Rehabilitating reptiles
Snakes have a bad press in Cyprus. Yiannis Artemi is trying to change all that
Yiannis Artemi has been bitten by snakes, many times. He quite likes it. He sees it as part of his job.
An aerial hub
Once upon a time flying from England to Cyprus was a luxurious experience
On April 18, 1953 a fresh page in civil aviation history was written. The first commercial flight of a new breed of airliner left Heathrow airport. Its ultimate destination was Nicosia.
Major exhibitions inspired by the home, urban landscape and dance
After closing for the Christmas and New Year holidays, galleries around the island have burst back to life with a wide selection of exhibitions offering something for almost everyone.
The dark month
A guide to the dreaded ‘January blues’ … and how to beat them
New year, new skin
Face creams and serums with Vitamin A and Alpha Hydroxy Acids really do work, and winter is the best time to use them
The description ‘new skin’ is not as far fetched as it sounds. There are, actually certain products which can, to a degree, offer us an almost new skin. Or at least a much better version of our old skin!
WHAT
It was December 31, the middle of the holiday season, and I found myself (to paraphrase Monsieur Rabelais) subject to a kind of disease which in these days is called lack of money. I had been working like a Guatemalan field hand for the past two months but still I had nothing in my pocket to show for it and only £14 in the bank.
The life guides
Mind and body rebirth centre proves beauty is not only skin deep
Cosmetic surgery might now have become the norm in the fight against the physical effects of ageing and telltale signs of lifestyle excess, but it has no place at Therapolis, the first one-stop shop for ‘mind and body rebirth’ in Cyprus.
WE OWN THE NIGHT ****
DIRECTED BY James Gray
STARRING Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes
US 2007 117 mins.
HALLAM FOE ***
DIRECTED BY David Mackenzie
STARRING Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciaran Hinds, Claire Forlani
UK 2007 95 mins.
Broom. (Cytisus scoparius syn. Spartium scoparium. Basam, Besum) A perennial shrub member of the Leguminosae family growing to about 3m in dry stony ground in Europe and Mediterranean countries. It has erect green angled stems bearing small alternate leaves which produce bright yellow, honey-scented flowers from the axils. The seeds are classically leguminous bean pods that twist open when ripe.
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.
