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Migrant voices in Kofinou (video)
By Theo Panayides The “Reception & Accommodation Centre for Applicants of International Protection”, just outside the village of Kofinou, houses migrants who are seeking asylum and waiting to be...
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A lifetime of change
From stock broker to Pilates instructor to mature student at UCLan. THEO PANAYIDES meets a man who believes the less you are given the happier you become There are aspects of Roger Brignell’s life...
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Roaming the world
Ecosystems under stress and helping communities that rely on them have taken one recent visitor to the island around much of the world. THEO PANAYIDES meets her Ecosystem management isn’t a subject...
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The superiority of the human mind
THEO PANAYIDES meets a philosopher engaged in building robots who is convinced they will never outsmart us There’s often a moment in American films when our heroes meet someone like Selmer Bringsjord...
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The savagery of the animal world
For one wildlife conservationist months of boring work can be offset by half an hour of activity to burst apart a crime ring. THEO PANAYIDES meets her Onkuri Majumdar sits in the Elias Beach Hotel in...
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More time enjoying living
With a career in banking looking dull, one Brit upped sticks to Cyprus where he now runs a fortnightly auction. Amid the traces of other people’s lives THEO PANAYIDES meets a man keen on looking...
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The politics of ideas
Lively and opinionated with a taste for revolution, THEO PANAYIDES meets a writer who generates an amazing amount of hate mail With the large and obvious caveat that providing only excerpts of a...
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Doing the right thing
The most public face of the Sophia Foundation, Marina Shacola is also a photographer of note. THEO PANAYIDES meets a fiery woman driven to philanthropy Who is Marina Shacola? What does she do? “I...
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One man with a rucksack
After years suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, one peacenik is walking from Rome to Jerusalem. THEO PANAYIDES meets him as he passes through the island By the time you read this, Paul Haines...
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The personal touch
With cinema in his blood the owner of the Pantheon in Nicosia is trying to ensure his concern changes with the times. THEO PANAYIDES meets a man driven to see the human side of everything The story of...
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The voice of peace
THEO PANAYIDES meets an activist bar owner who has lost his fiery side but still skirmishes with authority Who is he? More to the point, where is he? The second question seems more urgent than the...
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2015 in review: Putting people in their place
By Theo Panayides I interviewed 42 people for our Sunday profile page in 2015, and a little tinge of existential doubt is perhaps inevitable. What’s the point of all these interviews (and many more,...
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The future is possible
For the shiny new future that TEDx talks around the world buzz with, we need a re-invention of the system one academic tells THEO PANAYIDES It’s the first week of a new year, and our minds teem with...
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The freedom to change her mind
THEO PANAYIDES meets a creative who wears many hats, but in all of them is certain of the need to be flexible I don’t drink coffee, and I don’t really fancy a tea. Marilena Zackheos looks...
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An academic activist
Seeing the Cyprus problem through the eyes of a woman gives it a new understanding one lecturer tells THEO PANAYIDES It’s a big flat, actually two flats joined together, more than big enough for a...
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Excited about life
One Nicosia woman has just returned from Antarctica. Previous adventures have seen her climb Mount Kilimanjaro. THEO PANAYIDES meets someone on the search for what is truly awesome Liana Toumazou is...
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A lifelong need to sing
THEO PANAYIDES meets a local folk singer who has prowled the country to find traditional old songs Look for the olive trees, says Michalis Terlikkas on the phone. Look for the place where the olive...
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Burglaries on the rise (Video)
More than 2000 burglaries are reported annually across the island, and the majority are never solved. Even worse than the actual value of what gets stolen is the sentimental value – but worst of all...
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A lifetime surrounded by toys
On Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue one shop owner has seen it through the high times and the tough times. THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman who has rarely had a day off from the same post since she was a teenager...
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Narrowly focused on the ‘slightly odd’
Working at Britain’s National Trust and cataloguing paintings has given one man a very niche role, but it is one that he has relished learns THEO PANAYIDES The setting helps: a fifth-floor office...
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