Artists open their studios

Seeing the place where an artist works gives far more insight into their finished product than merely observing it in a gallery. This year, 88 artists from Paphos and Limassol open their places of work to the public throughout October

A passion for watches

More than just a chronometer

Despite the rise in mobile phone use, all of which display the time, the purchase of watches is not tailing off although few take such an interest as one man in Nicosia

Millennia of use as a medicine and in religious ceremonies

Plant now for spring colour

It is time to get your gardening gloves on if you want to enjoy drifts of bulbs come the spring. There are also flowers to plant now that will supply you with some colour as the weather becomes colder

Plants have feelings too

If you doubt that statement, an exhibition in Nicosia proves it. You can hear the plants emitting something that sounds eerily like a scream

Heinz P’tits

‘It’s only a film festival’

The Toronto Film Festival is now the world’s largest in terms of the number of films played. It combines the arthouse with the latest Hollywood releases we can expect to see in the coming months