Lost spirits in a new world
The life of two political refugees is hard going until they are legally allowed to work in the country
Why would two middle class Iranians want to leave their friends and family and seek political asylum in Cyprus? Freedom, or so they say. Freedom to express their artistic vision, freedom to live free from fear, freedom to dream their dream.
Beach bar culture
If you want somewhere to pass the evening in Limassol, head to the beach where a whole host of new bars have sprung up
Love, passion and masks
Giuseppe Verdi’s A Masked Ball performed by the Mariinsky Theatre will form the centre piece of this year’s Aphrodite Festival
How often do you get to see one of the world’s most talked about operas? Be part of the crowd this September as Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) takes to the stage.
Feeling Good with nutritional therapist Nikki Dake
Shrug off summer stress and chill out
Simple herbs and spices can bring you relief and improve your quality of life
The show is upstairs
A few days ago, while on a cycling tour of old Nicosia in search of some anarchist slogans on its crumbling walls (I was looking for Mane Tekel Fares but found only old OXIs), I stopped in Ledra Street to buy myself a new pair of sunglasses.
I’m not just old, I’m pre-millennial. I’ve been reviewing films for this paper for almost 10 years now – and another movie season is about to end, our cinemas easing into their annual August slumber for a three-week hiatus before getting back to the summer blockbusters. (The next big film is the biggest of the lot, the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel on August 25.)
Snakes, tourists and herbalists
Rauvolfia (Rauvolfia serpentina or snake root) is a shrub member of the Apocynaceae, growing to about 1.5m in sub-tropical Asia. It is a spindly evergreen plant with whorls of leaves, red flowers and yellow fruit, which, surprisingly, appear at the same time.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
