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Celine Dion is a bit like Marmite: it’s either love or hate. But either way, hats off to someone who’s achieved such stellar success; if...

Here it is – an entire festival dedicated to shorts. Not, you understand, the summer apparel of hot weather hedonism. No, this is shorts as...

The music of our time will take centre stage later this week as the 11th edition of the International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival returns on...

The author of a book bringing together tales from Cyprus’ past will this week present it on the island. ALIX NORMAN speaks to him. Tales...

Think Fifty Shades of Grey and The Story of O, and you’re on the right track for ACT’s autumn oeuvre. It’s called Venus in Fur,...

For years, veganism has been the underbelly of gastronomy – the province of hemp-wearing hippies and petulant teens. But then, at the start of 2019,...

Flying Away. It’s what we all wish we were doing at this time of year, isn’t it: jumping on a plane for a marvellous month...

It’s almost September; the summer – if not its weather – is officially over, and there are no more flowers in our hair. We’ve partied...

Oh to be in Munich, now October’s here! Except we’re not, and it isn’t. Instead we’ve got Nicosia in September. But there is a parallel…...

Paphos opera time is approaching rapidly, and this year we’re getting Macbeth – as you didn’t study it at school. For a start, the witches...

Polystipos. It’s not the most charming place name on the island, but what this mountain village lacks in nomenclature it makes up for in aspect....

Fun fact for the non-musicians out there: not all woodwinds are made from wood. The oldest known instruments in the world fall into this category:...

“There’s a notion that this genre is all National Geographic films about lions giving birth!” laughs Danae Stylianou. “But today, documentaries are actually an incredible...

We could all do with a little more animation come summer. While July and August are a riot of festivals, what we’re missing is the...

We are #blessed. Okay, we know it’s a dreadfully clichéd hashtag, more the province of yummy mummies and life coaches than national newspapers. But at...

Every summer for the past eight years, the Afro Banana Republic Festival has lit up the season. The brainchild of ABR (Alternative Brains Rule, a...

World Music. Is it just songs from other countries or is it music brought to us by way of, well, everywhere? Is folk music involved,...