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Venice scholar keeps youth on her side
THEO PANAYIDES finds a world authority on Venice to have found her sense of belonging years after making the move from housewife to academic I try to steer clear of cheap flattery, but sometimes it...
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Top football captain hanging up her boots
THEO PANAYIDES meets the retiring captain of the island’s football team that has been in the Champions League the most times, who has had to fight to follow her sport As you read this in today’s...
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Film maker’s stories of obsession and addiction
In a serious cinephile, THEO PANAYIDES meets a director of only two films in 20 years who has a love for off-centre material How to describe Richard Kwietniowski? Well, he’s left-handed. He likes...
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A man for all seasons: a CM profile of Constantinos Petrides from 2013
THEO PANAYIDES meets the president’s right hand man, who is charged with a vision for a new Cyprus in the future The youngish man with forceful, lupine features walks to the bar at Babylon Pub in...
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Checking in with the Traitors’ Club
Every Saturday morning for the past 13 years, a group of Greek and Turkish Cypriots with pro-solution views have been meeting informally for coffee at the Buyuk Han in Nicosia, talking, debating and...
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Reluctant model says she just wants to be herself
In a moody, black-clad Goth girl in the graceful body of a model, THEO PANAYIDES finds someone content with being sad Andriana Sophocleous is 1.82m tall and weighs about 59 kilos. This may seem an...
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Filipino church in Nicosia (VIDEO)
Every Sunday morning, much of the Filipino community in Cyprus – many of them working as housemaids and other menial jobs during the rest of the week – congregate in evangelical churches like the Jesus...
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Footage from peace protest in Nicosia (Video)
Over the past week, the bicommunal group Unite Cyprus NOW has been organising nightly or near-nightly demonstrations at the Ledra Street checkpoint in Nicosia. A small but dedicated number of...
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Collecting stories inspires local writer, traveller
Finding the incidental magic in the everyday, one writer tells THEO PANAYIDES about touching those she meets and the wisdom of older people Bus Diaries, random moment No. 1: Jimmy the barber in Polis...
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College founder is an awkward intellectual
After 36 years at the helm of Intercollege and the University of Nicosia, one intellectual tells THEO PANAYIDES how he has moved on from being a change-the-world idealist Max Weber and Albert Camus are...
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Full-time evangelist says he works miracles
Bringing his kids up to ask ‘What would Jesus do?’, one Cyprus-based born again Christian and philanthropist tells THEO PANAYIDES he is often the vessel through which miracles happen This is not the...
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“What’s going to happen in Switzerland?” [VIDEO]
A week before the start of the international conference on Cyprus at Crans-Montana in Switzerland, we went to both sides of divided Nicosia and asked assorted people in the street about their...
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Film proves a passport to another world
The pull of images watched in the dark pulled one director of photography into the industry. He tells THEO PANAYIDES how it can be compared to life in the circus I imagine Phil Meheux on a film set....
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Making history: the first Cypriot female journalist
At the front line in historic times, THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman who has always done her duty, whether for family, country or cause The black-and-white photo dates from the early 60s. That, at least,...
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Cult actress with a sense of purpose
Spending her life seeking experiences, one Greece based actress tells THEO PANAYIDES that she has always had adventurous tastes Who is Michele Valley? The surname is Scottish, the birthplace Swiss...
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‘Everything is fighting’ for Krav Maga teacher
THEO PANAYIDES meets a Krav Maga expert who has been on the mat since the age of six and explains why it is important to be able to move from Mr Nice Guy to Mr Not So Nice Guy Everyone’s wearing...
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Anti-invasion demonstrations in Nicosia (VIDEO)
A number of protests and other events were held in Nicosia on the evening of July 20, to mark the 43rd anniversary of the Turkish invasion – made all the more painful and poignant by the failure of the...
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Life’s not a day at the beach
Beating rivals half her own age is just the latest iteration of an endless appetite for hard work for Cyprus’ Flyboard leader finds THEO PANAYIDES Enough of the hustle and bustle; sometimes you just...
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Novelist enjoys getting lost in words
One writer has found the meaning of life here in Cyprus, which reflects her affinity with islands. THEO PANAYIDES meets her Edie Meidav brings out a notebook as I reach for my tape recorder: “I’ll take...
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Model, jeweller, rescue worker
Custom-designing rings for Johnny Depp and saving lives, THEO PANAYIDES meets a former male model scared of love Johnny Depp asked for a skull ring, says Marcus Platrides, founder and CEO of Etherial...
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