Former Observer correspondent Colin Smith recalls the days immediately after the coup and the invasion of 1974
David Astor, my editor and proprietor of The Observer, had spent his second honeymoon at Nicosia’s Ledra Palace hotel where, it is said, the brandy sour was invented so that Egypt’s King Farouk might appear to be sipping a non-alcoholic beverage.
One night in Napa
Life must be a party, working as a nightclub DJ, but there’s a bit more to it than that
If you are out in Ayia Napa without your better half and the kids to worry about and you get that craving to let hair down, get sauced and live it up then a night at Bedrock with Pete and Tony is hard to beat.
The greatest love story of all time
Russian ballet company stages Shakespeare’s favourite play to classic score
Romeo and Juliet, the greatest love story of all time is set to come alive through beautiful music and dance straight from Moscow as the renowned Imperial Russian Ballet Company stage a performance not to be missed by lovers of classic dance.
Fresh, flowery and fruity
If your normal creams are too heavy for the hot weather, try some of these lighter options
Varoshiotis Seafood Restaurant
Indochine Seafood Salad
Serves 4
1 kg seafood assortment
350g selection of salad leaves
200g egg noodles
For the dressing
20ml cider vinegar
20ml rice vinegar
40ml soy sauce
40ml ketchup
40g light brown sugar
Speedy suppers
If you can’t face being in the kitchen for hours, try these quick meals
Mediterranean Spaghetti
Serves 4
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, sliced
1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
1 large garlic clove, crushed
1 courgette, halved lengthways then sliced
400g canned chopped tomatoes
200g mushrooms, thickly sliced
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.
