recently I watched The Night Agent on Netflix, and was fully drawn in by the plot, the ...

In a creative and entrepreneurial force of nature PAUL LAMBIS meets a man keen to see the world plug into the power of music, and Cyprus Cyprus-born Panos A Panay ...

More than just an impressive collection of cars, a museum in Limassol offers a world to glorify all things automobile finds PAUL LAMBIS It may not be the world’s ...

Forgetting the obvious operatic association when you say to your friends, ‘Let’s meet at Don Carlo’, you run the risk of sounding like you are in an episode of ...

At a time of year when cynicism should be put to one side, THEO PANAYIDES meets an African couple faced with deportation who love Cyprus but not the human cost ...

It’s been a good year for TV. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks back at what you should have watched This year has been a great one for television! Despite the writers’ ...

Disney’s ghostly new Christmas tale evokes the eerie qualities of Britain’s abandoned second world war airfields By Sam Edwards From Charles Dickens to MR James, Christmas has a ...

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia with my two cats Xanax and Nyxta What did you have for breakfast? Cheese and cucumber wrap Describe your perfect day Perfect ...

Retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, especially for Agatha Raisin. But then she plumped for the Cotswolds rather than Cyprus. Where there are, apparently, rather more ...

Using a creative lens, one artist tells PAUL LAMBIS how he is pushing the boundaries of artistic expression From a young age, Baris Gencel was drawn to the worlds of ...

Seated at The Shopkeeper & Co’s communal table, with headphones on, the music serving as a sufficient block between your own thoughts and any adjacent conversations, you could be ...

In an intense expatriate Cypriot, THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman open to difficult things who only felt free after leaving the cultural desert of Limassol and a violent childhood behind ‘...

As Nicosia pitches itself as a cultural centre, ELENI PHILIPPOU looks at what is coming to the stage next In the heart of Nicosia, a cultural metamorphosis is underway. One ...

‘On this island, maybe the old methods are the best’. ALIX NORMAN discovers a project that’s tackling a modern problem with an ancient approach This is one of Cyprus’ ...

Just when you thought a new show might steal the title, all hope is lost finds CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Constantinos plans, God laughs. This was supposed to be a feel-good story ...

‘You do the shopping, walk the dogs, make a meal. You try to keep yourself busy. But then you find you’ve gone three days without speaking to another soul…’ ...