Are you up for a challenge?

The first Cyprus Starlight Challenge will see crowds wearing their bras on their sleeves as they begin a midnight walk to raise money for breast cancer charities

Why the needless carnage?

If we are going to continue to see road deaths with the speed we have seen them since January 1, by the end of this year least 121 people will have been killed on Cyprus roads. This figure would mean that in 2007, 35 more people would be killed than in 2006, 19 more than in 2005 and four more than in 2004. However, apparently, it is not going to happen.

Sod’s Law strikes again! Most of the time this column is an exercise in making much out of little, patiently chewing through familiar fodder – why the current fashion for horror films? how many cartoons about wisecracking animals can a person take? is a sequel better than a threequel? – like a half-starved ruminant.

As good as it’s going to get

The island’s fledgling film industry is about as robust as it will ever be. Although the government sponsors local films they still have to be sent abroad for development

Feeling Good with nutritional therapist Nikki Dake

Zap those winter cold bugs
While antibiotics may be effective against bacteria, some herbal products also prove useful against the viruses that cause ’flu and respiratory problems

Olympus SLR E-500 KIT

Caruso

Caf? Brio

A touch of class

I didn’t even know that Limassol’s Caf? Brio did meals so when I found out I decided to treat my mother-in-law.

The options available to us to look and feel a million dollars nowadays, if we so choose, are wide and varied.