Bringing art to the people

Saturday will see a Nicosia park turned into an open-air arts venue as people from all disciplines will come together to strut their stuff

Mix together a passion for the arts and a touch of urban culture and what do you get? The first ever Urban Soul Festival in the centre of Nicosia.

Fever pitch

Cyprus’ premier gay club recently celebrated its first birthday with balloons, streamers and a good time for all

“I swear, they are a human jigsaw puzzle,” a friend of mine exclaimed unable to take her eyes off the three guys intertwined and rubbing up against each other while hanging on to a pole.

24 hours with Lia Lapithi

Do you believe in water?

An exhibition in Nicosia manages to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary

Don’t panic, eat organic
Just a few years ago, people in Cyprus lived from the land, now you’d be hard pressed to find local produce sometimes, not too mention organic

An impressive list of claims

Plantain (Plantago major, Ripple grass or Waybread) is a perennial member of Plantaginaceae family, found in pastureland in Europe and Asia. It has a basal rosette of thick-stemmed oval leaves and produces an inconspicuous brown flower on a leafless stem. The leaf and stems are hairy.

It’s still us and them

Around the world in 10 days

The Toronto Film Festival is really a festival of festivals, satisfying everyone from the art crowd to the multiplexes with its view on 21st century reality

Yugoslavian International Garden Restaurant

A sizeable treat for the tastebuds

I must have driven past this place at least 500 times before today. Intrigued by the name, and slightly wary – in an unadventurous way – of foreign food about which I knew nothing, I decided to satisfy my curiosity.

New bubbly on the block
More than most wines, champagne is a drink of general appeal rather than particular excellence

The New France is a remarkable book by Andrew Jefford. The following extract is from the introduction of a chapter on Champagne; which, in a way, sums up my own thoughts on the subject while tasting a new champagne house in Cyprus.