Time to move
It’s well-known that moving house is way up there on the stress scale. But one devotee of house-hopping is quite addicted to it
Does anyone have a piano better-travelled than mine? I’d bet good money they don’t.
Faces of a continent
These superb pictures taken by Cypriot photographers show people in parts of Africa who need your help. That help is much easier to give than you may imagine.
From the winner of the first Man Booker Prize, Agamemnon’s Daughter forms part of a collection of three novels by Ismail Kadare which looks at fear as an instrument of power. Written in Albania and smuggled into France page by page in the 1980s, the novel follows one day in the life of a young unnamed journalist, attending a celebratory May Day parade.
Something in The Water…
So, back safe and well in Cyprus, having narrowly avoided mercury poisoning in Scotland. We were staying at my aunt’s when one afternoon over a cup of coffee she casually asked us if we had noticed anything strange in the loo. Actually we had, but decided it was probably polite not to mention it.
The great “abs” myth
The truth behind the washboard stomach
The story goes like this. Perform endless sit-ups or crunches and your reward will be a Hollywood-style washboard stomach. All mostly myth, I’m afraid.
Potato – a celebration of the world’s most versatile vegetable
by Alex Barker and Sally Mansfield
I hibernate in winter. Like a squirrel, I drop out of the social scene, stock up on necessities (chocolate, crisps, DVDs) and settle in to wait for summer. And when the sun goes down and the cold begins to bite, there’s nothing like a long hot bubble bath; Seven has tested the waters…
NEUTRO ROBERTS Ritual Relax Bath Foam 650ml
These recipes show how to do away with the dairies without compromising on taste. The creamy, fat-free smoothie boosts your energy levels and is a great start to your day. The cannelloni is a healthy alternative and the rhubarb ice cream a great way to end a meal.
Goat’s Cheese and Courgette Cannelloni
Serves 4
350g goat’s cheese, rind removed and crumbled
You may have heard of Pizza Mia’s pizza’s and salads, but this family restaurant also serves, as I was pleasantly surprised to find, tasty vegetarian pastas. I enjoyed the oven-baked Spaghetti Napolitana’s (€6,24) basic yet rich flavour.The Spaghetti Vegetariana, also good, was almost twice the size as the other orders, and for some reason only €0.50 more expensive.
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.
