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Expanding his tour around Europe to take in the rest of the world, one travel enthusiast has now reached the island. If you haven’t already seen him round Cyprus, ...

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian Imelda Staunton picks up the royal baton as the latest actor to play Queen Elizabeth in hit Netflix drama The Crown, whose new season has faced criticism ...

Without knowing it, you have probably heard the work of a local composer on TV shows. Alix Norman finds a man whose passion for writing music transcends awards and accolades ...

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia with Magdalena and Charalambos What did you have for breakfast? Fruit, olives, cheese, and bread Describe your perfect day A day full ...

Even though I don’t approve of cigarettes being representative of a badass attitude, Rita smoking inside the school toilets surrounded by graffitti on the walls, couldn’t paint a ...

For a walking tour of the island, the seaside district’s nature trails are an ideal place to start hears PAUL LAMBIS Thinking of Larnaca, many things come to mind. ...

By Sarah Coyne It is impressive, and sometimes surprising, that after the last couple of difficult years so many new restaurants are opening in Paphos. One such new addition is ...

Acting allows a London Cypriot the chance to experience other worlds finds PAUL LAMBIS Stephanie Leonidas describes herself as “lucky.” From sci-fi to biblical and everything in between, she has ...

In an internationally known and respected referee, THEO PANAYIDES meets an entertaining and organised man still capable of fancy footwork who is shocked by the increasing violence in his native ...

An Australian singer-songwriter hopes he can work the charm in Liverpool next year hears PAUL LAMBIS At just 24, Australian singer-songwriter Andrew Lambrou has built a following of millions with his ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks at what to expect from Del Torro’s Cabinet of Curiosities An eight-part anthology of mystery, fantasy, horror and the occult, Cabinet of Curiosities debuted on Netflix ...

ALIX NORMAN meets the modern-day witch, the earthy enchantress and the Cyprus Queen of Halloween Halloween has never really taken off on the island. But these three residents all have ...

Spicy yet sweet, tangy but tropical: this exotic fusion cuisine is proving a favourite with island locals Many families in Cyprus enjoy multi-cultural roots. But Pearl Antoniou’s background hot ...

Where do you live? I live alone in Kathikas What did you have for breakfast? This morning I had toast Describe your perfect day My perfect day would be a ...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is best known for Fleabag, her award- winning one-woman show turned BBC series, which quickly garnered a cult following for its frank depiction of the life of a ...

Cats and Christianity come together in a monastery in Akrotiri. PAUL LAMBIS has a look around Cyprus is an island with a strong Christian heritage, and has been known through ...

I bet that nowadays when restaurant owners and managers meet to discuss their establishments’ operations – what works, what needs to be improved and what needs to change – they place much ...

Canada’s Cypriots are numerous and spread out but one organisation brings them all together. PAUL LAMBIS speaks to its president Since its inception, the Canadian Cypriot Federation has served ...

In a ‘romantic migrant’ THEO PANAYIDES finds a man of simple pleasures and complex theories who is a great talker but struggles in our fluid times with the impoverishment of ...

The island has a rich history and those tales, and scents, are now the inspiration for a range of perfumes. ELENI PHILIPPOU tracks down the story behind the fragrances Cyprus’ ...

Elected for the first time to parliament in 2015, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s youngest prime minister in more than 200 years on Monday, tasked with steering the country through an economic ...

Gamers are going analogue. And across the island, hundreds of people are meeting to enjoy this fascinating, and extremely varied, pastime finds ALIX NORMAN You’ve played Monopoly and chess. ...

If horror is your thing, one of the masters of the craft is back with something new says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES If there’s one thing to say about director/writer ...

During the last ten days the island was privileged to host two senior officials key to the energy future of Cyprus: European energy commissioner Kadri Simson, and Director, frontier exploration, ...