A ride into Cyprus
Following in the footsteps of a great travel writer – on horseback
First light: the sound of champing on a bit and stamping of hooves, the creak of leather, the warm tang of horse. Thus in late September began a more than 100-mile ride into Cyprus, both north and south, a journey both literal and metaphorical.
Singing for England
How Luciana Pavarotti’s singing at the opening of the 1990 World Cup gave one man the determination to sing
England’s misfiring football team should employ tenor Martin Toal as a fulltime mascot.
Five times he has led the singing of the British national anthem prior to crucial matches. Each time, they won.
Fresh, glistening and full of promise
Fish at Kavouri
It’s Sunday lunchtime in Nicosia and you have with you a nonagenarian who doesn’t like souvla or travelling too far. Neither fast food nor a hotel sounds in the least bit appealing. Where do you go? The answer is the Kavouri fish restaurant in Strovolos Avenue.
You know Christmas is coming when the panto comes to town
For hundreds of expatriates and Cypriots, the Christmas season in Nicosia begins with the annual Anglo-Cypriot Theatre group’s pantomime. The build up to Christmas has become almost unthinkable without whistling and cheering at the drop-dead gorgeous pantomime dame and booing the panto’s villain (oh yes it has!).
The Hess group’s excellent and diverse wines hail from Europe, Australia and North and South America
The first time that I met with Hans Astrom – the vice president of Hess Group – was back in May in the island of Rhodes.
Well, Christmas is fast approaching, and parties and celebrations are everywhere! In the party season our skin gets dehydrated when we drink too much alcohol and insufficient water. Our skin can feel and look ‘hungover’.
Heaven scent
Making your own perfumes
Wouldn’t you love to wear a perfume which contains only natural ingredients, offers psychological and physiological benefits and is actually good for the skin.
First invited to Cyprus in 1997 and embarrassed to admit that as a typical American I had never heard of it, I determined in my compulsive/obsessive fashion to become expert in its ancestry. Many I met wanted me to believe that whatever greatness Cyprus could claim was due to its Hellenic heritage, though it had been invaded by nearly everyone.
Think yourself beautiful
Forget botox or plastic surgery. Simply change your attitude towards your body
We live in a world of media frenzy and for some of us that automatically means the pressure is on.
Tormentil (Potentilla tormentilla syn. Thormantle; Shepherd’s knapperty) is a perennial member of the family Rosaceae.
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.
