A nose for gardening

In addition to looking good, your garden could also smell the part

24 hours with Geoffrey Bezzina

Unwrapping the package holiday

Going on holiday can be very stressful. It is up to those in the industry to make it less so

Dose of hepatitis anyone?

If you are going for a beauty treatment, make sure your therapist meets stringent hygiene standards

Pause, reflect and prepare
The ‘change of life’ need not be a torrid affair; there are strategies and herbs to help

Carrefour own brand
The most noticeable about this one was the small size of the packet – limiting it to owners of just one cat – anyone with more, wouldn’t even glance at a box this small. Pretty much a case of “you get what you pay for” here: average clumping ability (some pieces still fall through the pooper-scooper), and very limited deodorising qualities.
Price: £1.90 for 4kg

The Power-Plate: Space-age technology offers a wide variety of health benefits
The Power Plate is the favoured exercise machine of so many stars the company’s UK spokesman, Darren Bradley, says he’s lost count. Madonna reportedly attributes her ‘buns of steel’ to it and apparently makes calls while on it. I found it almost impossible to talk during vibration mode.

I got up early and cycled to the Ledra Palace crossing to collect some pictures of an event by a Turkish Cypriot artist that took place last Saturday (the very day Manifesta 6 was supposed to start) at the Selimiye Square.

Roman love potions

Tropical Spice

When we live in a country where most of the year the sun shines, people’s desire to enjoy cool, refreshing and tropical cocktails never really ends. Here is an exotic combination of spicy rum and fruit juices best enjoyed after summer’s tropical scattered shower. One sip of this and you will find yourself in limbo land. Salute!

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