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People: Anger gone in meeting with Mercury prize winner Ms Dynamite

06 Culture: New book looks into life in a large Greek Cypriot family

17 21 Fashion: Paris style was brought to the catwalks this week

Whatson: String quartet promises a treat

Bad times will soon be over now beard is back It’s no coincidence that during periods of prosperity and creativity Britain was ruled over by hirsute males says DAN JONES

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f you’ve studied Ben Affleck’s career for more than five or six seconds, you’ll have noticed something striking. It’s all about the beard. Affleck’s progress from next big thing to actual big thing has taken 15 years: from Good Will Hunting in 1997, through a very long period in the Hollywood wilderness, before, at long last, his directorial triumph with Argo.

The crucial factor? Easy. Since last year and up to receiveing his Oscar Affleck has covered his face in a fi ne, luxurious beard. The correlation is undeniable. Youthful chin-strap: Chasing Amy. Baby-faced Bic boy: Gigli. Hint of beard: Gone Baby Gone. Full bearface: Argo, Baftas, Golden Globes and Oscar. You do the maths. Affleck is clear evidence that a beard is the key to success, power and public acclaim in the 21st century.

He is not the only one to have noticed. The Bafta, Grammy and Oscar red carpets fairly bristled with beards.

From Bradley Cooper to Hugh Jackman; from the blond one out of Mumford & Sons to all three brown-haired ones out of Mumford & Sons: everyone is sprouting. Where has this come from? Well, most immediately, beardwearing has broken out of the hipster ghetto. Walk around the trendiest district of any Western city today and you’ll see the same style. Short hair (or no hair), neck tattoos and a beard the size of a bee’s nest. I have observed this most noticeably in Los Angeles (which explains where Affleck got the idea).

Here, serious commitment demands completing the “Rasputin with a MacBook” look by losing a few teeth.

Now, everyone knows that hipsters are annoying and fatuous. But they are also creative and ambitious, scarily cool and certainly less of a force for social evil than, say, bankers. You don’t see many bankers with beards, which is probably one of the reasons why they managed to crash the world economy a few years back. (Although I should note that this trend may be about to change: City watchers know that since Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Bankfein returned from Davos he has been squeezing out a rather Clooneyish patch of salt-and-pepper fur on his lower jaw. There may be hope after all.)

But of course, like everything else, beard-wearing for success is not new.

Indeed, a bit of historical research tells us that the argument linking the size of your beard with your worth as a man has gone on for centuries. Some time during the middle of the 12th century a

Baftas and beards: Argo producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov and producer/director Ben Affleck writer named Burchardus, who was the Abbot of Bellevaux, wrote a long treatise in defence of beards. This rather went against the monastic wisdom of his age, which favoured shaving among the brethren, but his arguments were powerful and timeless.

The beard, wrote Burchardus, is a sign of God’s grace. It distinguishes man from woman, and is also a sign of male virility, energy and strength. Burchardus quotes a popular idiom of his day, uttered to describe a lusty young man: barbatus homo est. There’s a faint pun here, I think: the Latin can suggest “that guy’s beardy” but also “that guy is a beardy”. The facial hair is not just a signifier of manliness: it is the manliness. Today’s corresponding idiom would probably translate as barba femina est: “that girl’s a beard”.

Which suggests something a bit different, although I suppose a man’s perceived virility is still involved.

I have no doubt that Burchardus was on to something. If we look at the history of England since the Norman Conquest, there is a very strong correlation between general beardiness and national prosperity. Between 1066 and about 1400 most men had a beard, and aside from a few nasties - Black Death, Peasants’ Revolt, perpetual warfare, and so on - the realm developed pretty nicely. Then in the early 15th century Henry V, the greatest medieval warrior and certainly the paragon for kingship in his age, bucked the trend: his portrait shows him wearing his hair in a sort of under-clippered pudding bowl, but with cheeks and chin as smooth as an ostrich egg. This worked for Henry, most notably at Agincourt in 1415. But the trend he set was fatal.

Henry V’s successors Henry VI and Edward IV both appear in portraits with smooth chins, as do Richard III and Henry VII. What connects these four monarchs? They were the prin-

cipal antagonists in the Wars of the Roses, or as I am going to rechristen them in my new book, the Wars of the Rosy Cheeked Namby-Pambies. You will have noticed a total silence on the matter of beards from all the swiveleyed members of the Richard III Society who have been trying to rescue their hero’s reputation since it was confirmed that the skeleton dug up in Leicester was his. That is because while the case for baldyface Richard murdering the Princes in the Tower etc is at least debatable, the argument that he brought shame on the cleanshaven is emphatically not.

I had lunch this week with my friend Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, the distinguished Tudor historian, who tells me that this theory holds pretty well for the Tudor years. During the early 16th century, wearing a beard once again became a direct signifier of virility among laymen and godliness among Protestant churchmen - a form of proxy cock-waving on the face, if you like. Portrait research has shown that during the Tudor years – the crucible of the modernity - beard-wearing men outnumbered the clean-shaven by 10 to one. This pattern only changed during the mid-17th century, when everyone concentrated on their head-hair rather than their face-hair, and England collapsed back into disastrous civil war.

Coincidence? I think not.

Anyway, having said all this, I must now admit something terrible. I can’t grow a proper beard. I get a dense gingerish, pubey sprouting all over my jawline and neck and upper lip, but can cultivate no more than a few wispy wool-strands on my cheeks. It’s a source of some discomfort to know that this means I will probably never win a Bafta, run a bank or fit in at a party in Shoreditch. Do they do beard implants yet? If so, I’m first in line for an “Affleck”.

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THE DATING DIARIES: Maximilian’s fortnightly column on online dating

The tell tale signs of fraud O n average about 100 ladies per month attempted one way or another to get in touch through the dating site. My ‘partner in crime’ John, much younger than I, was interested in it mainly because he saw solid potential for erotic adventure. I had got into it to see if real and unselfish love and companionship was possible. So we divided the task of selecting, choosing and contacting the ladies involved. It may sound like the average man’s dream, but it isn’t. It becomes routine, even boring very quickly. Occasionally certain developments lighten up the whole procedure.

One applicant was a 30-yearold lady who called herself Meto and John was immediately interested. No way was I myself going to get involved with that age group. I remain surprised that many aspiring candidates showed total disregard for the indicated age range, with my preference being 42 and above and an absolute down limit of 37. As I have mentioned previously we even had one girl/lady of 19!

Meto’s pictures, I have to say, were quite stunning. She said she was half American half Canadian and had also lived in Australia.

John gave her his email and an intense correspondence ensued leading to full scale declarations of love. John was in heaven; showed me the correspondence as it unfolded and told me it confirmed his point that I should also try much harder. I felt uneasy about the affair. Firstly because I thoroughly dislike being shown, let alone to comment on romantic correspondence of others; it makes me feel like a peeping Tom. Secondly, I was still struggling with the entire purpose of the exercise. I was quite content

with my situation of bachelorship and the corresponding relative freedom and, arrogantly, wanted to be as selective as possible. Of the more than 200 applicants, just three had led to substantive correspondence, one of which was getting really interesting, one showing moderate promise and one very likely to lead to nothing and die a natural death.

It may have been presumptuous, but I was genuinely serious about it. Anyway, John got increasingly excited and, I have to say, their contact seemed to be developing ‘the right way’.

The letters were flowery, full of intent and desire. ‘I want to walk with you on the beach... We shall love each other and have our child...’ Wow! I thought. Just when I started to believe that John might indeed have hit the jackpot Meto sent a letter, the

end of which left us breathless.

‘We shall sleep together and every night we shall make love and then I shall kiss you on your lips and eyes send 250 dollars for my internet bill.’ No punctuation, no introduction to financial difficulties, no ‘please’, nothing; just a straightforward instruction to send money after a steamy declaration of carnal fulfi lment.

John did not wake up immediately; let alone being kissed on his lips. In my prickly arrogance I just let him get deeper into the mud. He flashed off another love letter and did not mention a word about the impromptu request for money, simply ignoring it. Meto’s reply was fast and quite romantic as usual. And again there it was, right at the end: ‘You are my one and true love send money to continue writing to you.’ This went on for another romantic letter.

Finally Meto seemed to get suspicious, because at the end of her last letter she added, again without any stop or punctuation, but with a spark of burgeoning fury: ‘aren’t you reading my letters I can’t go on with you if you are not sending money I am wasting my time’. There it was the tell-tale signal of attempted fraud. I was thoroughly fed up with the whole thing, but John insisted on a last try and proposed to Skype. We were in for a shock.

The lady on the other side, as I could see obliquely as John was sitting before the screen, did not even remotely resemble the pictures sent over the internet to John’s laptop. Also, she had these truly enormous, bulging eyes which reminded me of Gollum from the Lord of the Rings. The discussion was short; she looked at John, her face and her huge

greyish eyes so close to the webcam that it seemed as if the eyes would pop out of the computer screen, and said that she would need another $1,000 for this and another $1,000 for that. Then, to our amazement after one or two more instructions for money, she suddenly bent forward even more and hissed loudly, just like Gollum, with heavy emphasis on the s’es: ‘I am rapaciousssss, rapaciousssss, rapaciousssss’. She then switched off Skype. It was the end of the affair, and a lesson!

John was immensely relieved, but I was livid, despite the fact that Meto had obviously properly read my profi le which explicitly mentions my aversion to rapacious ladies. Anyway, I decided to limit contacts even more and for once John agreed. This whole adventure was simply getting derailed and out of hand.

CY losses double

Fan donates pension

Vulture scientists meet

DISY members were sworn into parliament this week to fi ll President Nicos Anastasiades’ seat in the House and those of other MPs who were made ministers last week.

Andreas Pitsillides replaces Ioannis Kasoulides in Brussels as MEP after the latter was made foreign minister. Aristotelis Misos replaces Communications Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos as a Larnaca district MP. Maria Kyriakou, Nikos Nourris, Rikkos Mappourides and Prodromos Prodromou replace Labour Minister Haris Georgiades, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou, government spokesman Christos Stylianides and new MEP Andreas Pitsillides in the Nicosia district. Andreas Themistocleous takes over from Anastasiades as MP for Limassol.

Mappourides expressed his happiness at being given the opportunity to contribute to his country.

million euro losses were recorded by national carrier Cyprus Airways for 2012, more than double those of the previous year as the airline was hit by falling passenger figures and freight earnings.

The airline, which is majority owned by the Cypriot state, posted a 17.6 per cent drop in total revenue to €175.5 million. Its net loss in 2011 was €23.9 million.

“This considerable decrease in revenue was mainly attributed to the reduction in passenger and freight revenue,” the airline said. “The number of seats available for sale was reduced as a result of our abandoning unprofitable routes and the limited demand due to the economic downturn and intensifying competition.”

The carrier said it expected the coming year to be challenging because of an economic downturn in its main markets, Cyprus and Greece.

euro or a full month’s pension was this week handed over to Omonia Football Club by a WWII veteran keen to help his team collect €5 million in order to meet UEFA Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.

Omonia president, Stelios Mylonas, confi rmed rumours that the club, which is a total of €17 million in debt, needs to collect €5 million by March 31 or risk sanctions from UEFA for not meeting the FFP regulations over clubs getting into excessive debt.

UEFA has set up an independent panel, the Club Financial Control Board (CFCB) to assess if clubs have broken the FFP rules. Between December 2013 and April 2014 the CFCB will advise clubs of the outcome of their assessment and any punishments. The most serious punishment would be a ban from UEFA competition.

scientists met in Limassol this week as part of ongoing efforts to protect Griffon vultures on the island.

The international conference they are attending starts today and will continue until Friday at the Elias Beach Hotel in Limassol. The conference has been organised by BirdLife Cyprus, as part of an ongoing project to increase the population of Griffon vultures on the island.

The scientists will compare best practices on how to monitor and keep a record of numbers of Griffon Vultures.

They will also help form a plan and protocol for their protection.

Birdlife’s GYPAS Griffon protection project started in September 2011 and is a 24 month programme. It imported five Griffon Vultures from Crete on January 31, bringing the total number of the population up to eleven.

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Nearly middle-aged

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’m getting a little nervous. It’s 1.30am on a Friday and I’m at Club Nuovo in Nicosia, where Ms. Dynamite is due to go onstage at 2 o’clock. I’ve had time to gape at the densely-packed throng of clubbers, and to note that dress code for the girls seems to involve very tight, very short shorts – one girl is wearing little more than bikini top and shorts, as if heading for a day at the beach – while dress code for the boys involves throwing on the fi rst available T-shirt plus a pair of old jeans (the operative word here is ‘casual’). Many appear to be regulars; there’s a lot of greeting and high-fiving, and I see a girl kicking playfully at the calves of a barman carrying a tray of drinks (he looks at her, and nods professionally). Music pounds, a constant backbeat. I don’t have time to note more, however, because I’m ushered to an office at the back to wait for the star attraction: specially flown in for one night only, Ms. Dynamite herself.

This is where I start getting nervous. Partly it’s the music, a low rumble emanating from the club outside; I can feel the pounding in my belly, a vague uneasy feeling like builders drilling in the street outside your house. Partly it’s the fact that it’s going to be a very rushed interview (there’s no other way: she arrived from the UK this evening, and fl ies out in the morning). Mostly, howevs small er, it’s the office itself, which is and rather dingy.

After about five minutes, someit: tanone comes in with a tray of fruit: gerines, apples and bananas.. They place the tray on a table, then depart. rn with Three minutes later they return a bottle of vodka in a bucket of ice, uit. It and put it down next to the fruit. suddenly occurs to me that Ms.. Dyning namite – a Mercury Prize-winning d’ve rapper and R&B artist – would’ve demanded certain perks in her fice dressing room, if this drab offi om. can be called a dressing room. cause Clearly, the fruit is here because he isn’t she asked for fruit. What if she omehappy? What if she wanted something more exotic, like kiwis and ws papayas? What if she throws a fit, and refuses to talk? I s glance at old leaflets in a glass case, to take my mind off this scenario – then turn around as four people walk into the room, one of them a smallish young woman, another a DJ named Stefanos who shakes my hand and says: “This is Niomi”.

Niomi who? Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley, a.k.a. Ms. Dynamite – born in Archway, North London on Aprill 26, 1981 to a Jamaican fatherr dand a Scottish mother, accordring to Wikipedia. She’s weart, ing a camouflage Army jacket,

THEO PANAYIDES meets Ms Dynamite and finds the anger gone, replaced by a lively woman who as the oldest of 12 siblings is now centred on her own son

a scarf, a large pair of earrings and Doc Martens in a shade of shocking pink. “Hi, nice to meet you,” she says – and I instantly know that a tantrum over fruit is about as likely as the MC outside (we can hear him, hyping up the crowd) launching into Beethoven’s Ninth. Her gaze is steady and polite, with no trace of diva. It doesn’t even look like the keen, ‘happy to be here’ expression pop stars put on when in PR mode; she looks wryly amused, as if unwinding with a distant but congenial acquaintance after a long day.

She speaks slowly, but not in the drawn-out slangy way of the cool London chick – more like a big rock trundling slowly down a country road, taking its time en route to an inevitable destination. She seems, in a word, well-adjusted.

Didn’t she used to be angry,

though? “Yeah, I defi nitely was a very angry teenager,” she drawls affably. “Yeah, defi nitely”. I want to ask, for instance, about her arrest in 2006, “after a brawl in which she punched a male police officer in the face whilst in custody,” to quote Wikipedia again. I want to ask why, having won the Mercury Prize (probably the most prestigious British music award) in 2002 for her debut album A Little Deeper, she donated the £20,000 prize to charity – and why, out of all possible charities, she chose the NSPCC, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Did it have anything to do with her own childhood, growing up as the eldest of 12 children?

And of course I want to ask about songs like ‘Father’ (from her second album, Judgement Days), where she railed against her absent dad in lyr-

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ics like the following: “I spent 23 years trying to be the f***ing man you should be “taking care of your responsibility “putting clothes on our back and shoes on our feet. No help, “but you always had your bag of weed.

“Where were you at 12, 13, 14 and 15, when life was unliveable?”

Was life really so unliveable?

Give us the short version of your childhood, I suggest, mindful of the ticking clock – but she laughs out loud, a rich peal of delighted laughter. “There’s not really a short version,” she replies gently, and a tall man sitting next to her (I never fi nd out if he’s friend, partner or manager) shakes his head. Clearly, a lot of things happened – all the things you might expect in a family with 12 kids in a gritty part of North London with a deadbeat, weed-smoking dad.

Even then, however, Niomi seems to have been quite responsible (the eldest child often is). It’s true she left home at 15, but not because she was wild. What was her plan at the time?

“Really just to pass my exams, to be honest with you.” Music came later, when she started MCing in clubs as an easy way to make money.

So why did she leave home?

“More for growth,” she replies.

“To put it bluntly, at 15 I was very mature, and my mum was a very strongminded woman – and I thought I was a woman, and she said ‘You have to live by my rules’ so I said ‘OK, I won’t live here then’.”

She was obviously street-smart – “A little girl with a blade,” she calls herself in ‘Father’ – and enraged (“I spent my every second blazing”), but channelled that rage into her music.

Success came early; she was only 21 when she won the Mercury. That’s where it gets complicated, though, because she did something unexpected: having been feted by the music industry, she turned her back on it. She had a son (now nine years old) and “focused on being a mum”.

About seven years ago – around the time of that aforementioned arrest – Niomi took a break from music and is only now starting to come back, mostly as a ‘featured artist’ on other people’s club hits.

Has celebrity gotten in the way of motherhood?

“Never. Never.” Very occasionally, when she and her son are eating out or whatever, she might get recognised – but “I’ve shielded him,” she asserts. “I took all the time off that I did from music because I wanted to dedicate and devote myself to being a mum. I was lucky enough to be able to fi nancially support myself for that period – but, you know, within that time obviously my career died down”.

Does she regret it, then?

“Not at all. No way. Not for a second, I wouldn’t change it for anything.”

So what’s she been doing for the past seven years?

“Raising my son.”

Yeah, but what does she do all day?

She sighs in mock-exasperation (or perhaps real exasperation): “Raise my son! Do you have any children?” I shake my head. “OK, then I understand why you’d ask that question.”

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Clearly, a lot of things happened – all the things you might expect in a family with 12 kids in a gritty part of North London with a deadbeat, weed-smoking dad

But isn’t he at school half the day?

“To raise my son, for me,” she replies patiently, “means that when he’s there he has my full attention, he has my energy, he has me 100 per cent.

And during those hours that he’s at school there’s washing, there’s ironing, there’s cooking…”

‘You do all that yourself?’ I ask, startled by the incongruity of a world-famous R&B star in a housewife’s apron.

“I do all of it. Why would I not?”

Well, you know… Most women might prefer not to do housework, given the choice.

“I’m not most women. And I think that’s a bit of a generalisation.”

Not just women, I add quickly; most people. After all, housework is a chore – isn’t it?

“D’you know what,” she replies in her slow unhurried way, “that totally depends on the individual. To be honest, I love doing housework. I take pride, you know? It’s my home.

I make the mess, so…” She pauses, having thought of something else: “It’s also teaching my son values. I want him to grow up as an independent man who knows how to cook.

He knows how to wash dishes, how to do his own washing, he knows how to separate the colours from the whites and whatnot. He needs to know life skills, I guess – and these are life skills for how to survive.”

It makes perfect sense, of course.

Growing up tough in North London needed one set of life skills, raising a child invokes another set – but the

person’s the same in both cases, a no-nonsense woman who’ll devote herself to the task at hand. And there’s something else: anyone who grew up with 11 siblings – the chaos of all those kids running back and forth – might seek the opposite for her own child, a stable household where he has her undivided attention at all times, hence perhaps implicitly redeeming her own troubled childhood.

I watch her later at the show, after the MC calls on the pumped-up crowd to “give me a ‘Ms. Dy-na-mitee’” (a reference to her best-known song). “Ladies, how you feelin’?” she calls cheerily, working the crowd, then “Guys, how you feelin’?” There’s no edge, nor is she trying for one. Her new songs, like 2011’s ‘Neva Soft’, are quite unlike her old stuff, jangly club hits with poppy lyrics – “all about the vibe and the party,” she admits, adding however that they’re mostly written for collaborations with other artists. Her own album, if and when it arrives, will be more personal, though “I still want it to feel good”.

So what happened to all that youthful anger?

“I got over it,” she smiles. “Life’s too short”.

How? Through her music?

“Through music, through life.

Through my son. Through learning”.

She’s had counselling, and found out about herself. “The thing in society is that people are ashamed,” she says.

“People are ashamed of the things they go through, the things they feel, or the things that they do – and noone really stops and takes a minute to tell them that it’s OK, we’re all learning together. We all make mistakes, or learn lessons. But we live in a very kind of judgemental society, so people don’t think it’s okay to make mistakes, or to be angry”.

Mistakes like her arrest in 2006?

Niomi doesn’t seem unhappy at the question – but the tall man speaks up for the fi rst time, quietly suggesting that it may be best not to talk about that. I decide not to press the point – partly because there’s no time but also because it’s clear that, whatever demons she was facing at the time, she knows how to handle them now.

That was a whole other life.

So what does she do for fun nowadays? She laughs again: “We’re in a club! I’m about to perform onstage!”

Yeah, but that’s work, I point out – but she shakes her head. “My life is fun. Everything about my life is fun.

Being a mum means I’m constantly allowed to connect with my inner child, whilst with my son. I’m the biggest,” she pauses slyly, “nearlymiddle-aged teenager!” Nearly middle-aged? At 31? That’s a mum talking.

Someone’s knocking at the door.

She still has to take photos and do a video jingle – “What’s up people, this is Ms. Dynamite, we’re at Nuovo Fridays. Make sure you keep it locked!”

– before the show. “Thank you, lovely to meet you,” she trills as I turn off my tape recorder – then gives a little wave as she walks out to the mad throng of clubbers, along with the kind of grimace you might see on a 12-year-old girl heading out to her fi rst proper party, an excited little shudder that says, unmistakably: ‘Wish me luck!’. Not what I expected, for sure.

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Talks restart

UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer was in Cyprus this week to prepare the ground ahead of upcoming meetings with the two leaders, where he hopes to clear a path towards the restart of peace talks following last month’s presidential election. At least it would give us something to talk about apart from the crisis.

Sex abuse law Aiming to target sexual abuse and repeat offences by those closest to children, Nicosia AKEL deputy Irene Charalambidou has proposed life imprisonment and stricter checks on paedophiles. She said it was high time a constructive discussion was started – absolutely right.

New blood Six DISY members were sworn into parliament to fill President Nicos Anastasiades’ seat in the House and those of other MPs who were made ministers last week.

New blood part II Yiannis Karousos, a 34-year-old municipal councillor of seven years and member of various local committees, was officially proclaimed Ayia Napa mayor this week.

Omonia donation A World War II veteran and pensioner handed his €500 monthly pension over to Omonia Football Club on Wednesday in a bid to help his beloved team collect €5 million to meet UEFA Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. Such solidarity should surely be recognised.

Church speaks out The Holy Synod, which said it opposed draft legislation which regulates cremation and allows civil partnerships, and seemed to hint strongly it still upheld a mediaeval objection to the attendance in church of menstruating women.

Confidence worry Finance Minister Michalis Sarris implicitly r rejected a suggestion by the Central Bank chief Panicos Demetriades (left) that a levy be imposed on earnings from bank deposits, saying such a move might hurt confidence in the banking system.

APOEL fans vent Extensive damage was caused to the fountain at the roundabout by Larnaca port by APOEL supporters just before their team was due to play local team AEK at the GSZ stadium on Sunday, police said.

It’s been said before but surely there must be a better way.

06 FEATURE

Available at Herne’s book store in Coral Bay Paphos, Moufflon bookshop in Nicosia, Steni museum seum in Polis and as a Kindle download at amazon.co.uk, http://www. elenademet.blogspot.com/ blogspot.com/

In a new book one Paphos-based woman gives an insight into life within a large Greek Cypriot family. BEJAY BROWNE meets her

Village bread, olive oil and a grandmother’s blessing V

illage Bread, Olive Oil and a Grandmother’s Blessings is an entertaining look at Cypriot family life and the first book by Elena Demetriou - personal family events, honest observations and a wealth of Cyprus tradition draw the reader in.

This unusual offering draws the reader into life in a large Cypriot family, by combining honest memoirs, Cypriot traditions, stunning photos and the icing on the cake - a fi nal chapter full of easy to make favourite family recipes. This allows the reader to create the tastes and smells of traditional Cyprus in their home, wherever that may be.

Elena was born in Lysos, a small Paphos village, and immigrated to South Africa with her parents at the age of six. She adapted to life in a new country, which involved a traditional Greek Cypriot upbringing.

She qualified as a dental surgeon in South Africa and moved back to Paphos where she now runs a practice.

Amfi“One dromo evening I was looking at some old photos of my parents’ wedding. They got married in Lysos and had a very traditional wedding which you don’t really see any more unfortunately. They shaved the groom, prepared the bride, the mattress and so on. There are some fantastic photos where they were throwing the money on to the mattress and people were dancing with it,” says Elena, now married herself.

“They are such beautiful photos and I was looking at them and I thought I feel like sharing them. So I decided to write a book.” She adds: “my husband also takes a lot of beautiful photos of Cyprus and I felt like sharing them.”

Elena is proud of her Greek-Cypriot heritage, and says there are three things you should fi nd in every Greek-Cypriot home: fresh village bread, virgin olive oil and at least one faithful yiayia - a grandmother who constantly prays and gives everyone her blessings. She says that she wishes every child in this world could grow up with these things.

The first time author lists her main passions as reading, writing, cooking and eating home made food. She loves spending time with her large family, traveling and sharing her Greek Cypriot culture with the world.

“Some parts of this book are quite personal,” she admits. “I tried not to write anything too negative but it is a memoir so you have to be truthful to yourself. Life is full of good times and some bad times, it’s how you deal

Elena with her yiayia Theodora

With yiayia Charitou

with them that matters and what you keep in your mind.”

Elena is a passionate person, soaking up new experiences and living life to the full. She says she wants to see “as much of the world as possible” and admits to possessing the travel bug. Her travels have so far taken her to Egypt, Israel, Dubai, Seychelles, Greece, the Greek Islands, England, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Australia.

Chapter 7 of the book is dedicated to these travels - a realisation of her childhood dreams. “When you live in a tiny town on a small island, you have to travel to realise how insignificant a human being is in this big, wide world.”

Elena wrote Village Bread two years ago and said that with every year that goes by she feels wiser. “I learn more and I want to share more, so I use my blogspot to write about more recent things. I also have a facebook page.”

“I’m modern but deep down I’m still traditional, I come from a loving family who stick together. When I told them all I was writing a book, I don’t think they took it seriously but now they’re proud of me.

“I would like to write another book, my second book might be a little bit different to this one, I have a lot of ideas already.”

Food is a passion of Elena’s and features strongly in the book, not only in the recipes at the end but references are made throughout. It’s a

welcome relief to meet a woman who openly loves food, enjoys making it and relishes eating it. “Food is mentioned in the book because I’m one of the few women I know who has eaten almost everything and because food has fi lled my mind (and my expanding stomach) with pleasant, everlasting memories. May all the children of Cyprus cherish and preserve our traditions.”

A few of the author’s favourite

‘There are some fantastic photos where they were throwing the money on to the mattress and people were dancing with it’

family recipes featured in the final chapter sound delicious, such as Trachana soup, Granny Theodora’s village bread, Aunt Despo’s mousaka, Rena’s drunk chicken, Aunt Maria’s carrot cake and Uncle Theo’s chocolate cake.

“If you follow the recipes, the dishes are easy to make,” she said.

The picture on the front cover which depicts two elderly white haired women in traditional garb with a young baby between them was taken with Elena’s camera on her mobile phone. “I love this picture. It was one of those special moments, so I whipped my phone out to capture it. My nephew is with my grandmother and his father’s grandmother. The two great grandmothers are both wearing traditional black clothes and have white hair. I used one of my husband’s photos of an old Cypriot door in the background. I really love the photo.”

If you love Cyprus, its food and traditions and you enjoy a good read Village bread, olive oil and a Grandmother’s blessings is well worth a read.

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The Dhekelia Thrift Shop welcomes donations of items in good condition. Those wishing to volunteer their time or sell their items can call 24 744 723 to find out more. The thrift shop is open on Wednesday and Friday from 8.30 to 11am

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Photos Christos Theodorides

Grab a bargain and make some cash The thrift shop on Dhekelia base hands proceeds from sales back to sellers as well as supporting local charities. ALIX NORMAN rifles through the packed shelves

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uch like tea and Marmite, it seems the British take their thrift shops with them wherever they travel. I’ve visited at least five on the island, from the Saturday morning jaunt at St Paul’s to PAWS charity shop in the Paphos district. But my favourite has always been on the Dhekelia British Base, tucked away down a turning just before the famous fish and chip shop.

It’s a half past ten on a Friday morning when I arrive, and the doors have been open since 8.30 so the place is heaving. Much like the Tardis, the shop seems bigger on the inside: there’s not an inch of space that goes unused, from racks of jewellery under a window to artwork hung below the counter. Even the covered patio has been pressed into service: boxes of DVDs and crockery sit below racks of discount garments, crowded tables groan beneath windowsill shoe racks.

If I give the impression of a chaos, let me set the story straight: there’s a distinct method to the madness, a sense of diligent organisation taking place behind the scenes. There has to be, as this retail establishment is not merely a shopping haven, it’s a seller’s paradise too, a place where the customers can turn a tidy profit from selling items they no longer need. Every one of the thousands of items is neatly ticketed with price, size and seller - buy an item and 80 per cent of the sale goes back to the vendor. “Every little helps these days,” says one persistent purveyor.

“I make enough to cover the costs of bread and milk for my whole family.”

As well as selling customers’ wares, the shop also accepts donations; if you’d like to contribute unwanted items, you can be sure 100 per cent of the sale will go to charity. The shop benefits numerous local schools, ploughing the profits back into the community wherever possible.

In print, it sounds fairly simple.

In practice, it takes a team of 30 – and one fearless leader - to keep the system ticking over with such efficiency. Led by the Pat Palmer, the motley crew of patient volunteers happily donate hours of their time: a back-office team of 12 take in items for sale, three or four man the counter and several assistants keep an eye on the wares - I spot at least two

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darting through the racks.

One of these is Lucy, a volunteer who loves lending a hand in the shop because “you get to meet people of all different nationalities and have a good old chat.” Next to us, a tall blonde is rifl ing through the racks. “I have a new job, and I need black shoes!” she cries, posing in front of the mirror. This is Irina, who’s a regular – both in terms of buying and selling. “I’m always here,” she tells me. “This shop is very useful, the quality is excellent.”

Amy - a young mum combining retail therapy with a seaside outing for her son - agrees: “Everything is checked fi rst, so you know you’re going to get quality items for a good price. It’s ideal when you’ve got kids because they grow out of stuff so quickly, and Scott loves the soft

The shop benefits local schools, ploughing the profits back into the community wherever possible toys.” In the book-lined corridor I recommend Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything to an Irish couple in search of holiday reads, and fall into conversation with Jim, an English School teacher who is looking for literary value for money.

Everyone I speak to praises the quality and organisation, which largely result – I discover – from the dictates of Pat. Pat is an absolutely-no-nonsense north Englander with a heart of gold; chatting to her I can see why customers adore her and staff willingly go the extra mile. Modest to a fault, I’m sure I embarrass her by noticing the two certificates tucked away in a corner of the back office. One reads: “Awarded to Pat Palmer in appreciation of her distinguished service to the British Forces of Cyprus” and the other honours both Pat and her husband Brian for their “outstanding support” of Dhekelia Station.

“Brian’s my rock,” Pat says with pride, introducing me to a smiling gentleman sitting in the corner.

Though it’s Pat who fronts the operation, it’s Brian who spends hours calculating the customers’ profits: “My trusty husband takes all the tickets home and diligently works out 80 per cent of every single sale!” Pat says.

The couple’s selfless exertions

don’t just start and end with opening hours: often arriving at 5.30 to set up, there’s rarely a day when Pat’s not in the shop, tidying, organising and strategising. Behind the desk the shelves buckle with fi les, and she explains how the process works, illustrating the point with countless folders. My head spins in an effort to understand; I have no idea how any one person can keep track of the data – it’s like the inner workings of the Pentagon, only more efficient and certainly bringing more joy!

Here’s a place that makes everyone happy: sellers make a decent income, buyers get value for money, volunteers have fun and - most importantly - the local community benefits hugely. There’s no downside to the business – well, except for Pat’s working hours, but she’s not complaining: “It’s so enjoyable, I really do love it,” she concludes with characteristic optimism.

Pop along and lend your support to Pat and her team, and you’ll be sure to snap up a good deal. For less than €15 I left with a Bodum coffee fi lter, a brand new tennis dress and armfuls of books. Irina leaves with a pair of Italian leather courts. The Irish couple buy the Bill Bryson.

Scott is thrilled with his new toys. I bet we’ll all be back on Wednesday.

08 TRAVEL

SMALL WONDER It’s all happening in Ecuador: as President Correa is re-elected and a new international airport opens, RASHID RAZAQ explores the capital, Quito, the Galapagos Islands and a stunning new rainforest eco lodge

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SSUMING Julian Assange doesn’t succeed in his bid to become an Australian senator and is welcomed back with open arms, there is still one place he can call home - if he ever manages to make it there. Think Ecuador, Think Assange is a tough sell to tourists whether you think the WikiLeaks founder is a latter day Che Guevara ensnared in a CIA honeytrap or just a super-geek. It would certainly be a remarkable feat if Assange can slip past the bobbies in London to get to see the South American boobies.

Shore thing: a marine iguana on Bartolome Island

But it is also perhaps unfortunate that Ecuador has now become synonymous with the world’s most famous whistleblower because of freshly re-elected President Rafael Correa’s asylum offer as almost every Ecuadorian I met couldn’t give a flying tortoise about the Australian.

Waiting to meet me in arrivals in Quito was a guide from Metropolitan Touring, one of the biggest travel operators in Latin America and popular with English-speaking tourists. My destination was Casa Gangotena, a recently refurbished 1920s mansion, once owned by a wealthy local family, now transformed into a three-storey boutique hotel overlooking Plaza San Francisco in the Old Town, the historic centre of the city. As you read this, the new $600 million airport 11 miles east of Quito will have opened.

It looks set to transform international flying options to Ecuador but access roads to the new site at Tababela are still unfi nished, so what you’d think might be a short drive to the Old Town will still probably take

more than an hour.

Your welcome drink at Casa Gangotena is a special concoction, Agua de Frescos - pink, fruity and refreshing. There’s no alcohol in it but 11 different herbs and it’s a great thirstquencher. The Art Nouveau hotel has 31 rooms, with the ones facing the San Francisco Church and the cobbled courtyard in front of it giving you spectacular views of the world’s highest capital city (9,350ft above sea level) and the Andes mountains.

The next morning it was back to Quito airport for a two-hour fl ight to the Galapagos Islands. A trip to this haven for wildlife is, of course, considered a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Charles Darwin was only on the islands for five weeks and yet curiously seemed to have spent more time eating tortoises than observing them. The father of evolution also remarked in his journals how easy it was to catch the “stupid” native birds because you could just walk up to them and whack them over the head with a stick. He only realised years

The monastery of San Francisco in Quito's historical centre

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09 Increasing numbers are willin g to go abroad for an operation

The eco friendly Mashpi Lodge

later that the birds had never evolved the fl ight or fright instinct because they’d never been exposed to predators. So I thought I was merely following in Darwin’s footsteps when I asked our guide whether a red-footed booby would taste any different from a blue-footed booby. Cue a deafening silence from the rest of the group.

The only way to see the cluster of islands is by boat. You can spend a few days or several weeks island hopping. They’re not pretty as such but enormously diverse. One minute you’re walking over black molten rock on what looks like the far side of the moon and on the next island it is all lush green rolling hills with tortoises. I was staying aboard the La Pinta yacht, which has every modcon conceivable, including a doctor, gym, library and a knowledgeable and charming team of naturalists

Charles Darwin was only on the islands for five weeks and yet curiously seemed to have spent more time eating tortoises than observing them to make it the most comfortable science lesson you’ve ever had.

Once I was safely back on the mainland, I was given a food tour of Quito’s Old Town by Casa Gangotena’s assistant chef, Andres Yeardley. Walking through the warren of streets you get a sense of the blending together of colonial and indigenous cultures through the melting pot of food, from ceviche to colaciones (roasted peanut). Ecuadorean cuisine really has to be experienced first-hand. And although I was dubious about being asked to drop my trousers in the middle of a food hall, the machete wielding herbalist Rosa Mercedes did manage to cure my infected insect bite with some stinging nettles and an aloe vera plant.

My last two days were spent at the Mashpi Lodge 3,000ft up in the cloud forest, three hours west of Quito. To call it a lodge doesn’t even come close. Designed by Ecuadorian architect Alfredo Ribadeneira, with 22 rooms and suites decked out with Philippe Starck designed bath tubs, it is a five-star glass spaceship that looks like it’s come from the future and landed in the middle of a nature reserve.

Don’t worry. It has impeccable eco-friendly credentials and a team of experts who are helping to chart the thousands of different species that inhabit the forest. The views are breathtaking. If I were Assange I would forget that dingy embassy in London’s Knightsbridge and head to Mashpi.

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BA offers celebrate improved summer schedule and move to Terminal 5

Medical tourism offers travel companies untapped growth A dentist’s office may not be everyone’s idea of a perfect holiday destination. But a growing number of Europeans are travelling abroad for medical treatment to save money, or maybe to combine a visit to the doctor with some sightseeing, creating a fast-growing market that is still largely untapped by traditional tour operators.

“It was simply cheaper for me to go to a dentist in Hungary,” said a 42-year-old physical therapist from Berlin, who did not want to give his name.

He chose the clinic near Budapest from an internet advertisement, enticed by hundreds of euros in savings compared with the same treatment in Germany. He was happy to find when he got there that the clinic was clean, the staff competent and the work thorough.

Greater efforts by clinics to lure customers from abroad for procedures are creating new opportunities for tour operators looking to expand into faster-growing markets.

Helmut Wachowiak, a

professor at the International University of Applied Sciences at Bad Honnef in Germany, says the global medical tourism market is worth $40 billion to $60 billion and is growing at about 20 per cent per year.

“The medical tourism market is still very much passing by traditional tourism, though it is increasingly recognised as an opportunity for the travel industry,” said Wachowiak, an expert on tourism management.

People travel abroad for medical treatment for various reasons: it’s cheaper, they face a long wait at home, or the treatment they want is not available in their own country.

Robert MacLaren, professor of ophthalmology at the University of Oxford, said some patients who have immigrated may prefer to return to be close to their families when they undergo surgery.

“People will want to take the opportunity to seek treatment in places where it might be cheaper and where they have relatives who might be

able to look after them. I’m seeing that especially with younger people from eastern Europe,” he said.

Some countries such as Germany market themselves as a destination for medical tourism.

According to the German National Tourist Board, about 77,000 foreign patients were treated in the country in 2010, spending €930 million.

They came mostly from other European countries, Russia, Gulf states or the US. A survey by consultancy IPK International has shown that three to four per cent of the world’s population travels to foreign countries for medical treatment, and as many as 52 per cent of Europeans say they could imagine doing so.

By comparison, overall international tourism grew by four per cent in 2012, according to the UN World Tourism Organisation.

Staedele said the combination of an ageing population and growing acceptance of medical treatments abroad will bolster growth in coming years.

New cruise brochure from Let’s Go Cruises by Amathus Let’s Go Cruises by Amathus has released its new brochure Luxury Cruises 2013 and announces impressive itineraries with the leading cruise companies in the world: NCL Cruises, Costa Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur Cruises and TUI Cruises.

In the brochure you will fi nd cruises to the most popular destinations in the Mediterranean, the Baltic, the Adriatic Sea, Norwegian Fjords, the Caribbean, the Far East and Alaska at really affordable prices.

For the second consecutive year, Let’s Go Cruises by Amathus gives you the opportunity to experience luxury with embarkation from Limassol on board the stunning Costa Mediterranea for a cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean. Travel to the beautiful islands of Greece, Rhodes, Santorini and Crete, Alanya and Haifa and live unforgettable moments. Prices start from €459 for an 8-day cruise on full board and all taxes included.

Also, 8-day All Inclusive cruises starting from only €779, with the Zenith of Pullmantur Cruises for the months of July and August from Piraeus to the Greek islands, Izmir and Istanbul and the popular route of the Western Mediterranean from Malta with the amazing Costa Favolosa.

Impressive routes in the Adriatic with Costa Magica from Piraeus, the Mediterranean with Norwegian Epic from Barcelona or Rome and the Baltic Sea with Norwegian Star and more!

If you wish to travel to the Caribbean on the world’s largest cruise ship, then get ready for a cruise with Oasis of the Seas of Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Plan well in advance and enjoy special offers and early booking discounts of up to €400 per cabin.

Contact Let’s Go Cruises by Amathus offices on 22-716390 or visit www.amathusetravel.com

Going to London for a weekend escape and connecting to key destinations becomes even easier with British Airways’ new summer schedule and move to its exclusive home in London Heathrow, Terminal 5! From April 2013, British Airways fl ights from Larnaca to London Heathrow will be departing daily at 11:05am, reaching London Heathrow at 14:05 (compared to early afternoon as at present) and departing from London Heathrow at 22:35, reaching Larnaca at 5:05am. Along with the new summer schedule, fl ights from Larnaca will move from Heathrow’s Terminal 3, to one of the most praised terminals in the world and British Airways’ exclusive home, Terminal 5.

To celebrate the new summer schedule and move to Terminal 5, from April 1 to June 30 travellers from Cyprus will have the opportunity to travel from Larnaca to London Heathrow for only €240 return and €109 one way, including airport taxes and fees.

During the same period, travellers can take advantage of the following great offers for return fl ights from Larnaca to long-haul destinations in the North Atlantic, flying with British Airways, Iberia, American Airlines.

The selling period for these special offers is up to March 10.

For reservations, go to ba.com or call the new British Airways’ Call Centre on 80092556

Southern US cities best value vacation destinations Four southern US cities ranked as the best value destinations for savvy travellers looking to get the most for their money during a vacation, according to a report released this week.

Orlando, Florida, which scored points for low prices, topped the list for the second consecutive year, followed by Atlanta, where discounts abound.

Tampa, Florida, jumped three places from last year’s ranking to take the No. 3 spot, pushing DallasFort Worth down to fourth place.

“We all have travel budgets; it’s just a question of how that matches up with the types of vacations we want to take,” Clem Bason, president of the Hotwire Group, which compiled the report released by hotwire. com, said in a statement.

The discount travel website rated 50 vacation areas across the country on low prices and discounts for air travel, hotels and cars and affordable entertainment options.

Phoenix, which placed fi fth, had the best marks for entertainment, while Raleigh and Charlotte, both in North Carolina, placed sixth and seventh with high scores for their low prices and discounts.

Houston, St Louis in Missouri and Sacramento, California, completed the top 10.

10 FOOD & DRINK WINES with George Kassianos

The wines of Albert Bichot

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he Columbia Steak house is in the heart of Limassol’s old town. Stylish and modern, it looked very bright as I passed by trying to reach the entrance. In my hand, the Albert Bichot menu - it was a Burgundy night at Columbia.

The restaurant itself was so unlike the ones in the region - I could never forget Le Bougainville, without a doubt the best restaurant in Vezelay. I’ve eaten there a couple of times - local ingredients and familiar Burgundian fare but cooked with great flair and attention to detail.

My starter, tarte a l’epoisses, was excellent, unforgettable. The boeuf bourguignon had been simmering for hours - it melted on the tongue.

There was also a fabulous cheese board with dozens (yes, dozens!) of local cheeses. All at very reasonable prices.

Yet, the menu today looked unlike the Burgundians I have tried, but thank the Lord, not the wine.

Chef Yiannis Politis and Sommelier George Loukakis cooked and matched the wines for this fourcourse occasion. But fi rst who is Albert Bichot?

Maison Albert Bichot is one of these legendary Negoce Houses of Burgundy. Over two centuries they have accumulated intricate complexity and expertise. The word Negoce itself has evolved over the years from mere wholesale dealers – they just bought already-vinified wine and stored them a bit before fi nding customers. These were the times the wooden casks weren’t thought of as an oenological tool but were the basic containers for the storage and transport of wine. Things have now changed, the Bichot family vinifies most of the wine sold under their label (90 per cent), be it from their own grapes or purchased ones, and when they vinify grapes from contracted vineyards, they have the viticulture practices there checked as if they owned the vineyard.

Back in the 18th or 19th century, these Negoce Houses were the only link allowing the wine amateur

Bottles from Burgundy perfectly matched during an evening at the Columbia Steak House from, say, Paris, London or Antwerp to have access to quality wines year after year, because there was no direct shipping from individual vignerons to begin with.

And off to the fi rst glass of the sparkling wine of the evening an N/V Albert Bichot Crémant de Bourgogne, Brut Réserve, Beaune, Abv 12%, €15. Here they tend their hands to a sparkling wine from the greater Burgundy appellation with astonishing success. Crisp and lithe on the palate with amazing accents of citrus and grapefruit, flowers and butter too. A nice level of mousse and focused effervescence make this quality French sparkling perfect for all occasions.

And then we move north to a 2011 Chablis AOC, Abv 13%, €18. Straw yellow in colour, this white boasts an intense nose exuding floral, fruity and mineral aromas. This mediumbodied wine expresses refreshing acidity and offers a broad texture.

It also unveils a medium mouth feel that leads into a medium fi nish. A Japanese fi rst course accompanied the wine – a Tuna Tataki, with red basil and lemon grass salad, Wakame and Wasabi glaze and black sesame seeds. Tuna flavours worked well with Chablis minerality, the ginger influenced Tataki with the floral and fruit flavours and the red basil and lemon grass along with its mineral and acid character.

The most easterly of the seven climats of the Chablis Grand Cru appellation followed the dinner expertly matched with Salmon Risotto and lemon confit. The 2010 Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots of Domaine Long-Depaquit, Maison Albert Bichot, Abv 12.5%, €54 has a beautiful bright yellow robe with golden green

First wine from Pitt and Jolie's French vineyard hits web

reflections. Les Blanchots is remarkably elegant. This Chablis reached extreme ripeness, yet the fruit’s structural integrity has seemed only to intensify. The nose is dominated by a bouquet of lilies and white roses, lychee, nut and iodine, gooseberries and lime. The wine’s powerful architecture sets fi rm boundaries, and the flavours fi ll them completely, layered with bass notes of toasted hazelnut and grilled pineapple rising to higher tones of sweet cream, gooseberries and lime. It’s fascinating how a chardonnay can take a shape, one that will likely expand and evolve with long bottle age. The fi nale is very mineral with discreet hints of sea air and smoke.

The mineral purity of this wine will beautifully accompany Japanese cuisine using raw fish (bream sushi’s or Pollack makis for exame salmsa ple). It matched well with the on, the wine’s full body combats rnatively the starch in risotto, alternatively te meats grilled or oven-stewed white nd uncare perfect, in a tender and e, small tuous register. For cheese, ese with goat cheeses or cream cheese t. fresh herbs are just perfect. ime fi lUSDA Black Angus prime eamed let potato fondant and steamed ourse. vegetables was the main course.

The sommelier’s choice 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin ‘Les Murots’ Domaine to Clos Frantin, Côte de Nuits, Mai3%, son Albert Bichot, Abv 13%, sid€38. Pinot Noir is considine ered by many the fi nest wine ine grape in the world. Domaine didu Clos Frantin is extraordinarily well situated for a Pinot Noir producer. They are its located in the Côte de Nuits ed with vineyards in the storied ux, villages of Flagey-Echezeaux, ne Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne his Romanée and Vougeot. This tin wine is a Gevrey Chambertin of ‘Les Murots’.

It has a lovely ruby red robe, with light raspberry reflections. The nose has peppery aromas of ripe red and black fruit of black cherry, wild blackberry and liquorice on a background

Tasteful evening: Victor Papadopoulos, Philippe De Marcilly and Pambos Charalambous

of mild spicy wood notes, nutmeg and leather. Later still, mushroom and damp earth nuances make their appearance. Further years of ageing will bring fo forward animal, musk and I the mouth, it is ample fur notes. In with note of blackcurrant and sap. avo Full flavoured and velvety, this s wine is silky, robust, tannic and balan well balanced.

It has a beautifully persisten fi nale where the primapersistent ry nose is echoed. Other than the An Black Angus enjoy this wine with Beef Bou Bourguignon, Coq au vine or wit orange sauce.

Duck with t For the fi nale of the dinner a Niepoo LBV Port 2007, Douro, Niepoort Portug Portugal Abv20%, €24.50 expertly matched with Bitter choco chocolate mousse on walnut tart, jasmine cream and walnut syrup. Aromatic, floral and elegant, it has a deep purp in hue, delivers plenty purple u of upfront chocolate-laced blac blackcurrant, dark plum and wild blueberry fruit without loosing the defi nition of fres freshness.

Gum, citrus, menthol notes help too. A clean nis has an attractive light fi nish grip tannin and plentiful liquor quorice spice. A very good night night.

The first wine to be sold from a French vineyard owned by Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has gone on offer this week to online buyers with a thirst for celebrity.

The first 6,000 bottles of organic Miraval Rosé 2012 were sold on the internet on Thursday for €105 a case including shipping to addresses in France.

The wine, praised by one wine critic for its "dynamism" and "expressive fruit", was produced from Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault grapes grown in the scenic Var region of southeastern France on the 40 hectares owned since 2008 by the A-list couple.

Pitt and Jolie partnered with the Perrin family of vintners to create and market the 100,000 bottles of rosé wine that will be sold to independent wine stores and

restaurants.

Miraval, bearing the name of the couple's chateau, is expected to follow up on its rosé debut with red and white wine.

"With this 2012 rosé, Miraval reveals the extraordinary potential of wines from Provence. This unique terroir naturally expresses itself in the aromatic wine with a round mouthfeel that is full of freshness," the Perrin family said in a statement.

Wine critic Thierry Desseauve described the wine as boasting "energy, dynamism, with persistence and freshness" due to its "expressive fruit".

The stout bottle, more akin to a Champagne bottle, has a discrete circular black, white and gold label. The only mention of the photogenic couple is on the back: "Bottled by Jolie-Pitt and Perrin."

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11 RECIPES

with Maria Socratous

Thrifty three-course meal Dine in style without breaking the bank with these recipe ideas Beetroot and Orange Soup Serves 1tbsp olive oil 2 red onions, roughly chopped 3 huge garlic cloves, peeled and fi nely sliced 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped ½ tsp ground cinnamon 500g beetroot, peeled and cut into 1-2cm cubes 1.2litre vegetable stock, hot Grated zest and juice of 1 large orange 6tbsp soured cream to serve Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and add the onions, garlic and celery.

Cook, covered, on a very gentle heat for 15 minutes, until the vegetables are soft. Add the cinnamon for the final 5 minutes. Stir every so often.

Add the beetroot cubes to the pot and cook for 5-10 minutes or until they begin to soften. Pour over the stock, season well, cover and simmer for 1 hour or until the beetroot is tender and cuts like butter.

Blitz the soup in batches until smooth. Return the soup to the saucepan and stir through the fresh orange juice. Divide between bowls and anoint each bowl with a spoonful of soured cream and a sprinkling of orange zest before serving.

Perfectly Puffed Cheese and Bread Pot Serves 4 2tbsp soft butter, plus extra for greasing 4-6 white bread slices (2-3cm thick), crusts removed 100g mature cheddar, coarsely

grated 2 small spring onions, finely chopped 2 medium eggs 300ml semi-skimmed milk

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Almond Puddings Serves 6-8

Grease a 1 litre ovenproof soufflé dish. Butter the bread slices, then cube into 3cm x 3cm pieces. Put into the dish; add the grated cheese and using your hands combine so the cheese is evenly distributed. Sprinkle with chopped spring onion.

Crack the egg into a bowl and beat lightly using a hand whisk. Add the milk and whisk for 2-3 minutes. Season well. Slowly pour over the bread and cheese mixture. Cover and pop in the fridge overnight.

Next day, preheat the oven to 200C/ gas 6 and bake the soufflé for 40 minutes or until golden and puffed. Serve

Whyyoushouldeat Strawberries Second only to apples in the fresh fruit popularity stakes, strawberries are so delicious we often forget how beneficial they are to our bodies. A member of the rose family, strawberries as we know them have only been cultivated relatively recently - since the 18th century in France – but the wild version has been enjoyed for centuries.

The Romans believed strawberries helped alleviate symptoms of melancholy, inflammation, fainting, fevers and blood disease; Medieval stone masons carved strawberry designs on church altars as a symbol of perfection and righteousness and in provincial France they were rumoured to be an aphrodisiac!

with a green leaf salad.

Perhaps it’s the heart shape of the berries that was the foundation of this French fable, but it turns out that there may be a grain – or seed – of truth in the story: modern research has proved that the fruit can increase good cholesterol, lower blood pressure and generally protect from heart disease. Packed with vitamins, fibre and particularly high levels of antioxidants known as polyphenols, strawberries are a sodium-free, fat-free, cholesterolfree, low-calorie food. And though conscientious dieters may worry about the high sugar content, strawberries actually have a low glycaemic load due to their large amounts of fibre.

Most strawberry lovers know that just

430ml fresh cream 50g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing 300g or 6 slices of white bread, crusts trimmed, whizzed into breadcrumbs 50g ground almonds 3 medium eggs 110g caster sugar 1tbsp dried rose petals, plus extra to decorate – optional 1tbsp rosewater 30g flaked almonds, toasted Preheat the oven to 150C/gas 2.

Bring the cream and butter up to the

boil in a small pan.

Meanwhile, put the breadcrumbs and ground almonds in a large bowl and set aside. Beat the eggs with the sugar until light. Pour the hot cream mixture over the eggs mixture and mix in quickly, then pour the mixture over the breadcrumbs and ground almonds. Add the rose petals – if using – and the rosewater.

Divide the mixture between 6 well buttered 200ml ramekins and top with the flaked almonds. Put them in a baking tray; fill the tray with hot water to halfway up the ramekins.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until set.

Remove the puddings from the ramekins by running a knife around the edge and carefully levering them out. Serve with some lemon curd and garnished with rose petals.

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one serving contains a lot of vitamin C. In fact, one cup of strawberries (about eight medium-sized berries) yields one and a half times the daily requirement of vitamin C – that’s a lot of goodness for only 150 calories. But it’s actually the anthocyanins that are the unsung heroes of strawberries, according to The University off Maine’s ‘Small Fruit Specialist’ David Handley. gments are anti“Anthocyanin pigments carcinogenic andd berries that havee a deep red colour like strawberries or deep blue, such as blueberries, tendd

to be high in these anthocyanin compounds,” says Handley, who adds that strawberries are also rich in another natural antioxidant compound called ellagic acid. Similar data from researchers at Ohio’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre concluded that seven common berries – of which strawberries are one – prevented certain cancers in rodents; prov-

ing it’s totally unnecessary to eat goji or acai berries when strawberries have exactly the same cancer-fighting benefits.

Strawberries are also brilliant for the elderly: one cup of strawberries has seven per cent of the potassium and 10 per cent of the folate required daily fo for the upkeep and formation of bone m mass. And researchers at Harvard’s BBrigham and Woman’s Hospital conccluded that a regular dose of strawberrries can delay cognitive impairments bby several years. So next time you’re fe feeling a little creaky, put up your feet, put on ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and put together a bowl of strawberries – whipped cream optional.

12 FOOD & DRINK RESTAURANT REVIEW by Stephanie Robb

OTHER PLACES TO TRY NICOSIA DISTRICT Aegaion Ektoros Street, Tel: 22 433297 Ellinikes Diadromes Aglandjia Avenue, Tel: 22 330701 I Stoa Toy Dimitri Digenis Akritas Avenue, Tel: 22 343030 Irinia Arch Kyprianou Avenue, Tel: 22 422860 Elladites Pindarou and Evgenias Theodotou, Tel: 77777507 To Pantopolio kali Orexi 7 Vasileos Pavlou (behind the old GSP stadium).

Tel: 22 675151 Loukoullos Cleopatra Hotel Florinis street, Tel: 22 844000 Karvounomagiremata 154 Ledras street, Tel: 22 680067 Pais Paradosiakes Geyseis 10 Prevezis Street (off Stasikratous Street), Tel: 22 665070 Paliolinos Har. Koukkoularidi street, Galata, Tel: 22 924455

LIMASSOL DISTRICT Lyssiotiki Souvla 55 Spirou Kyprianou Germasoyia, Tel: 25 321858 Episkopi Village Inn Arch. Makariou street, Episkopi, Tel: 25 932751 Karatelo Haroupomylos Laniti, Tel:25 820464 Neo Faliro Gladstonos Street, Tel: 25 365768 Ta Kalidonia Platres, Tel: 25421404

LARNACA DISTRICT Art Cafe 6 Stassinou Ave, Tel: 24 653027 Gyros Prodromos 56 Oum Haram, Tel: 24 650265 Milijis Piyiale Pasa Avenue, Tel: 24 655867 Koutsonikolias Kalo Chorio, Tel: 24 361890 Kali Eftichia Agios Theodoros, Tel: 24 322690

PAPHOS DISTRICT Akamas Health Farm and Spa Panorama Drousia, Tel: 26 332424 Araouzos 17 Georgiou Kleanthous street, Kathikas, Tel: 26 632076 Farmyard 14 Kato Vrisi street, Kathikas, Tel: 26 632745 Imogen’s Inn Kathikas, Tel: 26 633269 Meze meze

Kathikas main street, Tel: 26 632076 Sidayes 16 Kinyras street, Tel: 26 910422 The Old Town 9 Georgiades Kyproleontas street Polis, Tel: 26 322758 To Arxondariki Makarios Avenue, Polis Chrysohous, Tel: 26 321328

Grills with a gourmet garnish Kanella Bar and Grill, Limassol VITAL STATISTICS SPECIALITY Grills WHERE Saripolou 67, Limassol PRICE Around €20–25 per person CONTACT 99 430460

T

o those that have not realised it yet, Saripolou Street has officially become the new going out epicentre of Limassol.

With bars and restaurants opening up left, right and centre and with spring on its way, it is the go to place at the moment. With so many to choose from, how do you make a choice?

Difficult sometimes but I opted for the brand new Kanella. Kanella, which means cinnamon in Greek, opened its doors about a week ago and has defi nitely made an impact.

The issue with new restaurants is that the cuisine does take some time to fi nd its way, and you can get below par food. However, I was pleasantly surprised that this was not the case for Kanella, a place where you can kick back and enjoy your grill food with a gourmet garnish.

Kanella follows neighbouring establishments by keeping an air of modernity with the décor, however by choosing a distinct colour palette it stands out from the crowd.

To start off your meal, you can choose from the selection of fi nger food or platters. The delicious fresh baked cinnamon Camembert is something that should defi nitely be tried.

The Camembert is freshly baked, dusted with cinnamon and served

Starting with the meat dishes, Kanella offers include Mongolian pork chop, marinated with hoisin sauce, soy sauce rice vinegar and sesame oil - it is cooked to perfection with pita bread chips. If you are looking for a more substantial offering to the ‘fi nger food’ selection, you could try the mini burgers. If you are not dining alone one of the best options is choosing one of the fi nger stone platters. From a variety of antipasti, seafood, Cyprus meze and chef’s platters, Kanella has made sure to cater to every taste. The seafood platter includes shrimps, a seafood cone cocktail and shrimp bites with soy sauce.

The best for beer lovers is the chef’s stone platter served with a selection

of sausages, spare ribs, wings, fresh mozzarella and onion rings.

The main dish selections are even more appetizing. Starting with the meat dishes, Kanella offers include Mongolian pork chop, marinated with hoisin sauce, soy sauce rice vinegar and sesame oil - it is cooked to perfection. The homemade beef burger also will not disappoint. If fish dishes are more suited to your tastes the baked salmon steak and the Mediterranean fish kebab are amazing options. The salmon, baked

in oregano, olive oil and fresh lemon, is superb. The fish kebab does not fall far behind. Lightly marinated fish fi llet with coloured peppers, olive oil, lemon and oregano.

If you don’t want a main course overload there are plenty of salad options including the kanella warm goat cheese salad. The salad is made from baby argula with diced avocado and fresh diced mango, garnished with mango, pomegranate and warm goat’s cheese with a honey mustard dressing. The restaurant also has a variety of pizzas and pasta.

All in all, if this is what Kanella offers only within a week of its opening, then it can only get better. So on your next visit to Saripolou, don’t be overwhelmed by all the dining choices, head to Kanella for a meal you won’t forget.

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games The Sims 3 University Life Are your Sims ready for the time of their lives?

Heading off to university opens up new opportunities, from social connections to career growth. From class activities to major-specific objects, your Sim will find new ways to learn!

And university isn’t just about hitting the books.

Join a protest, flirt at a bonfire party - there’s a lot to explore outside of lectures at the student union. With new locations like the bowling alley and SimBurger to visit, and new activities like juice pong and spray painting murals to enjoy, your Sims are sure to have the time of their lives!

Achieve Academic Excellence: Learning is more fun than ever with new major-specific objects, from broadcasting your own radio show as a Communications student to boning up on anatomy using the skeleton as a Science and Medicine major. Your Sims can also learn through class activities, lectures at the student union, and joining in social activities.

discs Laura Mvula

Sing to the Moon The most exciting things can have the least exciting provenance.

Laura Mvula is a married 25-year-old former supply teacher from Birmingham and while that may not stir anyone’s cockles, her debut album certainly will. She’s as fiercely intelligent as Laurie Anderson, as capable of harnessing the wind as Florence Welch and for all that she’s off-the-wall brave, she never forsakes accessibility. Harps and clatter abound, but the gorgeous Can’t Live Without the World and the title track sound like hymns from another (musically superior) planet; Is There Anybody Out There? has a dreamy celestial swoon, while Make Me Lovely and the thunderclap that is That’s Alright shows she can do up-tempo too.

By John Aizlewood

If you put on these Nike Free 5.0s, you might not be able to ever take them off.

That’s because the latest training kicks from Nike use a lockdown system inspired

by Chinese finger traps. That means these shoes lock down your foot so you can move more freely.

Nike Frees have always mimicked m barefoot running, an and with the new 5.0s that id idea gets extended for the upper of the shoe too.

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Reap Benefits After University too: Reach the top job in your career path more easily with faster promotions and a higher entry-level job for university grads. If your Sim becomes a legend with their social group, they may even land a dream job as an art appraiser, sports agent, or video game developer!

Explore the Campus and Town: From striking out at the bowling alley to flirting with the barista at the Roasted Toasted Beans to browsing comic books at Keith’s Komics, there’s a whole new town and campus full of places to explore.

Console: PC

Stereophonics

Dido

Graffiti on the Train Now on their eighth album, Stereophonics could do with another hit like their 2005 number one, Dakota, to revive a fading career.

The 10 tracks here are largely as plodding as they’ve ever sounded, with only Catacomb mustering a guitar riff with any kind of danger and energy. They try a few different things out this time, with a breathy female co-vocalist on the moody Take Me and strings courtesy of Bond arranger David Arnold on the catchy but uninspiring single, Indian Summer. Violins and Tambourines sounds dramatic but takes an age to get to the point. The Stonesy acoustic blues of Been Caught Cheating sounds like where they’re headed - retro rock that does nothing new but shows Kelly Jones’ weary croak at its best.

By David Smyth

Girl Who Got Away She may have sold millions but, for many, Dido is the girl who should have stayed away.

Listening to her first album in five years, released just in time for Mother’s Day, is a reminder that rarely has someone offended so many with music that’s so positively inoffensive. She essentially remains the Estuary Enya, harmlessly crooning away about love and loss over shimmering musical backdrops. Lyrically, there’s much talk of taking chances (“I’d rather do dreaming”; “nothing ventured, nothing gained”, etc) but the closest we get to musical risk taking is when Kendrick Lamar drops in, like Eminem before him, for a rap cameo on Let Us Move On. It may be time that we took that song’s advice.

By Rick Pearson

upper does a better job in adjusting to and shifting with the movements of the foot.

The principles are taken from the Chinese finger traps, it adapts to your movements.

Yes it’s time for a game to set your smartphone alight - ladies and gentlemen, we give you Lemonade Tycoon - the app that will make your pockets burst with cash, and make you crave all things citrus.

This app is available on Android and is in the top 5 for free apps. You can save up to six games simultaneously as you build your magnificent realm and enjoy the unique personalities of each customer and interact with them freely.

There are two main game modes: Career and Challenge, but your overall task is to get off the street stalls and be the biggest lemon shaped phenomenon there is. The tasks become more complex as you start to attract more customers, so to keep that perfect recipe a success, use your business acumen and change around the prices, keeping your deals going to ensure healthy profit. www.itunes.apple.com

Know your cheeses Do you know your Lincolnshire Poacher from your Moulin Bleu Goat? Or how to track down a good Brebis? Or which wine to drink with a hunk of Stinking Bishop? For all those who love their cheese, Fromage offers an excellent guide to cheeses made throughout the world.

Browse the vast selection alphabetically or by region, milk type or texture. Each entry features a good quality photo of the cheese in question and is accompanied by a brief synopsis and suggested complementary wines.

With Dirty Laundry, Gallybagger and Tumbleweed all featuring, there are some very unusualsounding cheeses to explore, but it’s not all specialist with supermarket favourites including Laughing Cow, Quark and Baby-Bel taking their place alongside the best of them. itunes.apple.com

Unfolding picnic cnic bag gets you ready ady for spring

Finger-shaped tacks: handy in the creepiest way possible Are you lonely? Do you have piles of miscellaneous papers scattered haphazardly around your home? Then these thumb tacks taken literally may be exactly what you’re looking for.

The all-white, phalangeal tacks are a clever, easy way to add some fun to any bulletin board, photo collage, or paranoid barrage of highlighted newspaper clippings. You

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can even arrange them into a five-finger pattern, giving you your very own hand to sort of kind of hold - no real human required.

We haven’t quite made it to spring, but it’s on our minds. That’s hat’s exactly what makes a picnic bag that unfolds into a blanket particularlyy enticing.

Also, bonus points because the multi-talented Yield Bag is a former Kickstarter project that reached its funding goal and is actually shipping. Itt comes in red, grey, and blue, at aroundd €45 a pop.

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These Nike Free 5.0 shoes are like Chinese finger traps for your feet

Get Ready to Party: Text books and study groups are a big part of university, but sometimes Sims just need to party! From hosting bonfires by the lake to doing juice keg stands at a dorm party, there are lots of ways to have a great time at university.

Make Connections and Network: Grow your social networking skill through texting, blogging and streaming video. This builds your affiliation with the three social groups on campus-the nerds, the rebels and the jocks.

Building your cred with these groups offers unique advantages, from earning dream jobs to a coveted extra trait.

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TECHNOLOGY 13

14 FILM LLINCOLN D DIRECTED

BY Steven SSpielberg SSTARRING Daniel Day-Lewis, SSally Field, Tommy Lee Jones U US 2012 150 mins

FILM REVIEW by Preston Wilder

I got you, Abe T

he timing isn’t great for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. Two weeks ago it was an Oscar front-runner, with more nominations (12) than any other fi lm. One week ago – when it opened in Cyprus – it was already tarnished, having only managed to win Best Actor (for Daniel Day-Lewis) plus the relatively minor sop of Production Design. The Academy is forever being lambasted for its wrong decisions, but I think they made the right choice here: this year’s winner, Argo, is a much more fleet and skilfully-engineered movie than this long-winded civics lecture – and, though Argo takes liberties with History (its climax is entirely fabricated), Lincoln is guilty of a more heinous sin: it views the past from the sanctimonious pulpit of the present, and condemns it for being the past.

Its basic dilemma is very strong.

In 1865, just after Abraham Lincoln’s re-election as US President, the American Civil War is winding down, though still killing dozens of men every day. Ending this terrible war is everyone’s priority – but Lincoln has another priority: the 13th Amendment, an addition to the US Constitution that’ll make slavery unlawful.

It’s widely understood that, if slavery doesn’t exist, the South won’t have any reason to fight, so the war will end too. As long as war is raging, the Amendment has a chance of being passed by Congress. Trouble is, the depleted South is already making overtures for peace; if the war ends by itself, Congress won’t pass the Amendment. Thus, Lincoln’s only chance of achieving his political aim is to keep the war going, with all the death and destruction that entails; to do good, he must fi rst cause suffering. That’s the dilemma.

But wait, you may ask: Why

Lincoln, the big loser at this year’s Oscars, is a long ‘important’ film that’s actually a bit simple-minded

should ending the war be the only reason to pass the Amendment?

What about the self-evident truth that slavery is wrong? Well, that’s the point: that truth isn’t self-evident to 19th-century Americans, though of course it is (isn’t it?) to us sophisticated 21st-century folk. That much is made clear through the device of a rustic Missouri couple who come to Lincoln with a piddling land dispute, and set out the terms of debate for our benefit. “Niggers!” says Mr. Missouri when asked why he wouldn’t support the Amendment in peacetime, sending a frisson through a modern audience.

The audience, in other words, is placed in the ugly and complacent position of feeling morally superior to everyone onscreen – or almost everyone, because Lincoln himself is obviously exempt. “Are we fitted to the times we’re born into?” he asks at one point – and the question remains unanswered but it’s clear he himself isn’t part of the times he lives in: he’s a civilised man (One of Us) among racists. Day-Lewis tries hard, but Lincoln’s saintliness is grating.

He tells folksy stories, speaking in parables (like Jesus!). He won’t buy votes, or make any promise to the Missouri couple (he says he’ll examine their case and “see what the law says”). He joshes with soldiers, and signs pardons for deserters – and all the while he’s smarter and cannier than anyone else, marshalling his

Above all, it’s great that Lincoln isn’t a straight forward biopic but a political drama – or at least it would be, if Spielberg had any feel for politics

forces and winning every battle of wits. “What’s the use of knowing true North?” he asks Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), and Stevens has no answer – and Spielberg adds a pause then cuts to a two-shot, as if to underline Lincoln’s dominance.

The fi lm is conceived quite intelligently. The cracks in Lincoln’s home life are visible, especially his relationship with neurotic (but loyal) wife Mary (Sally Field). An early dream sequence posits the Amendment as a ship he must guide to safety, as if to redeem his mistakes (notably the death of his son). Above all, it’s great that Lincoln isn’t a straightforward biopic but a political drama – or at least it would be, if Spielberg had any feel for politics. Just as Janusz Kaminski’s trademark lush photography (hot white light streaming through the windows of the House) scuppers any attempt at a sombre look, so Spielberg’s penchant for emotive mini-dramas scuppers the mordant tone of political horse-trading. The silliest scene by far comes when Stevens, a long-time abolitionist, has to compromise, asserting in Congress that he doesn’t favour racial equality, simply equality before the law. He does this to help pass

filmsummaries Lincoln In 1865, over the final four months of his second term as President of the USA, Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) focuses his energies not just on ending the devastating Civil War, but something even bigger – the fight to pass the 13th Amendment, permanently abolishing slavery.

Lincoln is a man of paradoxes: funny and solemn, a playful storyteller and fierce power-broker, a shrewd commander and a vulnerable father. But in his nation’s darkest hour, when the times demand the very best of people, he reaches from within himself for something powerful and everlasting. Also starring Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and David Strathairn. Directed by Steven Spielberg. (Historical drama, 150 mins.)

Our rating:

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Once upon a time, as children, they were in deadly danger from a witch – but Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and his sister Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have grown up to be bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. As the fabled Blood Moon approaches, the siblings encounter a new form of evil that might hold a secret to their past. Also starring Famke Janssen and Peter Stormare. Directed by Tommy Wirkola.

(Action fantasy, 88 mins.)

Our rating:

Barbie in the Pink Shoes Barbie is Kristyn, a ballerina with big dreams.

When she tries on a pair of sparkling pink shoes, she and her best friend Hailey are whisked away

to a fantastical ballet world where Kristyn discovers she must dance in her favourite ballets in order to defeat an evil Snow Queen. Directed by Owen Hurley. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Kids’ cartoon, 75 mins.)

the Amendment; it’s blatantly obvious that he’s playing politics – yet the House erupts in uproar, Stevens himself looks like a deer in the headlights, Lincoln’s black maid leaves her seat in disgust, and there’s even a later scene where a fellow abolitionist professes himself “nauseated”. What planet are these people from? Surely nothing gladdens a politician’s heart more than a sneaky semantic manoeuvre that takes the wind out of the opposition’s sails.

What does that leave us? A long, ‘important’ fi lm that’s actually a bit simple-minded – and a lead performance that comes with astonishing presence yet (heresy alert!) lacks something in variation. Day-Lewis has clearly thought it through, fi nding a walk for Lincoln, a voice for Lincoln and a default expression (sly, amused, patient) for Lincoln – yet, as with his Oscar-winning performance in There Will Be Blood, you could watch 15 minutes of Lincoln and still come away with an excellent idea of what DDL is up to. Like Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird (a very similar character, once again standing in for America’s liberal conscience), he mostly hits the same note again and again – only this time there’s no child’s-eye view to add some messy life to the proceedings. Lincoln is admirable, topical (lots of implied parallels between Abe and Obama), and faintly dull. The Oscars were right.

to crush Cohen, police chief Bill Parker (Nick Nolte) commissions Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) – a decorated commando from the US Army – to set up a small, secret crew of LAPD officers. Led by O’Mara and Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), the small team set about breaking up Cohen’s illegal operations.

Also starring Emma Stone, Robert Patrick and Anthony Mackie. Directed by Ruben Fleischer.

(Crime action, 113 mins.)

Our rating:

Our rating: N/A

Gangster Squad In the post-war Los Angeles of 1949, Brooklynborn ex-boxer turned crime boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs as many rackets as he can command under his ruthless control. He does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police, judges and politicians who are on his payroll. Determined

Playing for Keeps George (Gerard Butler) is a former football (a.k.a. ‘soccer’) star who’s fallen on hard times. He’s hoping to become a sports commentator on TV – but meanwhile visits his ex-wife Stacie (Jessica Biel) and starts coaching his 9-year-old son’s soccer team as a way to get his life together. Alas, his attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive soccer moms SUNDAY MAIL• March 10, 2013

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HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS DIRECTED BY Tommy Wirkola STARRING Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen Germany/US 2013 88 mins

Fusion confusion F usion is everywhere these days. It’s the obvious by-product of a hi-tech, prosperous age where everything’s available but originality is as scarce as ever. If you can’t create a new recipe, fi nd two wildly diverse ingredients and meld them together. If you can’t compose a new song, sample two other songs and produce a mash-up. If you don’t have a movie idea, grab two old ideas and collide them creatively – or not so creatively.

Last year we had Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, now here’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters in which the plucky siblings, having survived that unpleasantness in the gingerbread house as children, grow up to become professional witchbusters – though, like most action heroes nowadays, they tend to rely on fists and fancy weapons more than brains (it helps that they’re immune to witches’ magic). Hansel & Gretel is a dumb, violent B-movie that’ll kill a slow Friday night, if that’s what you’re looking for – but its genesis reminds me of other possible projects in the same vein, all of which may (or may not) be coming soon to a multiplex near you: OLIVER TWIST: VAMPIRE HUNTER. Childhood trauma plays a big part in Hansel & Gretel; in perhaps the only witty touch, Hansel (Jeremy Renner) even has diabetes – “the sugar sickness” – from having been force-fed all that candy as a child. This is clearly a rich seam for the fusion fi lmmaker – and who better than Oliver Twist to typify rotten childhood? In 19th-century London, Oliver (now grown up, and working at Scotland Yard) discovers that his mother was killed by vampires all those years ago, and his old friend the Artful Dodger is now a vampire elder ‘turning’ unsuspecting street

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is another disposable product of the current vogue for creative fusion

Hansel & Gretel is a dumb, violent B-movie that’ll kill a slow Friday night, if that’s what you’re looking for urchins. Notable for the scene where our hero kills every single vampire in the room, then mockingly calls out: “Please, sir … I want some more!”.

MACBETH AND BANQUO: WITCH HUNTERS. Having (somehow) survived his fi nal duel with Macduff, the erstwhile King of Scotland returns, seeking vengeance on the three Witches who foretold his doom and led to the death of his beloved wife. He teams up with Banquo, his old comrade, who of course

who pursue him at every turn, including Denise (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who’s herself a former sportscaster. Also starring Dennis Quaid and Uma Thurman. Directed by Gabriele Muccino.

(Romantic comedy, 105 mins.)

Our rating:

A Good Day to Die Hard Irreverent, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) finds himself on foreign soil for the first time after travelling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack (Jai Courtney) – unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes. Also starring Sebastian Koch. Directed by John Moore. Includes some dialogue in Russian, with Greek subtitles. (Action, 97 mins.)

Our rating:

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Love in the End Three love stories intersect. A girl on a cruise with her family falls in love with the ship’s lieutenant, and has to make a dramatic decision when they reach Istanbul. A boy, secretly in love with his best friend, finally manages to express his feelings through a fake Facebook profile – till she finds out the truth! And two strangers spent a night together in Thessaloniki, falling in love, but when they part ways, the girl’s mobile phone is stolen, along with the boy’s number.

Starring Tzortzina Liosi, Leonidas Kalfagiannis and Katerina Geronikolou. Directed by Vasilis Kehagias. IN GREEK. (Drama, 90 mins.)

Our rating: N/A

Argo As the 1979 Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, six of the American embassy staff escape the mob attacking the compound and find shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador in Teh-

is a ghost (Spoiler Alert: a last-minute twist reveals that Macbeth is a ghost as well, like Bruce Willis in that ghost movie!), and they go after the twisted sisters. The gimmick is that all the dialogue is ‘inspired by’ Shakespeare’s original, so at least we’re spared the painful, thudding lines in Hansel & Gretel (admittedly written by someone whose fi rst language isn’t English) in which Hansel asserts that “The only good witch is a dead witch” and later, faced with a plethora of witches as far as the eye can see: “That’s a lot of witches”.

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: ZOMBIE HUNTERS. Alvin decapitates a zombie in this CGI-heavy splatter movie. Simon stamps on another’s head, leaving only a bright red goo. Theodore bites off the nose of a nasty sheriff. A zombie explodes, its innards spewing out scores of maggots. The exact same violent incidents occurred in Hansel & Gretel, and seemed a bit gross – but the hope is that audiences will embrace them when the violence is being enacted by a trio of cartoon chipmunks with very high voices.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: TROLL HUNTERS. An ingenious idea, inspired by Hansel & Gretel which features a troll called Edward (“We believe a troll was involved,” says the village mayor, fi lling our heroes in on a spate of kidnappings).

Beauty and the Beast go troll-hunting, their trump card being that

ran. Another 52 Americans are taken hostage. CIA ‘exfiltration’ specialist Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) concocts a risky plan to free the six living in daily danger of discovery. He plans to fly in posing as the producer of a Hollywood sci-fi movie, ‘Argo’, and – with the six consular staff posing as his location scouting team, using false papers – lead them out on a flight to safety and freedom. It’s a crazy plan; but will it work? Based on a true story. Also starring Alan Arkin and John Goodman. Directed

by Affleck. (Dramatic thriller, 120 mins.)

Our rating:

The Impossible A family of five is caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the chaos and mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time, the Thailand tsunami on Boxing Day 2004. Maria (Naomi Watts) is swept away and struggles to survive with her eldest son, teenage Lucas (Tom Holland). Somewhere in the chaos – or perhaps

Beast – who’s monumentally ugly – can pass for a troll in a bad light, thus allowing him to infi ltrate their lair and open the door for badass warrior Beauty. It remains to be seen whether the trolls will end up falling in love with Beauty and turning all gooey and soppy, like Edward in Hansel & Gretel.

COLONEL SANDERS OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN: CHICKEN HUNTER. The smiling, goateed Colonel (played by Daniel DayLewis) is the only hope for humanity when mutant chickens grow to enormous proportions and threaten to peck us all to death! (Sanders, facing the army of chickens at the climax: “That’s a lot of three-piece meals.”). A concept that’s meeting some resistance in Hollywood – despite the obvious product-placement opportunities – with some calling it extreme even by fusion standards.

Then again, if a franchise can be crafted from a Disneyland ride (Pirates of the Caribbean), why not a fried-chicken chain?

THE SILENCE OF THE SMURFS: The Silence of the Lambs done with Smurfs! Clarice is a Smurf, Hannibal Lecter is also a Smurf (“I ate his smurf,” he chuckles at one point, “with some fava beans and a nice Chianti”). A guaranteed smashhit, fusing two wildly diverse ingredients – though I fear it may never make it to the multiplex. It’s a bit too original.

already dead – are her husband Henry (Ewan McGregor) and her two smaller sons, Simon and Thomas. Based on a true story. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona. (Drama, 114 mins.)

Our rating:

Sammy’s Great Escape Sammy and Ray, a pair of leatherback turtles, are captured by a poacher and shipped off to a spectacular aquarium show in Dubai. The kingpin of the place, Big D the seahorse, enlists them in his plans for a great escape – but, with their new friends Jimbo the bug-eyed blob fish and Lulu the snippy lobster, Annabel the sweet octopus and a whole family of penguins, Sammy and Ray hatch breakout plans of their own. That is when little Ricky and Ella arrive, determined to break in to rescue them. Directed by Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Kids’ cartoon, 92 mins.)

Our rating: N/A

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Films change on Friday. Check the Cyprus Mail for details of new films for Friday and Saturday.

Oz: The Great and Powerful

Ratings Key

newreleases Oz: The Great and Powerful Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a travelling circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks he’s hit the jackpot: fame and fortune are his for the taking. That all changes, however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he’s the great wizard everyone’s been expecting as per the prophecy. Nonetheless, he’s all they’ve got – and, as their new king, he’s expected to save them from evil. He is after all, the great and powerful Oz. Also starring Zach Braff. Directed by Sam Raimi.

In 3D. (Adventure fantasy, 130 mins.)

Our rating:

Mama A man, having shot his ex-wife, kidnaps his two young daughters (aged one and three), and wanders with the kids through the woods till they come to a dilapidated cabin. Once inside, he prepares a double murder-suicide – but something emerges from the dark to snatch him away. Five years later, the girls, Victoria (Megan Charpentier) and Lilly (Isabelle Nelisse), now eight and six, have been discovered living on their own in the cabin. Feral, and frightened of people, they’re eventually released into the custody of their uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his goth rocker girlfriend Annabel (Jessica Chastain). But the girls don’t come on their own: they bring

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with them “Mama”, their ‘friend’ from the cabin. Directed

by Andres Muschietti. (Horror, 100 mins.)

Our rating:

Warm Bodies R (Nicholas Hoult) is a zombie in a post-apocalyptic world where the few remaining humans shelter behind a wall in a ruined city. They include Julie (Teresa Palmer), part of a team sent into zombie territory to retrieve medical supplies. Zombies and humans clash and R kills Julie’s boyfriend Perry (Dave Franco), eating his brains and absorbing his memories of their relationship. Somehow, this jump-starts R’s transformation back to the land of the living. His heart begins to beat. He starts speaking words.

And he protects Julie from the other zombies. In short, R is in love – but can it ever work out between a girl and a zombie? Also starring John Malkovich and Rob Corddry.

Directed by Jonathan Levine. (Horror with romantic comedy elements, 98 mins.)

Our rating:

Mama

Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. It’s a special weekend and Dracula has invited some of his best friends – Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf family and many more – to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis’ 118th birthday.

For good old Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem; but everything could change for the over-protective dad when one ordinary human guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. In 3D. DUBBED INTO GREEK. (Cartoon comedy, 91 mins.)

Our rating:

Intouchables Philippe (Francois Cluzet), a rich Parisian quadriplegic, is interviewing for a live-in carer when street-smart, unemployed Driss (Omar Sy) turns up. All he wants is a signature to show that he’s been looking for work, so he can

Warm Bodies

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K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 3pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 11am and 3pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Mama (15)

K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Warm Bodies (12)

K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 11.10am, 1.15pm and 3.20pm. Tel: 77778383 Lincoln (12)

K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.05pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (15)

Gangster Squad (18)

Lincoln (12)

K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.40pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.40pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.15pm and 3.25pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Rio 6 at 7.30pm, weekends also at 4.30pm; Rio 5 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (15)

K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8pm. Tel: 77778383

Rio 3 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5.30, 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Love in the End (K)

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K)

K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 8 and 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Rio 1 (in Greek), weekends only at 3, 4.30 and 6pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

A Good Day to Die Hard (15)

Sammy’s Great Escape (K)

K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Gangster Squad (18)

Le prenom

Playing for Keeps (K)

Cine Studio, tonight at 8pm, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

Rio 5, weekends only at 3.30pm. Tel: 25871410

K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.40pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

A Good Day to Die Hard (15)

Vincent (Patrick Bruel) is about to become a father. At a meeting with childhood friends he announces the name of his future son, whom he plans to call Adolphe in honour of a literary character of the XIX Century – but everyone else can only think about Adolf Hitler.

The scandalous name sparks a discussion, which reveals unpleasant secrets from the collective past of the group.

Also starring Valerie Benguigui and Charles Berling. Directed by Alexandre De La Patelliere and Matthieu Delaporte. In French, with Greek subtitles.

(Comedy, 109 mins.)

Our rating:

LARNACA

PAPHOS

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Oz: The Great and Powerful (12)

K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 3pm. Tel: 77778383

Rio 7 at 5.15, 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3pm. Tel: 26-207000

Mama (15)

Rio 5 at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.10pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Warm Bodies (12)

Warm Bodies (12)

Lincoln (12)

K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.20pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Rio 2 at 5, 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Lincoln (12)

K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.05pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (15)

Mama (15)

Rio 1 at 6, 8 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (15)

Rio 5 at 5.45pm; Rio 6 at 7.30 and 9.45pm.

Tel: 26-207000 Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K)

Rio 6 (in Greek) at 6pm, weekends also at 3 and 4.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5.30, 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.20pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Gangster Squad (18)

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K)

Rio 5, weekends only at 4pm. Tel: 26207000

Rio 3 at 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Playing for Keeps (K)

Love in the End (K)

Gangster Squad (18)

Rio 3 at 7.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.40pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Love in the End (K)

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K)

Mama (15)

Sammy’s Great Escape (K)

K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.20pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.10pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm.

Tel: 25-871410

Warm Bodies (12)

Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm.

Tel: 25-871410

Rio 4 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5.30pm; Rio 2 at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Le Prenom

Rio 4 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410

LIMASSOL Rio 2 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 3pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Our rating:

K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5.30, 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 5.30, 7.45 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.20pm. Tel: 77778383

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be eligible for benefits – but Philippe hires him for a trial period, and keeps him on even after learning of his conviction for robbery. Philippe, who was disabled after a paragliding accident, is a widower with a spoiled teenage daughter, while Driss has problems dealing with his younger brother Adama who’s keeping bad company.

Driss and Philippe develop a relationship that changes both their lives.

Directed by Eric Tolenado. In French, with Greek subtitles. (Comedy-drama, 112 mins.)

(K) All Audiences (12/15/18) No admittance to Under-12s/15s/ 18s (N/A) Not Available

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Rio 5 (in Greek) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 8pm. Tel: 77778383 Argo (12)

Rio 6 at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410

Hotel Transylvania (K)

Intouchables

Rio 5, Monday at 8.30pm, presented by the Limassol Cine Club. www.cinelesxi.org

A Good Day to Die Hard (15)

A Good Day to Die Hard (15)

Rio 4 (in Greek) at 5.45 and 7.30pm.

Tel: 26-207000

K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 8pm. Tel: 77778383

Argo (12)

Love in the End (K)

The Impossible (12)

K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 8 and 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Rio 3, weekends only at 3 and 5pm.

Tel: 26-207000

Sammy’s Great Escape (K)

Sammy’s Great Escape (K)

K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm.

Tel: 26-207000

Rio 4 at 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Hotel Transylvania (K)

Rio 1 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 4pm. Tel: 26-207000

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17 Brentano String Quartet At The Shoe Factory, Nicosia, March 11, 8.30pm. Tickets: €20/€15 Members of the Foundation, Concessions. Tel: 22 663871 www. pharosartsfoundation.org, info@pharosartsfoundation.org, rg, Box Office: Tel. 70009304 (daily 9.30-11.30am) www.pharostickets.org ckets.org

The Brentano String Quartet will give a concert in Nicosia this week reports ALIX NOMAN

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ost string musicians will, at some point in their life, have played with a string quartet. Ad hoc ensembles are forever forming and reforming as names change, players drop out and move on; it’s a popular grouping for anyone with a modicum of musical ability.

And the Brentano String Quartet is right up there at the top.

Ensembles are often named after the first violinist (eg the Takács Quartet), a composer (eg the Borodin Quartet) or a location (eg the Budapest Quartet).

This quartet is named for Antoine Brentano, the most probable candidate for Beethoven’s ‘Immortal Beloved’, to whom he wrote “can our love exist but by sacrifices...

I can only live either wholly with you or not at all”. A sentiment, perhaps, that could easily be applied to the many forfeits the four members of the Brentano String Quartet must have made in achieving their worldwide acclaim.

Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim.

“Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding,” raves the London Independent, while The New York Times extols their “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism” and The Times suggests that “the Brentanos are a magnificent string quartet… this was wonderful, selfless music-making.”

The quartet consists of violinists Mark Steinberg and Serena Canin, Misha Amory on the viola

For the love of Beethoven and Nina Maria Lee – who succeeded founding member Michael Kannen in 1996 - on the violoncello. All are renowned musicians in their own right, though all share common ground in having graduated from Julliard. In fact, violinist Mark Steinberg has taught at Juilliard’s Pre-College division, as well as at Princeton University and New York University, and is currently on the violin faculty of the Mannes College of Music.

An advocate of contemporary music, Mark Steinberg’s musical biography includes performances with many of the great 20th century music ensembles including the Guild of Composers, the Da Capo Chamber Players, Speculum Musicae and Continuum - with which he has recorded and toured extensively in the US and Europe.

He has performed and recorded

chamber music on period instruments with the Helicon Ensemble, the Four Nations Ensemble and the Smithsonian Institute.

Another dedicated educator, violinist Serena Canin holds teaching positions at Princeton University and at New York University and has taught chamber music to young musicians at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre.

Based in Manhattan – where she lives with her pianist husband – Serena regularly performs with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Sea Cliff Chamber Players in addition to her frequent appearances with the Continuum Series at Alice Tully Hall, the Summergarden Series at the Museum of Modern Art and at the Garden City Chamber Music Society.

Winner of the prestigious Naumburg Viola Award, Misha

Amory is active as a soloist and chamber musician and currently serves on the faculties of both Julliard and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He has performed with orchestras in both America and Europe, and has been invited to perform at the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Centre, the Boston Chamber Music Society and the Vancouver Festival among others, and has released a recording of Hindemith sonatas on the Musical Heritage Society label.

Holder of both Bachelor and Master degrees in music from the Juilliard School, cellist Nina Maria Lee teaches at both Princeton University and Columbia University. An active chamber musician, Nina Lee has collaborated with many artists such as Felix Galimir, Jaime Laredo and David Soyer and has performed at the

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Exhibition

Exhibitions Nicosia district

Andreas Savvides Solo painting and sculpture exhibition. Until March 27. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10.30pm-12.45pm and 5pm8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm-12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286 March 10, 2013 • SUNDAY MAIL

Marlboro and Tanglewood Music Festivals.

Having performed in the world’s most prestigious venues - including Carnegie Hall and the Library of Congress in Washington - this quartet has travelled widely, appearing in Europe, Japan and Australia. From their first European tour in 1997, where they were honoured with the Royal Philharmonic Award for ‘Most Outstanding Debut’, the ensemble has delighted listeners around the globe. And under the auspices of the Pharos Arts Foundation, audiences in Cyprus will be given the privilege of hearing these world-class musicians in person. Whether you’re a music lover or merely a music listener, hearing the Brentano String Quartet play live is an opportunity not to be missed.

Deep Connection Solo painting exhibition by George Heracleous. Until March 12. Gallery Technis Dromena, 53 Arch. Kyprianou.

Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm8pm. Saturday: 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22496398 The Journey Continues Solo painting exhibition by Andreas Karayian. Opens March 12, 7.30pm until March 23. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street. Monday- Friday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-766655 Singapore 2012 Group photography exhibition. Until March 13. Casteliotissa Hall, old Nicosia Metamorphosis Solo painting exhibition by Nikos Kouroussis. Opens March 13, 7.30pm until April 3. Alpha Gallery, Makarios Avenue & 3 Papanikoli Street. Monday-Saturday 10.30 am-1pm and 4.30pm-7.30pm. Tel: 22-751325 / 99-303366. www.art.com. cy Spontaneous and Raw Solo painting exhibition. Until March 23. Argo Gallery, 64E D. Akrita Avenue.

Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm8pm. Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 22754009. www.argogallery.org Andreas Savvides Solo painting and sculpture exhibition.

Until March 27. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street. Monday-Friday: 10.30pm12.45pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm-12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286

Art is not a Luxury Cypriot Artists in Silkscreen Limited edition, numbered silkscreens signed by the artists and with a certificate of authenticity. Until March 30. Loukia and Michael Zampelas Art Museum, 27 Arch.

Makarios III Avenue, Kaimakli. Monday to Thursday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-7pm. Friday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Saturday: 10am-7pm. Tel: 22-456099. info@zampelasart.com.cy. www.zampelasart.com Asia Minor, 90 Years of Memory Exhibition of relics, records and works of art from Asia Minor. Until March 31. The Cultural Centre of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation, Archbishop Kyprianos Plazza. Monday-Friday: 9am-4.30pm, Saturday: 9am-1pm. Tel: 22-430008 Terra Mediterranea – In Crisis Group contemporary art exhibition curated by Yiannis Toumazis scrutinising the current turbulence experienced globally, from both a political and a poetic stance.

Until July 21. Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre 19, Palaias Ilektrikis. Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-3pm and 5pm-11pm. Sunday: 10am4pm. Tel: 22-797400. info@nimac.org.cy. www.nimac.org.cy The project includes a second contemporary art exhibition curated by Re Aphrodite team. The exhibition deals with the unwritten feminine histories of Cyprus and their private and public structure.

Until July 21. Ethological Museum – The House of Hagjigeorgakis Kornesios, 20, Patriarxou Grigoriou. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8.30am-3.30pm. Wednesday: 8.30am-5pm. Saturday: 9.30am-3.30pm.

Tel: 22-305316 Cyprus Icons and Mosaics Makarios III Foundation, Archbishopric, old Nicosia. Monday-Friday 9am-4.30pm and Saturday 9am-1pm. Tel: 22-430008

Old Maps and Engravings 16th-19th Century Permanent exhibition: Cyprus and other Greek lands, Europe and America. Viewing by appointment. Gallery Leventi, 6 Polykleitos St. Tel: 99-658694.

Cyprus Yesterday and Today Permanent exhibition. Diachroniki Gallery Idalion, 32 Makarios Ave., Dhali. Open Monday-Saturday 11am-5pm. Tel: 22525691

Larnaca district U and I Exhibition of artwork in oil, acrylic, print and glass paint by Irene Ioannou and Ulla Nicolaou. Until March 16. Peri Texnis, 92 Kalogera Street. Tel: 99-725590 Helen Tumelty’s Mosaic Studio Permanent exhibition of mosaic pictures, tables and mirrors. Just off Zenon Kitieos St. Studio also offers mosaic classes in a small friendly environment throughout the year. Tel: 99-925315 Cyprus Artists Pieces from the Larnaca municipality’s permanent collection on display. Larnaca Municipal Gallery. Monday-Friday: 9am-4pm, Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 24-657745

Limassol district ...The Other Shore Solo painting exhibition by Marina Emphietzi-Harris. Until March 13. Thiseas Art Gallery, 9 Thiseos Street, Agia Zonis. Tel: 99-674243/96-335889 Birute Kriukelyte-Kazlauskiene Solo painting exhibition. Until March 17.

Dinos Art Café, 62-66 Irinis Street. MondaySaturday: 10.30am to midnight and Sunday: 4pm to midnight. Tel: 25-762030

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18 WHAT’S ON Nightlife Nicosia district Banda Lathos Local band plays live. March 10-11. Antonaki’s Music Hall, Vasileiou Voulgaroktonou Street. 8.30pm. €5. Tel: 22-664697 Marlenka Café Music Weekends Come and enjoy a glass of wine, your favourite cocktail or dinner while you listen to violin pedagogue Professor Robert Hovanesyan and member of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. Marlenka Cafe, 92-94 Phaneromenis Street, old Nicosia.

Every Saturday and Sunday evening from 8.30pm. Tel: 70-001129 Live Jazz Event Jazz music with ‘D Lirious’, food and drinks available. Every Friday night at Baroque Lounge Bar, Cleopatra Hotel. 9:30pm.For reservations contact 22-844000 Music Nights Entechno and folk music at RED. Every Saturday. Red, Dionysus 15, old town hall square. Tel: 22-767711. www.music.net. cy/red Agapiou Escuela de Danza Parties Latin parties every Sunday at Sitio Cafè, 20 Makarious Avenue, Nicosia.10pm Milonga/Argentinean Tango Regular Milonga/Argentinean Tango every Thursday at Enallax,16-17 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. 10pm Blue Wine and Lounge Bar Serving over 140 selected wines from across the world. 96 Rigenis St, Classic Hotel, Old Nicosia. Open daily except Sunday. 12 noon until late at night. Tel: 22-664006

Baroque Live music every Thursday night from the 70s, 80s and 90s, 9.30pm until late.

Open on a daily basis as regular bar from 10am-2am.Baroque Lounge Bar, Cleopatra Hotel. Tel: 22-844000 The Petsteppers Trio playing live every Monday. Lotofagi Bar, 8 Athinas Avenue, Old Nicosia.

10pm. Tel: 22-347573 Funky Jelly at Domus With DJ Yiotis and Theo playing uplifting lounge tunes. Domus lounge bar, 5 Korai St, Old Nicosia. 10pm until late.

Tel: 22-433722 Arabesque Sundays With belly dancers and ethnic music. Mberdema Gold, 30 Nikiforou St, Famagusta Gate. 11.30pm until late.

Tel: 22-345946 Club Red Live Greek music and various events. 15 Dionysiou St, Old Municipality Square, Nicosia. Thursdays-Sundays, 10pm onwards. Tel: 99-516799/ 22-767711 Lush Playing R&b, hip-hop, basement and old school music. Friday and Saturday, 11.30pm. 6 Evagorou Avenue. Tel: 99853333 Scorpios Platinum With various theme nights from Wednesday-Sunday. Stasinou 3, Engomi. Wednesday and Thursday 11pm3am, and Friday and Saturday 11pm4am. Tel: 99-545690

DMC An uplifting atmosphere with a range of stimulating weekly events. Laiki Gitonia, 1 Watkins St, Finikoudes. Open daily from 9.30pm. Tel: 99-458138 Salsa Island Regular event every other Friday featuring DJ Escobar. Music includes Pure Salsa, with a twist of Pure Salsa, Merengue, Mambo, Son and Cha Cha Cha. Blitz Roof and Pool Bar Terrace, 4th Floor, Kition Hotel. 10pm until late. Tel: 96-717271 Horseshoe Pub 60s, 70s and 80s music from MondaySunday. Horseshoe Pub, Larnaca-Dhekelia road, opposite Palm Beach Hotel. Tel: 24646111

Limassol district St Patrick’s with Blue Jar St Patrick’s celebration dinner dance with live Irish music. March 13. Navarria Hotel.

7.30 for 8pm. €22.00 per person include buffet dinner, all local drinks, Irish whiskeys. Tel: 96-280308/99-043558 or emailing. info@cyprusireland.net or presidentlbrotary@gmail.com Crowne Plaza Lounge-Bar On Mondays rediscover your romantic side with Violin Duo playing classical music and popular melodies on the violin. Every Wednesday, local guitarist - Byron Athinodorou will be playing a mix of Spanish melodies, pop-rock hits and Greek classics on the guitar, alongside his own compositions. Every Friday Jazz – Blues night with a mix of upbeat and smooth jazz classics.

Crowne Plaza. Tel: 25-851515

Paphos district St Patrick’s Night Celebration Top class entertainment and good Irish food. March 16. Phoenix Club.7.30pm. €12/13. Book early as space is limited.

Tel: 26-272524/99-908241 Cyprotel Cypria Bay Hotel Every Monday Jezebel & Lisa-Marie present a themed show 9.45pm for an hour at Cyprotel Cypria Bay Hotel.

Free entry Moonlight Bar Every Friday Jezebel sings golden oldies 9pm – midnight in the Moonlight Bar inside the Aloe Hotel on the harbour road in Kato Paphos. Free entry The Sea Gypsies Live acoustic blues and country music every Friday from 10pm. The Old Fishing Shack Ale and Cider House, Margarita Gardens, Tefkrou Street, Kato Paphos. Tel: 99-805390/99-170667 Latin Nights at Notos Latin music in a rooftop bar. Notos, Harbour area. Every Thursday and Saturday. 10 pm until late. Tel: 26939616 Paphiessa Hotel Thursday: Dave Roberts sings hits, Paphiessa Hotel, Kato Paphos. Tel: 99185952 Square Bistro Saturdays: David East entertains on the guitar. 8 pm. Square Bistro, Tala Square.

Tel: 26-930408/99-966139

Enjoy St Patrick’s Day in style with Blue Jar St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, a day of singing and dancing the night away and a chance to raise a pint or four in salute to the snake-banishing patron saint.

And you don’t have to be Irish to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day; the green-themed holiday is embraced by every ethnicity and culture around the world and calls for good cheer, great friends and fun times.

This year, the Cyprus Ireland Network and Rotary Club of Limassol Berengaria, supported by the Embassy of Ireland in Cyprus is hosting a St Patrick’s Celebration Dinner Dance at the Navarria Hotel in Limassol. While St. Patrick’s Day is officially celebrated on Sunday March 17, the Navarria Hotel will be celebrating in true Irish style four days earlier on Wednesday.

Tickets include a buffet dinner, all local drinks, Irish whiskeys and live Irish music with the Paphos-based band Blue Jar. Made up of husband and wife team Lesley Locke (violin and vocals) and Tommy Locke (guitar), this versatile duo specialise in a style of acoustic swing called Gypsy Jazz (or Jazz Manouche), a genre which originated in pre-war Europe by gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Marco Polo Playing live Latin music. Marco Polo Bar, Holiday Inn rooftop, 70 Regina St. 11pm until late. Monday- Thursday €10 with one drink. Friday and Saturday €20 including two drinks. Tel: 22-712712 Ithaki Bar Charismatic bar with outdoor summer area. 33 Nikiforou Foka St. Old Nicosia.

7pm-2am expect Mondays. Tel: 22-434193 Avlaia Music Stage Hosting live bands on weekdays and regular Greek music weekends with George Arestis and Dimitris Makris. Avlaia, Corner of Emmanuel Roidis and Prodromou St. Tel: 22 675638 Chateau Status A café/bar and restaurant with various theme rooms catering to different tastes.

Ledra Palace Road. Monday-Sunday 10am2am. Tel: 77771167 Potopion to Ellinikon With live Greek music on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Potopion to Elinikon, 18 Theophani Theodotou St, Zina Palace building. 9pm until late. Tel: 22-722760 Brew Lounge and tea bar. Brew, 30b Hippocrates St, Nicosia. 11.30am-2am on weekdays, 11.30am-3am on weekends. Tel: 22-100133 Mystiagogia Relaxed bar playing both Greek and English rock, and a selection of chill out music. Mystiagogia, 42 Areos St, Old Nicosia.

Open daily 8pm-2am. Tel: 99-788486

Skaraveos Restaurant, café and bar with Persian Cuisine. Wednesdays: electronic music, Thursdays: reggae and Fridays: progressive psychedelic and Saturdays: rock and funk. 11pm-2am. 4 Nikokreontos St. Tel: 99-935777 Amalfi Lounge Bar Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday live music with Yiota Louka, Christos Andreou, Konstantinos Koutras and Yiannos Hadjiloizou. Enjoy exotic cocktails, finger food and Cuban cigars daily from 5pm-2am.

Hilton Park Hotel. Tel: 22-377777 Enallax With various live music shows each week, with a focus on English and Greek rock.

Athinas St. old Nicosia. Wednesdays & Thursdays 11pm-2pm, Fridays-Saturdays 11.30-3pm. Reservations: 22-430121/99617820 Orpheas Piano Bar With live jazz and piano on various nights.

Orpheas Piano Bar, 24 Athinas St, old Nicosia. Free entrance. Tel: 22-439311/99697259

Larnaca district Casa de la Musica Club night with resident DJ Jon Fitz joined by internationally famous guest DJs from Ibiza TBA. Every Friday night. Club Deep, Finikoudes Promenade. 12 midnight-4 .30am. €10 with a free drink included.

Dress code: Style and sophistication. Tel: 97-843001 Times Bar ‘Manic Sundays’ with Manic Mike playing progressive/electro. 73 Athens Avenue, Finikoudes Promenade. Tel: 24-625966

Stephane Grappelli. Think upbeat swing style supported by driving guitar-based rhythm, combined with violin and you get the picture.

Both have been professional musicians for over 20 years, and have very impressive resumes. Blue Jar first performed at a garden party for HRH The Prince of Wales. Since then, they have performed throughout Europe, including Womex and The Marbella International Film Festival, in Spain and toured Denmark alongside Peter Gabriel and the Gypsy Kings. Last St Patrick’s Day, they performed for the Irish Embassy in Nicosia, in front of the President of Cyprus.

St Patrick’s with Blue Jar St Patrick’s celebration dinner er dance 3. Navarwith live Irish music. March 13. ria Hotel, Limassol. 7.30 for 8pm. pm. €22 per person include buffett dinskeys. ner, all local drinks, Irish whiskeys.

Tel: 96-280308/99-043558 or emailing info@cyprusireland.net .net com or presidentlbrotary@gmail.com

Cuba Tropical Band playing live Cuban-Latin soundss nevery Sunday. Wet Beach Bar, Amathountos Avenue. 9pm-11.30pm. Tel: 25-3200066 Harleys Café Bar y, Happy hour 10am-6pm. Every Tuesday, pub games night. Every Thursday, quizz tnight. Special theme nights once a forta. night. Near Esso station, Amathus Area.

Tel: 25-328533 Electronic music at Barfly Quality house, techno and minimal beatss with guest DJ. Every other Friday. Barfly, e.

1 Elenis Paleologinas St. 10pm until late. www.myspace.com/pmdj Mandaloun With Lebanese food and DJs every Friday andd Saturday playing a variety of ethnic, world and chill out music. Mandaloun, opposite Le Meridien Hotel. 7pm-2am. Tel: 25-636845 Graffiti House, tribal house, oriental and mainstream hits. Enjoy your drink with finger food and nargile. Wednesdays- Saturdays, 9pm-2am. Graffiti bar, 236 Ayios Andreas St. Tel: 25-747552 Jazzy B With live jazz music on various nights each week. JazzyB, Corner of Anexartisias & Athinon str. €8. 10.30pm. Tel: 99-605502 Half Note Blue velvet play classic soul, funk and RnB Saturday night. Half note Music Bar, cnr Saripolis and Socratous st. Tel: 25-377050 Woodman’s Pub Traditional English pub, serving range of foods including Sunday Roast. Big Screen TV’s, Karaoke every Friday evening and a quiz with a rolling jackpot every Monday.

73 Georgiou Avenue. Tel: 25-879082

Famagusta district Sirena Bay Bar Playing a diverse range of music, from chill out to upbeat electronic tunes.

Sirena Bay, near Golden Coast Hotel, Paralimni. 7am-1am. Tel: 99-511701 Guru Bar Live music with DJ Dimi, bongos and dancers. Guru Bar, 11 Odysseos Elitis Street, Ayia Napa. Every Thursday, 10pm. Tel: 23-721838 Vanilla Bar Playing funky house tunes. Vanilla Bar, 41 Makarios III Avenue, Ayia Napa. Monday-Sunday 9am-2am. Tel: 23-721126 Cliff Bar Open air bar/café playing chill out music and offering a great selection of cocktails. Grecian Park Hotel, Konnos Bay, Cavo Creco, Protaras. 12noon-2am daily. Tel: 23-832000

REVIEW

By Bejay Browne

Seafront stalwart still drawing in the crowds Pingouino Café, Paphos If you enjoy sitting back, relaxing and watching the world go by a visit to Pingouino café and lounge bar in Paphos is top of the list.

Situated in the area known locally as ‘the tourist area’ - on a corner close to the sparkling waters of the seafront, Pingouino is a stalwart of the coastal town, the café-bar originally starting life as a family-run ice cream parlour with a Penguin as the logo - hence the modified name.

As times changed and customers wanted more than just ice cream - although a good selection is still available - Pingouino café lounge-bar evolved. With three sides constructe constructed of glass and a good sized outdoor seating area to the fron front this is a great location to visit whatever the weather.

The staff ar are warm and welcoming and the venue is m modern, stylish and comfortable. Toasted sandwiches, wraps, burgers, salads, grilled chicken, pasta, crepes and waffles as well as ice cream aare reasonably priced and tasty. There are also a few fe ‘gluten free’ choices available. A good select selection of beverages and cocktails include all types of coffees, smoothies and milk shakes, as well as more tthan th an 226 different cocktails, wine, beer, champagne, sambuca samb and of course Zivania.

Open seven days a week from 8am until late, try a classic class mojito and watch the sun go down - delicious.

This establishment was the winner of a Trip Adviser Certificate of Excellence 2012 and it’s not hard to see why. A great combination of location, ambience, value for money mon and pleasant staff have all ensured Pinguino i a top ch is choice.

As the night ni falls and the atmosphere of the area changes, the candles come out and so does a new wave of customers, served with cocktail buckets and alcoholic beverages.

All sorts of people frequent this popular café-bar; it’s a real mixed bag. Locals and residents are regulars and tourists who discover the venue tend to visit every time they are on holiday. It is also popular with students during the holidays.

The view toward the ancient harbour of Paphos is gratifying and it’s possible to spend an entire day here whiling away the hours.

Pingouino café-lounge bar Where: 9, Dionisou and Posidonos Avenue, Kato Paphos, Paphos Contact: 26 944176 When: 7 days a week 8am-12.30 am

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19 What’sonlistings Cheapart Limassol Group exhibition at affordable prices. Until March 23. Penindaplinena Gallery, 49 Ellados. Monday-Friday: 4pm-8pm. Saturday: 12-4pm.Tel: 25-340727. info@penindapliena.com. www.penindaplinena.com New York Between the Lines Photo exhibition by Christina Drakos. Until March 31. Library Cafe Bar, 1 Themidos Street. All proceeds from this exhibition will be given to Sagapo Children’s Foundation. Tel: 25-361362 Blackdove Art Studio Permanent exhibition of artwork in oils, acrylic, print and mixed media, including painted driftwood, by Mary-Lynne Stadler.

Commissions welcome and art tuition on offer in a number of media. Tel: 99-048369. www.marylynnestadler.com.

Anoyira Mosaic Artwork Discover the magic of mosaics and Anoyira.

Friday-Sunday 10am-4pm, other times by appointment. Tel: 99-108710 Katie Sabry Studio Permanent exhibition of paintings in oils, watercolours and pastels. Mosaics Workshop, 9 Georgiou Malekidi St. Tel: 99571139. www.katiecolours.com Art by Susanne Gallery with contemporary artwork. Shop 2, Marina Beach, Amathus Avenue. Daily 10am-4pm. Percentage of profits go to children with Cystic Fibrosis. Tel: 99-247668 Theomaria Art Gallery Permanent exhibition of Vera Parlalidou’s ceramics. 7 Vassilisis Karlotta St. MondayFriday 8am-1pm. Tel: 25-745777 Michael Owen Galleries Permanent exhibition of oil and watercolour paintings. Lania. Tel. 25-432404. www. michaelowengallery.com Olivera Papathoma Permanent exhibition in City Art Gallery.

255A Saint Andreas St. Monday-Friday 9am-1pm, 4pm-7pm. Sat. 9am-2pm Sea King Permanent exhibition of old aviation photos. Sea King restaurant, near Akrotiri base.

Tel: 25-954500

Paphos district Judith Constantinou Permanent exhibition of watercolours.

The Studio, Stephanie Village, Tala. Tel: 26652760 Stewart B Johnson Open house viewings of Scottish artist’s works by appointment. G. Xenopoulou st.

Tel: 26-930525 Gallery at Home with Theresa French Watercolours, prints and cards. 2 Modestou Panteli, 2 Nicolas Cliff, Yeroskipou. Tel: 26962597/ 99-316485 Stone Sculptures Permanent exhibition by Andreas Constantinou. Polis Chrysochous, near central square. Call artist for viewing. Tel: 26321227/99-585543 Michael Gorman Figurative paintings and prints. 20 Theodorou Kolokotroni, Peyia. Open daily. Tel: 99-952376/99-006832/26-621424 Harry and Sheila Hawkins Art by Harry Hawkins and books by Sheila Hawkins. Ayias Zonis St., Neo Chorio. Open daily. Tel: 26-321123 Herbs and Wild Flowers Arts and crafts inspired by the flora of Cyprus. Medicinal herbal teas and oils available. Information Centre for the Akamas National Park at the School of Pano Arodes.

Tel: 99-616748 David Lester Working Studio in Peyia, with permanent exhibition of oil paintings and others by author of ‘Wishful Thinking’. Tel: 26-621130

Famagusta district Blue Spice Restaurant Permanent exhibition of Carolina Alotus’ works. Blue Spice, 29 Aphroditis St (between Perneras and Protaras rd), Ayia Napa.

Tel: 23-832088. www.CarolinaAlotus.com Where are the Rights of the Children of Karpasia?

Permanent photographic exhibition. Famagusta Cultural Centre, Dherynia. Closed Sundays. Monday-Friday 7.30am-4.30pm and Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm. Tel: 23-740860

Music Nicosia district Margarita Zorbala with Diastasis Musical journey through 20th century Greece. March 10. Pallas Theatre, old Nicosia. 830pm. €20. Tel: 77-777040 Brentano String Quartet Pharos Arts Foundation presents concert with the ensemble-in-residence at Princeton University as part of its European tour.

March 11. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street. 8.30pm. €20/15. Tel: 22-663871/70009304. Email: info@pharosartsfoundation.org. www.pharosartsfoundation.org. www.pharostickets.org

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Larnaca district Margarita Zorbala with Diastasis Musical journey through 20th century Greece. March 14. Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 830pm. €20. Tel: 24-665795 Tat-tnabar Concert with popular ethnic group, alongside Extreme Voices and a group of students from Faneromeni High School.

March 16. Youth Foundation, 37 Pandoras Street, (behind the new hospital). 6pm. €5/2. All proceeds will go towards the programme Music for Children and young People. Tel: 24-664622

Limassol district The Firebirds America’s 1950s greatest hits played live with Chris, John, Andrew and Stan. March 13. Sykaminia Tavern, Ayias Ambrosias.

7pm - Showtime 8.30pm. €20 inc. three course dinner. SOLD OUT. Reservations Tel: 99-313865/99-411513/99-832538 Children’s Choirs & Carnival A musical encounter, with songs and serenades within the framework of the Limassol Carnival. March 13. Rialto Theatre. 7pm. €5. Tel: 77-777745 Francesca da Rimini - The Met: Live in HD Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera of New York in high-definition. March 16. Rialto Theatre. 6pm. €20/15. With Greek and English Subtitles Tel: 77-777745. Online ticket: www.rialto.com.cy The You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Tour The classic songs of Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand with Ross Neil, Tina Chester & Andrew Oliver. March 16. Yialos Restaurant, Pissouri. 7pm - Showtime 8.30pm. €20 inc. mini meze. Reservations - Tel: 99473141/99-832538

Paphos district The Firebirds America’s 1950s greatest hits played live.

March 17. King Solomon Tavern, Coral Bay. 1pm - Showtime 3pm. €20 inc. lunch. Tel: 99-577247/ 99-826919/99-832538

Theatre & Dance Nicosia district I Love You But...

Idea Planners presents interactive ‘couple-comedy’ on marriage, divorce and modern relationships. March 8-10. Latsia Municipal Theatre, 57 Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue. 8.30pm. €20. In Greek. Tel: 22-878688 Below Zero Drama directed by Photis Georgidis. March 11-14 until March 31. Melina Merkouri Hall, Famagusta Gate, Athina Avenue. On specific days at 8.30pm. €15. In Greek. Tel: 70007410/99-308232 Kali-Kantzar & Co A pocket musical directed by Lea Maleni with music by Dimitris Zavros. March 1316. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou. 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22864300 Woyzeck Multi-media performance one of the most performed and influential plays in contemporary German theatre. March 14.

Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 1115 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Αglantzia.

8.30pm. €15/10. In Greek Language with English songs and text fragments. Tel: 22312940/22-421609 Nursing Home The Cherubim Theatre Anemona celebrates its tenth anniversary presents comedy by Nearchos Ioannou. Until March 17. Anemona Theater, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 8pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-573031 Shear Madness Popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides returns with an adaptation of one of the longest-running non-musical plays in the world. Until March 17. Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street. Every Saturday and Sunday at 8.30pm. €20. In Greek.

Tel: 70-001910/22-675787 God of Carnage Dionysos Theatre presents multi-award winning comedy by Yasmina Reza directed

by George Mouaimis. Until March 17. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street. Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6.30pm. In Greek. €20/15. Tel: 99-621845 The Switch Theatro Ena presents play by Argiro Toumazou. Until March 28. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue. Every Wednesday and Thursday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 22-348203 Shakespeare in an Hour Pirasmos Productions presents a theatrical comedy directed by popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides. Until March 29.

Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street.

Thursday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek.

Tel: 70-001910

March 10, 2013 • SUNDAY MAIL

THEATRE Few writers have transformed German literature and theatre so dramatically

Celebrate the life of poet, scientist and revolutionary as Georg Buchner has.

Though he might have never achieved the heights of Goethe and Schiller, Büchner earned a permanent place in the German-language literary canon with the work Woyzeck.

With his 200th birthday coming up this year, a series of events are planned in Germany and around the world to commemorate the poet, scientist and revolutionary. Cyprus too will honour his birth and introduce his work to local audiences.

Büchner’s Woyzeck, directed by Achim Wieland, will be performed this week in Nicosia and Limassol followed by a final performance on March 27 in Paphos. Films about Woyzeck will also be shown at the Goethe-Institut in Nicosia. Furthermore, a workshop about Büchner’s dramatic works will be held for actors and dramaturgs by Berlin based German theatre specialist Dr Frank Raddatz at the Vladimiros Kafkarides Centre in Nicosia.

Based on a true story, Woyzeck has emerged as one of the most performed and influential plays in the contemporary German theatre repertoire. Not only is it the first German play about a commoner, it is unflinching in its assessment of the German condition.

Despite its legacy, remarkably, Woyzeck was left unfinished due to its author’s untimely death at the age of 23 in 1837. Büchner wrote The Children of Cain Theatro Ena presents the psychological thriller by Andreas Thomopoulos. Until March 31. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue.

Every Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 22-348203 The Dispute The Main Stage of THOC presents tragic comedy by Pierre de Marivaux. Until March 31. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6pm. In Greek. Performances on March 30 and 31 will be with Greek and English surtitles. €12/10. Tel: 77-772717 The Harley Jacket THOC’s New Stage presents play by Vasilis Katsikonouris. Until April 5. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou. Performances at the exterior spaces of THOC’s New Theatre Building. Every two weeks Wednesday through Friday at 8.30pm. €12/10. In Greek. The performances on March 6 and 20 will be with Greek and English surtitles. Tel: 77-772717 Pinocchio Theatre Maskarini unique adaptation of well-known tale. Until April 14. Russian Cultural Centre, 16 Alassias Street. every Sunday at 10.30am. In Greek. Tel: 22-270420 In the Land of Peter Pan The Puppet Group of Satiriko Theatre presents work by James Barry. Until April 28. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Αglantzia. Every Sunday at 10.30am. In Greek. €10. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609 Tom, Dick and Harry Satiriko Theatro presents comedy by Ray and Michael Cooney. Until April 28.

Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 1115 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Αglantzia.

On Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. €15/10. Tel: 22-312940/ 22-421609 Gone With the Jobless A comedy by Marinos Hatzivasiliou who, together with other actors from the popular TV programme Patates, present a hilarious show with humour and laughter. Until May 5. Diachroniki Music Stage, 2 Yianni Koromia Street, Kaimakli. Every Sunday at 9pm. €15. In Greek. Tel: 99-783455

Larnaca district Lamentu Performance presented by X-it Dancetheatre within the framework of the European Cultural Winter in Larnaca 2012-2013.

March 16. Larnaca Municipal Theatre.

8.30pm. €20. Tel: 24-665795

a number of scenes, but no instructions about their order or his intentions. Because of this, the dark tale of Franz Woyzeck, a soldier on the brink of mental and physical collapse who is driven to murder, offers broad artistic possibilities by countless translators and directors of stage and film.

This latest adaptation, by Wieland, develops complex themes of social status and conditioning, morality and human tragedy in an atmospheric multi-media construct of live-acts (with Marios Ioannou and Elena Kallinikou) and fragmented play-back speech and sound (Panos Bartzis) to produce a unique theatre experience. The multi-media project will be in Greek but will include English songs and text fragments.

Woyzeck Multi-media performance one of the most performed and influential plays in contemporary German theatre. 8.30pm. €15/10. In Greek Language with English songs and text fragments.

March 14: Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Αglantzia, Nicosia. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609 March 15: Rialto Theatre, Limassol. Tel: 77777745 March 27: Palia Electriki, PaphosTel: 99-655796

How to Rob a Bank Skala Theatre presents a three act comedy

by Samy Fayad. Until March 31. Skala Theatre, 15 Kyriakou Matsi Street. Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek.

Tel: 99-490102

Limassol district Cyprus Contemporary Dance Platform 13 years with 13 dance groups. Parallel events Dance House Lemesos and Palia Xydadiko. March 8-10. Rialto Theatre.

8.30pm. €5/For all performances €10. Tel: 77-777745 Woyzeck Multi-media performance one of the most performed and influential plays in contemporary German theatre. March 15.

Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €15/10.

In Greek Language with English songs and text fragments. Tel: 77-777745 Tone Clusters The Second Stage of ETHAL presents work of famous American author Joyce Carol Oates. Until March 24. Technohoros ETHAL, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue. Tuesdays, Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays 6.30pm.

In Greek. Tel: 25-877827

Other Events Nicosia district The Know Now Project Group exhibition posing the question: how does modern technology affect art today? Through a series of events.

Until March 10. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Αglantzia. Monday-Friday: 5pm-9pm. Saturday-Sunday: 9.30am1pm & 5pm-11pm. Tel: 99-840804. www. knownowart.com Carnival at the French-Cypriot School Students’ parade (with all Aglandgia schools), barbecue, competition for best costumes, bouncy castle, games for children and more. March 10. 10am-4pm.

Kavafi Street 20, Aglangia. Tel: 22- 665318. www.efcn.info Aglantzia Carnival Parade A parade that aims to entertain children and adults, to revive the tradition and give colour and vibrancy to the city March 10.

Kyrenia Avenue, Aglantzia. 11am. All welcome to join and watch. Tel: 22-332909.

Email: constantia.chrysostomou@aglantzia.org.cy. www.aglantzia.org.cy

8th Francophone Film Festival Screening of award-winning Swiss film.

March 11: La Petite Chambre. Ciné Studio, University of Nicosia. 9pm. In French with English subtitles. Free Theogony Book presentation and the exhibition of old and contemporary photographs, in the presence of Haris Yiakoumis photographer and archaeologist Jacqueline Karageorghis, within the framework of Francophonie Month. March 13. Hellenic Bank Headquarters. 7pm. Admission is free. Tel: 22-459333. Email: contact@ifchypre.org. www.ifchypre.org Carnival Cycling Parade Night cycle around the city in wild costumes. March 13. D’Avila Moat, Stasinou Avenue. Meet at 7.45pm for 8pm-10pm.

Tel: 99-956528. Email: podilates.lefkosias@ gmail.com Innovative Performance and its Influences on Business Open free lecture by Mariusz Soltanifar.

March 14. CIM Lecture Theatre, 25 Zannetos street, Ayios Andreas. 6.30pm. Tel: 22778475. www.cima.ac.cy Cyprus through the Transformation Mechanisms Open free lecture by Dr Christoforos Pissarides, Nobel Prize Winner (Economics).

March 15. THOC. 6pm. Tel: 22-778475. www.cima.ac.cy Remembering History – a Case Study from Germany Public open seminar about coming to terms with a difficult past, accompanied by an art exhibition by Cypriot artists called The Colour of Truth from both communities about the Missing Persons-issue.

March 16. The Home for Cooperation (Nicosia buffer zone opposite Ledra Palace hotel). 10am-1.30pm. exhibition open until March 22. Mondays to Fridays: 11am-7 pm at the Goethe-Institut’s Gallery. Tel: 22-674607 Screenings at the Shoe Factory An extraordinary selection of rare eclectic films. Until March 29. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Str. 8pm. Free. Films shown in original language with English subtitles where applicable. For more information: www. pharosartsfoundation.org Kyriakos Michaelides Tailor Museum A sightseeing attraction for visitors in the area as well as a space where the young and new generations may become aware of the richness of the traditional tailor’s craft dating back to the sixties. Old Nicosia, Phaneromeni area. Tel: 99-796333

Singing Group Singing for fun. All kinds of music in harmony small Nicosia group Tuesdays 5.30pm-7pm, all welcome. Call Olivia 99-497318 Rooftop Theatre Group Regular play script-writing workshop. In the room next to Kala Kathoumena coffee shop in old Nicosia (Phaneromeni Square). 6pm.

In English. Tel: 22- 661354 Kindermusik with Vaso Come and see how music and movement can stimulate your young child’s developing mind and body. Tel: 96-693462. For full details please visit: www.kindermusikwithvaso.com. kindermusikwithvaso@gmail. com Childrens African DrumagiQ Includes: Drums and rhythm tuition with educational approach, psychological expertise, culture, customs, games, dance and innovative creative techniques. Every Friday. Kisa Centre, old Nicosia. 5-6pm for children under 12, 6-7pm for children 1215. Tel: 22-878181 Serenity House Offering classes in yoga, tai chi and anger management, self awareness seminars traditional Thai and classic massage, and more. Serenity House, 2 Einstein St, Ay. Omologites. Tel: 99-434353, Rebecca (Yoga) 99-487927 or splishys@cytanet. com.cy Healing Rooms Free 20 minutes healing sessions for the well-being of spirit, mind and body in a loving atmosphere. Confidential. Every second and fourth Thursday of the month.

8-9.30pm. 225 Strovolos Avenue, near Metro roundabout (above Afrikanos Bath Store). Tel: 99-771084 Inter-faith prayers and meditation Every Friday. Baha’i Centre, 11 Parthenonos, Kaimakli. Tel: 22-624283 HIV Discussion Group Discussing issues around HIV for sufferers and friends of sufferers. Every Thursday. UNESCO Amphitheatre, Intercollege, Makedonitissas Ave. 7pm. Free Nicosia Horrible Hash House Harriers Exercise, eat, drink and be merry with Nicosia Hash House Harriers. Meetings every Tuesday 7.30pm for a walk, jog or run around Nicosia. For directions to the run or more info, Tel: 99-308436 or visit www. nh4.com.cy Nicosia Writers’ Workshop If you enjoy creative writing and want to meet people with similar skills, then the Nicosia Writers’ Workshop is the place to be, so bring your ideas and we’ll open a new world together. 48 Rik Avenue, Angantzia.

Every Sunday from 11am-1pm. Free membership to new candidates. Ring Machela on 99-867315 Writing Workshops Unleash your creative side with Rhay Christou. Rhay’s Studio, Old Nicosia. Tel: 99 522333 Italian for Beginners Lessons offered by the Dante Alighieri Society and the Italian Embassy. Monday and Wednesday 6.30pm-8pm.Tel: 22358168/99-339644 Children’s Theatre Workshop Dionysus Theatre brings kids closer to theatre. Three different age groups, ranging from 6-18+. Classes are in Greek. Dionysus Theatre, 29 Diagorou St. Tel: 22818999/99-621845 or visit www.music.net. cy/dionysos Play in a Day Fun theatre workshops geared towards adults. Every Thursday 6-8pm. (lessons for youths between 14 and 17 also take place on Wednesday 5pm-7pm). 15 per session or 50 per month. Taught in Greek and English.

For registration Tel: 99-130916/99-552654. theatrenicosia@gmail.com Arts & Moods Creative workshops for children of all ages.

15 Averoff Street, Strovolos. Tel: 22313142. email: artsandmoods@cytanet.com.cy Brocante Antique and vintage furniture market.

Every Sunday 9am-7pm. In front of the old municipal market in old Nicosia and outside the Akanthos workshop space. Tel: 22-100984. www.facebook.com/akanthos. furniture St Paul’s Thrift Shop Thrift Shop for clothes and bric-a-brac is open every Saturday morning from 10ammidday in St Paul’s Cathedral car park. Lots of bargains on offer at very reasonable prices. Tel : 22-445221 St Paul’s Babies and Toddlers Non-religious, non-political and multi-national organisation that caters for newborn to pre-school kids with activities including outdoor and indoor play equipment and toys. St Paul’s Church Hall, Byron Avenue.

No membership required. babiesandtoddlers.googlepages.com Cans for Kids Quiz Nights First Friday of every month. 8.30pm. Esogba, behind the Junior School. €5. Drinks and home cooked food available. Tel: 99666011. www.cansforkids.org

20 WHAT’S ON

Larnaca district Transformative Tarot Course Fun & educational, meet other like-minded people. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 7.30-9 .30pm. contact: seekersofthetarot@yahoo. com for more details Kara – Mind & Body Centre Gain a certificate in Tarot Reading. An 18week course that covers symbology, colourology, numerology and much more.

KARA - Mind & Body Centre, Oroklini. Tel: 99-029952. tarotcyprus.yolasite.com/ about-us.php Fisu Meditation Learn Fisu Meditation. Free introductory talks on why meditate and what meditation is all about. Book by appointment, 24532479/99-665330 Larnaca Hash House Harriers Every Monday, 5pm. For more information call Fred-the-web on 24-647175 Kition Hash House Harriers Run/jog/walk from a pub/taverna round the town and back. Wednesday evenings, 7.30pm. All welcome. Join us and have some fun. Tel: 24-647283 Antidote Theatre Workshops Drama workshops for children aged 5- can attend weekly workshops to learn about theatre through games and play, and participate in productions staged at the end of each year. Theatre Antidote also offers its students the Trinity Guildhall drama examinations in June, a useful qualification for university applications. Antidote Theatre, Apothikes st.Lazarus. Tel: 24-822677. info@theatreantidote.com/ www.theatreantidote.com Baby Antidote Brings the young tots up to 3yrs in touch with theatre, by combining storytelling, fairytales and play. Through interactive performances inspired by favourite children’s books, the heroes come to life as the little ones embody them in their own unique way. Apothikes st. Lazarus. Every Monday and Friday, 9.30-11.30am. Entrance is €4 per family, and includes refreshments and snacks.

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffalos Social and benevolent organisation supporting charitable groups. The James Mercury Lodge meets at Dhekelia Barracks.

Every Tuesday, 7.30pm. Next to ‘George’s Taxi’ on the South Road. Tel: 24-635812 RAFA Larnaca Bay Branch Social gathering taking place on second Tuesday of each month. Beachcomber Restaurant, Makenzie Beach . 7pm. Tel: 24363752. www.rafacyprus.co.uk/larnaca Larnaca Reading Group If you enjoy reading and debating the pros and cons of a book, you are welcome to join, the group endeavours to read a diverse selection of books. Larnaca Reading Group (LRG) meets the first Monday of each month in the Reading Lounge, upstairs in the Academic & General Bookshop, address: 41 Hermes Street. Tel: 24628401/99-597094/99-925315

Cash Bingo Eyes down every Wednesday, 8.30pm, and Sunday, 8.30pm, Makedonas restaurant, Dhekelia road. Food and drinks available at venues. Tel: 99-108391 Line Dancing Every Friday, 8pm. Makedonas restauraunt, Dhekelia road. Tel: 99-108391 Royal Engineers’ Association Meets on second Tuesday of the month at venues around the Island. For details of next meeting contact Bob Beer (Chair) on 97-633728 Larnaca Chicago Bridge Club Thursdays, 9.30am-1pm. Tel: Pete on 24424899 Larnaca Walking Tours Wednesdays: Larnaca Past and Present, 10am from CTO office in Vassileos Pavlou Square. Fridays: Skala and its Craftsmen, 10am from Larnaca Fort. Tel: 24-654322 Leon Friendly Darts League Meetings carried out at selected pubs: Tuesdays, 8.30pm. Tel: Bob Johnson on 24-427275 Mazotos Camel Park Adventures for the family. Camel rides, swimming, play areas and more. Tel: 24991243/99-416968. www.camel-park.com

Limassol district Limassol Carnival Open-air parties, children’s parades and serenaders evenings culminating with the Grand Parade. March 7-17. Multiple locations in Limassol. http://www.cyprusevents.net/events/limassol-carnival-2013/ International Christian Fellowship East Please join us, Sundays 10.30am, Angel’s English Nursery School, 37 Ampelakion, Germasogia. Sunday school available, small groups meet midweek. Tel: 99815033. www.icf.org.cy Day out in Lania Visit the museum, church, olive mill, wine press and the artists’ galleries. Lania. Glennis208@gmail.com Island Blend Barber shop group sing a wide repertoire of songs at events and raise money for Friends for Life. Every Thursday at UKCA, 4pm-6pm. Tel: 25-397456 The World of Wine Beginners and advanced specialised courses for enthusiasts who wish to become more confident in understanding and enjoying fine wines and spirits. Spectus shops, Nicosia and Limassol. Tel: 22511521/25-341525 Food for Friends Vegetarian social group, with monthly lunch-time outings to tavernas and short presentations on related subjects. Monthly lunch on last Saturday of month. Tel: 25634487/25-634487 Rising Star Youth Theatre of Limassol Theatre workshop for aspiring actors and actresses from the age of 6 years and up.

Call 99-608826 for information.

Children’s Theatre Workshop Organised by the Versus theatre group.

Theatro Ena, Limassol Municipal Market, old town. Classes for ages: 5-9, 10-13, 17-17.

Saturdays 9am-3pm. Tel: 99-428691. www. theatroversus.com Magic Craft Supplies For the latest on Magic Craft Supplies & Penny’s Parties, please visit www.pennycyprusmagic.com 25-634487/99-304237 Theatre Workshops Open to students between six and 16. Every Saturday. ETHAL Theatre. Basement, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Ave. Tel: 25-877827 Premiere Group Theatre group producing annual musicals.

The group conducts monthly social events that include camping, picnics and sports evenings. Tel: 25-775922. www.premiere. com.cy C3A Limassol Join us and share educational, creative and leisure activities in friendly, sociable groups. Attend Open meetings, listen to informative talks, enjoy social activities.

Contact: c3a.limassol@gmail.com. http:// c3a-cyprus.org/limassol/ Help Me Grow Lecture on child development by the Health Ministry. Every Wednesday. Lecture hall, New Limassol Hospital. 6pm. In Greek.

Free Baha’is of Limassol Weekly discussion circle. Tel: 25-340021

If it’s March it must be Francophonie month Francophiles have something to be happy about this March as Cyprus is about to be engulfed by a wave of artistic and cultural events. Commonly referred to as Francophonie Month, the monthlong festival is intended to promote French culture and the French language which is spoken by 220 million people throughout the world.

One of the highlights of Francophonie in Cyprus is the Eighth Francophone Film Festival. A total of 12 films will be screened over a period of five weeks, which includes films made in Cyprus, Belgium, Switzerland and Hungary. Some films will be screened four times over the next few weeks, while others will be screened just the once, so be sure to plan ahead.

Something to look forward to is a presentation on the book, Theogony - The Aphrodite of Cyprus at the Hellenic Bank Headquarters in Nicosia on Wednesday night and an exhibition Happy Valley Hash House Harriers Weekly runs on Thursdays around the southwest of the island, times vary, see www.hvh3.org.uk. Tel: 99-434794 Amathus Hash House Harriers Run, jog or walk every Sunday afternoon. For more info Tel: 99-905746. www.ah3.freeservers.com Limassol Walks Get to know the historical centre of Limassol. Mondays at 10am. Walks begin at the CTO Information Office, 115A Spyros Araouzos St. Free. Tel: 25-362756 Limassol Crusaders Rugby Club Training on grass for Cyprus League matches, or just to get fit, Tuesdays 6.30-8.30pm and Thursdays 7-9pm, AEK Katholiki Stadium, Tagmatarchou Pouliou St. Seniors and Juniors. Tel: 96323962. www.limassolcrusadersrfc.com Table Tennis Monday and Friday at 10 am at UKCA, 37 Termopilis Street. Contact Antonio 99-334706 Limassol Bridge Club Mondays and Fridays, 3.30pm at Limassol Sporting Club. Tel 99-645338 Car Boot Sale Every Saturday and Sunday at Moni Station. Tel: 25-323525/25-365102 Linopetra Corner Car boot sale on Saturdays, 8am-2pm.

Tel: 99-612832 Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Social and benevolent organisation.

Aphrodite Bitter Lake Lodge meet at the UKCA Club. Wednesdays, 6pm. Tel: 99-425527. The Troodos Pride of Cyprus Lodge meets at the UKCA Club. Every other Sunday, 10am. Tel: 99-345384 Riding for the Disabled Horse riding for disabled riders from The Red Cross and Theotokos Foundation every Thursday morning 8.30am11.30am. Happy Valley, Episkopi. Volunteers greatly needed to assist with rides.

Tel: 25-773058. Email: rdaroster@gmail. com RAFA Aphrodite Branch Social Meeting First Wednesday of every month. Sergeants Mess. Akrotiri. No food provided.

7.30pm. Tel: 25-932196

of old photographs and contemporary of panoramic Cyprus, in the presence of photographer Haris Yiakoumis and archaeologist Jacqueline Karageorghis. Inspired by Hesiod’s Theogony that describes, among other things, the birth of Aphrodite in Cyprus, this book, depicts Petra tou Romiou in an admirable manner, the magical and mythical birth place of the goddess of love.

Theogony Book presentation and the exhibition of old and contemporary photographs, in the presence of Haris Yiakoumis photographer and archaeologist Jacqueline Karageorghis, within the framework of Francophonie Month. March 13.

Hellenic Bank Headquarters in Nicosia. 7pm. Admission is free. Tel: 22-459333. Email: contact@ifchypre.org. www. ifchypre.org RAF Akrotiri Voluntary Band Plays large repertoire of classical music at military dinners, Episkopi Fete and charity fund raisers. Every Monday: 7.30pm. Padre’s Centre at RAF Akrotiri. Tel: 99-925524 The Royal Military Police Association Cyprus branch seeks new members. First Friday of every month. The RMP Corporals Mess, WSBA Episkopi. 2pm. Tel: 99-453867 Cyprus Donkey Sanctuary Visitor centre with shop, refreshments, hillside walk and picnic area. Friends of the Cyprus Donkey, Vouni. Daily 10am-4pm.

Tel: 25-945488 Ocean Bar Restaurant Every Thursday: Bingo Night, 8pm. Tel: 96381509. Every Friday: Multi Media Quiz with many prizes to be won, 8.30pm. Tel: 99032876. Ocean Bar Restaurant, 10 Christina Court, Onicilliou St, Ayios Tychonas

Paphos district Stories in Screen A series of video work presentations. Until March 15. Chiaki Kamikawa Contemporary Art Gallery, 10 Solonos Street. Monday- Friday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-6pm. Saturday: 10am-1.30pm. Tel: 99-311225 Spiritualist Meetings.

Monthly ‘Modern Spiritualists in Cyprus’ meetings are held on the last Sunday of the month in Stroumbi. 7pm start. For full details www.yvebrooks.org or Tel 97-801472 Paphos Flower Club Courses in flower arranging. Anglican Church Hall, Kato Paphos. Beginners 2pm, intermediate 12.30pm.

Beginners. Tel: 99-475564/99533704. Intermediate: 99-744635 Orphean Singers Three times a year this well established singing group delights audiences with an entertaining concert. Meetings every Friday at Kamaras club, 9.30am-12pm. Tel: 26-913249 Paphos Light Music Society A new group in Paphos for the appreciation of light opera, Gilbert and Sullivan etc. Non-singers also welcome. Meetings every fourth Monday at 3.00pm in Paphos area.

Tel: 26- 723002/ 99-370883

Paphos Town Centre Walking Tour Get acquainted with the newest part of the city and learn how the town evolved from the late Byzantine and Mediaeval times.

Every Thursday, 10am. CTO Information Office, 3 Gladstonos St. Tel. 26-932841 The Corona Society Go along and meet new friends at monthly meetings held every second Wednesday of the month, 2.30pm – 4pm. Coffee mornings held every last Tuesday of the month, 10.30am – 12.00pm. Annabelle Hotel. All proceeds go to local charities. Tel: 99177479 Scottish Country Dancing With the St Andrew’s Society, Paphos, at the Latin Parish Hall every Tuesday evening from September to May 6-8pm. Beginners welcome 5.30pm. Tel: 99-298512 Timi Village Car Boot Market Every Sunday 7am-1pm all through the year. Tel: 99-611637 Evans Plus Evans Comedy Magic Show, at the New Kikkos Bar Coral Bay - Alternate Tuesdays. 9.30pm.

Tel 99-173801 Singles Nights at Ollie’s Bar Every second and fourth Saturday of the month. Ollie’s Bar, Trimithousa. 8pm. Tel: 99-769899 Quiz Nights Play for weekly prizes and a jackpot. Every Friday. Kings Hotel, Tomb of the Kings Road. 8.30pm. €2. Tel: 26-939075 Quiz night Quiz at the New Olympus Hotel. Every second Thursday of the month. 7.30pm. To register your team call: 26-932020 New Friendly Bridge Chicago bridge every Tuesday with all bridge partnerships welcome. Fantasia Club. 6.45pm. Tel: 26-937551 Table Tennis Club Night Coaching for all levels by Gordon Allen.

Every Wednesday night. New venue, 7pm.

Tel: 99-841471, 26-652763 Badminton Club Atromitos Badminton Club for children and adults meets four times a week, days and evenings, to suit all levels, coaching available or play just for fun. Tel: 99971150/99-519504.badmintonpaphos@ cytanet.com.cy www.atromitosbadmintonclub.org Emba Badminton club Emba Badminton club meets on Saturday mornings, and Tuesday and Friday afternoons. All levels of play are catered for. Tel: 99-276192. www.EmbaBadmintonClub. org.

Paphos Tigers RFC Mini Rugby: Tuesdays, 4.30pm-5.30pm.

Kinyras Centre, Cypria Maris Sports Ground.

Tel: 99-934315/26-652959. barrie@cytanet. com.cy Paphos Cycling Club Newly founded to help promote cycling in Paphos as a great form of exercise, meeting and making new friends and a perfect way to see areas of beauty in Cyprus you would never normally see. We are an informal club and we welcome new members from all walks of life and abilities. We meet every Sunday at Hectors Barin Coral Bay at 9am. Tel: 99-320213. www.paphoscyclingclub.com Paphos Adonis Lions Club Meetings every second and fourth Monday of the month at Paphos Gardens Hotel Resort. New members welcome as

At a distance of just over 470km, Israel is our neighbour but how much do you know about its culture? This week The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation and the Embassy of Israel, within the framework of their cultural co-operation, are launching a series of evening lectures under the general title A Cultural Journey to Israel.

The aim of the lectures is give the public of Cyprus an insight into contemporary Israeli culture. The three lectures will be given by eminent professors in the fields of visual arts,

literature, music and theatre. Coming up on Wednesday, Dr Dalia Manor will present a lecture with the theme Art in Israel: Between the Local and the Global.

A Cultural Journey to Israel Lecture series by eminent professors promoting Israeli contemporary culture. March 13 until October 23. Andreas Patsalides Lecture Hall, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 86-90 Phaneromenis Street, in Old Nicosia. 7.30pm. In English. Tel: 22-128157

Cancer Patients’ Support Group Association’s Day Centre - 84 Ellados Avenue, Paphos, near Carrefour’s on Polis Road. Tel: 26-952478. Coffee morning on the second Tuesday of the month, 10.30am. Craft group meet every Thursday, 10am-12pm. New members always welcome. Quiz nights and meal on Thursdays and meal, 7 for 7.30pm.

Tel: 26-654007 or visit www.cancerpatientssupport.net Cancer Patients’ Support Group – Paphos Information Help Line Trained volunteers who will listen and assist anyone needing information, emotional support, befriending or referral to an appropriate professional. Available from 9am-1pm Monday to Friday. Tel: 97-760989 Paphos Bereavement Support Group If you’ve suffered a loss or death, either recently or in the past, you are welcome to share your feelings with others in a safe and confidential environment.

Group meets on the first Monday of each month, 2pm-4pm. Association’s Day Centre, 9 Dimitriou Mavrogenous, (the road alongside Constantinides Bakery opposite CYTA). Tel: 26-952478 Gamblers Anonymous Support group for gambling addicts, partners and families. Meetings every Tuesday. Ayia Kyriaki Anglican Church Hall, Kato Paphos. 7.30pm. Tel: 26622289 Self-Improvement and Fulfilment Dr. Eva Bratslavsky clinical psychologist and psychotherapist weekly discussion group meetings on self-confidence, selfesteem, relationship enhancement, assertiveness. 3pm. Tel: 99-495467 Hemi-Sync sound technology of The Monroe Institute Metamusic CDs for quantum learning, deep relaxation, meditation, workshops. Contact Linda Leblanc, accredited Outreach Trainer of The Monroe Institute. Tel: 26-621272/ psygnos@spidernet.com.cy Reiki Training Philip Westwood, Reiki Master/Teacher is now taking bookings for Reiki 1 & Reiki 2 training courses.Tel: 99-407526/26271640 or email philipreiki@cytanet. com.cy Polis Charity Bookshop, Crafts and More Now open six days a week. MondaySaturday, 10am- 1pm. Large stock of books, videos, talking books, jigsaws and greeting cards. Proceeds donated to local charities. Goods in first rate condition always needed. Arch. Makarios Avenue, Polis Chrysochous. Tel: 99-867511 Mums ‘n’ Toddlers Group Mums, Tots & Babies - Join us for a fun filled morning of Music & Movement, Story time, Arts & Crafts, Free Play, snack & coffee time etc. Spacious garden at our new location in Chloraka. Five groups per week offered. Also ongoing sale of nearly new clothing (1Euro per item) raising funds for local charities. Tel: 99867662 First Time Mums’ Club Come and join us for a cup of tea. Bring baby with you and meet other mums and get tips, ideas and advice on caring for your little infant. Weekly meetings where topics include breastfeeding, bottle feeding, sleeping tips for baby and mom, milestones, what works and lots more. Thurs 10-12. Cholorakas. Tel: 96-429659 Apollo Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association Meeting on the third Thursday of every month. UKCA Clubhouse, Tombs of the Kings Road. 7pm. Tel: 26-991615 New PAWS charity shop Yeroskipou next door to Pet Stop. Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9am5pm. Saturday 9am-4pm. Tel: 97695857 Basic Dog Training and Grooming Fridays. 3pm. Kallepia. Tel: 26-643079/99105557

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Take a cultural journey to Israel

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Cyprus Go Association Meetings every Saturday to learn the game and improve skills. Oktana Café, 2 Aristidou St. 5pm. Tel: 99-476253. cyprus@europeango.org, cyprus.european-go.org Porcelain Painting Paint your own dinner set or special gift for your loved ones. Beginners classes morning and afternoon. Strovolos. Tel: 99620992 Saint Andrews Bridge Club Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 4pm, Saturday 7pm-10pm; 15 Heroes Avenue. Tel: 22-781063 or 96-510121 Tarot Card Game Lessons Not lessons in the divination art but rather the strategy and memory game. Every Wednesday evening. Brasserie Au Bon Plaisir, 15 Alasias Street. 8pm. Tel 96-755111 The World of Wine Beginners and advanced specialised courses for enthusiasts who wish to become more confident in understanding and enjoying fine wines and spirits. Tailor-made courses, wine classes and tasting can also be organised on request. Spectus shops, Nicosia and Limassol. Tel: 22-511521/25341525 Coffee Morning A warm welcome for all women. Interesting talks and a chance to get together socially. Second Thursday of the month. (except July and August). 9.30am St.Paul’s Church Hall, Byron Avenue. In English. Tel: 22-329293/99-924363 Walking Tours of Nicosia Mondays: Palouriotissa and Kaimakli: the past restored guided bus and walking tour.

Thursdays: walking tour of Nicosia.. Free.

Tel: 22-674264 Bird Watching in Cyprus Birdlife Cyprus regularly arranges bird watching trips around the island. Tel: 22455072, 99-059541. www.birdlifecyprus. org Horse Races Every Wednesday and Sunday at the Nicosia Race Club. Tel: 22-782727. Subject to change check website. www.nicosiaraceclub.com.cy

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well as visiting members of other Lions Clubs. Tel: 26-622810/97-635883 Alzheimer Self-Help Group Offers dementia sufferers and their carers the opportunity to meet others with this condition, share feelings and exchange experiences. Every first Wednesday of the month. Crazy Spoon Centre Coral Bay Road, opposite Paphian Sun Hotel, Kissonerga. 10am. Tel: 26-621530/ 26-622234

Tours around Ayia Napa Ayia Napa and the Sea: a different dimension. Mondays in English and German; Fridays in English and Swedish, 10am from CTO office. Tel: 23-721796 Folk Art Workshop Art workshop for children. Cultural Centre of Famagusta, Evagorou 35, Dherynia.

Tel: 23-721140 Bingo and Games Every Tuesday night. Quiz, bingo and games every Thursday night. Party night every Saturday. Woody’s Inn, Protaras.

Tel: 23-831690 Charity Boot Sale Every Tuesday morning. Woody’s Inn, Protaras. 10am-12pm. Tel: 23-831690 Open Air Market Every Wednesday. St Thekla Beach restaurant, Ayia Thekla, 500m from the church. 9am-4pm. Tel: 23-743778

SUNDAY MAIL• March 10, 2013

FASHION 21 Les looks (left to right): Shearling from Loewe, effortless elegance from Lanvin, basketweave from Celine and crackled textures from Balenciaga

French twist Laundry bag skirts, PVC polo necks and more oversized coats than you can shake a stick at: we’ll all be wearing them come autumn. KAREN DACRE on her Paris highlights Rose print: Givenchy chy Having wised up to the s of includcommercial benefits ing a crowd-pleaserr in each of iccardo his collections, Riccardo Tisci opened his show ouchy with a black slouchy sweatshirt detailed with a Bambi motif. Whatt foledly lowed will undoubtedly bleprove more troubleagsome to wear. Imagining gypsies and Vicsm, torian romanticism, ng Tisci jarred flowing h lace skirts with printed Puffa jack-a ets and Madonna e printed velvet. The ose result was Gypsy Rose mLee meets goth glamour. Diehard fans of the label will love it.

Voluminous ior coats: Christian Dior Raf Simons showcased howcased a n in which his confident collection ean aesthetic signature cool, clean ed with Dior’s was carefully whisked odes. Beautitried-and-tested codes. t gave fully crafted A-line coats this collection a solid foundation and allowed Simons to demonstrate his masterful skill as a tailor. Strapless dresses in houndstooth were layered with swathes of sheer silk in contrasting shades for a surprisingly modern effect. Andy Warhol’s iconic Unidentified Female sketches found a home on bags and on silk gowns.

Crackled textures: Balenciaga Alexander Wang’s debut collection respectfully celebrated Balenciaga’s affection for conceptual luxury. Riffi ng on minimalism, the

designer team teamed perfectly cut black trousers in velvet ve and crisp cotton with cocoone cocooned bomber jackets and draped silk shirts. s Texture played a promine prominent role. Knitwear lacquered tto look like cracked leather was w used to create pencil skirt skirts and structured tops with tu turtle necks and long sleeves sleeves, while intarsia fur jacket jackets - bursting with volume - hosted a camouflage motif motif.

Basket weave: Céline Baske P Phoebe Philo said she tho thought a lot about insti stinct while creating this co collection, which is app propriate because this w was a demonstration of h her intrinsic ability to c create clothes women really wa want to wear. Moving on her signature minimalist aesthetic, Philo incorporated incorp texture. Neoprene, mohair and flannel were combined to create creat a 3D offering that is best viewed up u close. Woven fabrics, echoing those of laundry bags, also ensured that this collection was one th best b t unveiled this week. off the

Effortless elegance: Lanvin Undone, sumptuous and sexy.

Alber Elbaz’s vision for autumn/ winter saw oversized blazers layered over lightweight satin dresses for a relaxed, thrown-together effect.

Oversized floral prints gave extra feminine detail to A-line dresses.

Putting emphasis on the importance of individuality - rarely seen in a catwalk show - each model sported a unique make-up look, tailored to her personal needs. The effect was a collection that translated as effortless, elegant and approachable.

Sheepskin: Loewe Revered for its artisan approach, Spanish Loewe is all about luxurious leather. But autumn/ winter sees creative director Stuart Vevers experiment with wool. Heavy duty shearling coats were this collection’s pièce de résistance. In shades of black, cream and blood red, some featured large leather buckle fastenings, while others were thrown over buffed leather pencil skirts. Knee high-socks held up with suspenders lent the show a sense of playfulness.

Rose print from Riccardo Tisci (left) and teen spirit from Yves Saint Laurent (far left)

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Teen spirit: Saint Laurent Should not buying any clothes be your plan for next season, Hedi Slimane has the answer. Showcasing his second womenswear offering for Saint Laurent, the designer went big on Nineties grunge with a collection that seemed to mirror the existing

components of a twentysomething’s wardrobe. Peter Pan-collared dresses were worn under Kurt Cobain cardigans, while oversized plaid shirts and heavy duty biker boots also featured. It was Camden market chic without the affordable price tags.

22 BEAUTY Wear your false lashes with neutral lipstick in a paler feminine shade

LOOKING GOOD

with Ilia Georgiou

Wearable spring trends

These false lashes are not overdramatic, so can be worn with a natural make-up for a polished look

Christian Dior Spring show with eyegems Bright Matte Lips The new way to wear strong reds, corals, oranges and pinks is definitely matte and has been a trend for a few months now. According to trend-creating make-up artists, the S/S 2013 way to wear them is with the rest of the face very natural and with only a touch, if any, mascara. In the real world however, women are not all fresh faced 18-year-old models who can get away with no mascara or other definition of the eyes, so you can wear a little black or brown mascara, and if your eyes are quite small or really need a bit more defi nition, apply a barely discernible, translucent wash of brown/grey powder shadow around the lashes, in a thick but soft line. The rest of the face should look fairly nude, using a natural foundation to freshen up the complexion if it has blemishes.

Brands that do great mattes are Shiseido, Lancome and Chanel.

The Balm/Lipstick Lip Another recent development in lipstick technology and one of the trends for S/S 2013 is lipstick with a balm-like texture and less dense pigment. These new lipsticks are not like a greasy balm though and don’t have a Vaseline like shine. They are more like a waxy semi matte/semi shine finish with colour suspended in them. They look great on everyone

The Spring/Summer 2013 make-up trends on fashion runways were a little different in that most of them were very wearable in the real world. Pick out your favourite new look and wear with confidence and give the lips a luscious but discreet polished finish with just enough colour to brighten up your look.

Try L’Oreal and Shiseido for semi balm soft pigmented lipsticks

Shiny Shadow New looks for eyelid colours are pale blue/silver, dusty pink/mauve or dusty green/grey in cream formulas that are a cross between metallic and shimmer. Use one of these colours all over the lid and up to the eyebrow for a glamorous, dense sheen and add eyeliner in liquid, gel or pencil all around the lashes and add plenty of mascara in an almost, but not quite grungy way for this look.

Try Estee Lauder and Shiseido cream textured eye colours in little pots

Lash Drama False Lashes are defi nitely in.

They can be either long and fairly bold, or even more dramatic. False lashes suit absolutely every one, of

any age. Even if you are much older and do not go for fashion looks or strong make up, a pair of falsies that are subtle and natural, so that it doesn’t look like you are wearing them, will make you look pretty.

Wear your bold lash look with just a hint of eyeliner and the rest of the eye clean or with just a hint of barely there shimmer in a lighter shade like beige or antique gold. Lips should be neutral, using a semi-balm, textured lipstick in a soft pale shade.

Get them from MAC and Beautyline stores.

Go Nude This year’s nude face is nuder than before. Use a little foundation and a very natural powder to give a flawless, but natural look, and use darker powders to sculpt the face under cheekbones. Mascara should be minimal in a formula that leaves the lashes looking silky and separated, with pointy tips, as if mascara had not been obviously applied. Try

False lashes suit absolutely everyone, of any age

Lancome’s Virtuose or Doll Eyes for a natural lash effect. Eye shadow should not be apparent, but if you need some eye definition, which most of us do, use just a little eye pencil around lashes and smudge it in with a brush. Lips should have a very subtle paler shade on them, in a waxy/balm texture so that pigment in a barely discernible shade. Rouge should not be apparent, but a little can be applied just above the sculpt in a matt, neutral tan/bronze tone to balance a too washed out look.

Buy a compact powder in a darker shade to use as a sculpting shader

Stick On Eye Gems A toned down version of what has been around for a while now in Avant Garde shoots in non mainstream publications appeared on the Christian Dior runway show for S/S 2013, namely crystals or gems across the eyelids. Little crystals can be stuck all over the eyelids using eyelash glue or by using self sticking gems. If you are feeling adventurous, go upwards and outwards over the eyebrows onto the outer forehead area. This look is great for special events or parties and is easy to do. Keep the rest of the make-up clean and simple though, without apparent colour on the face or eyes or try this look with dark dramatic lips and false lashes.

Anti-wrinkle secret of creams and moisturisers discovered by scientists

By Arj Singh The “miracle ingredient” boasted about in many anti-wrinkle cream adverts may have been found by scientists.

There are a myriad of creams and moisturisers for those who want to slow the ageing process and now researchers at the University of Reading have found that a chemical used in many creams nearly doubles the amount of collagen skin produces.

Collagen is a naturally occurring protein in humans that

gives skin its elasticity.

The scientists said that due to the intense competition in the cosmetics industry it is “hard to fi nd” evidence of effectiveness of cosmetics.

But the peptide Matrixyl, which is present in many antiwrinkle creams, can almost double the amount of collagen our body produces, if the concentration is high enough, according to the research.

Professor Ian Hamley, from the University’s chemistry department, said: “Studies

like this are very important for the consumer as cosmetic companies rarely publish their work so rivals can’t copy their products.”

The scientists’ research, published in Molecular Pharmaceutics, showed that “products with Matrixyl will have skin-care benefits”, he said.

Collagen is also the most abundant protein in mammals and forms a “significant proportion” of our connective tissue, according to the researchers.

This means peptide-based

treatments, like Matrixyl, could be made to treat wounds and enhance stem cell research, as well as be used in cosmetics.

“Collagen-based materials have immense potential in tissue engineering,” said Prof Hamley.

Lisa Haynes, the Press Association’s beauty editor, warned consumers to “stand by for the Matrixyl frenzy” now that “the secret’s out”.

“Brands often keep magic ingredients like Matrixyl under wraps so that competitors don’t try and replicate or better their

products,” she said.

“Anti-ageing creams frequently boast about being packed full of peptides, but aren’t specific as to which one.

“Now the secret’s out and there’s some scientific evidence for its collagen-boosting properties, women will be rushing to fi nd out if it’s in their antiageing potion.

“It’s likely that brands with products that do contain Matrixyl start shouting about it too if the ‘miracle’ peptide becomes the new buzz word in beauty”.

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There’s no time to get bored as spinning and yoga support the work of each other reports DORENE INTERNICOLA

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BY ALEXANDER MCCOWAN

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airing indoor cycling’s intense, calorie-busting cardio workout with yoga, the mind-body practice of stretching into inner peace, may seem like a mismatch but fitness experts say it works.

Whether it is called Yoga Ride, Spin to Ride or Cycle Yoga, the two very different activities complement each other to improve fitness and flexibility.

Cycle Yoga classes at The Spinning Yogi studio in Lakewood, Colorado, follow the typical format: first spin, then stretch, according to owner and instructor Patsy Juarez.

“Cycling is so cardio-vascular intense,” said Juarez. “We do that for a half hour then change gears, stretching out the things we tightened up.”

One 60-minute class, she added, incorporates cardio, flexibility and strengthening elements.

“The first (part) gets your heart rate going so you can jump into yoga quicker,” she said. “It feels like a full body workout in an hour’s time.”

And the transition to yoga is quick and involves moving to a different room and easing into an easy yoga pose.

At Crunch, the US chain of fitness centres, New York City-based instructor Taj Harris said slowing down music in the yoga room smoothes the transition for its Yoga Ride classes.

“Because spinning is so one direction, muscles get overused and tight,” Harris explained, adding that yoga poses ease the muscles and improve strength.

And the combination class is suitable for cyclers who may be unfamiliar with yoga.

“You’re not going to get those crazy, advanced moves,” Harris said.

“But if you’re spinning consistently, at least five times a week, I would incorporate a yoga ride class at least once.”

Shirley Archer, author of 12 fitness books including Weight Training for Dummies, believes indoor cycling and yoga are a natural fit.

“Yoga, with its emphasis on deep relaxation, restores balance after the stimulating aerobic efforts of cycling,”

Name: Herb of Grace (Ruta graveolans) Otherwise known as: Herbygrass, Rue Habitat: An evergreen shrub member of the Rutaceae family growing to about 60cm in well-drained barren soil. The plant has blue/green, lobe-shaped leaves that are covered in pungent oil glands which gives the whole plant its characteristic smell. The four sparsely-arranged undulate petals of the summer flowers are yellow/green in colour and produce a sickle shaped seed. All parts of the plant are toxic and excessive use will lead to mental derangement.

Shirley Archer, author of 12 fitness books including Weight Training for Dummies, believes indoor cycling and yoga are a natural fit

What does it do: The plant featured in ancient ceremonies and was later adopted into the early Christian church and would be used to sprinkle holy water on the congregation.

In medieval times the Catholic priests would arm themselves with bunches of it when conducting a service of exorcism.

The ancient physicians valued it most highly, Dioscorides writes ‘…the seed drunk in wine is a counter-poison of serpents, the stinging of scorpions, bees, hornets and wasps;

Racing to Om said Archer, who plans to teach the class at Revolutions Cycling studio in Jupiter, Florida, later this month.

She said the yoga postures should specifically address muscles that were challenged in cycling.

“Muscles that are used should be stretched; muscles not used, strengthened,” she explained. “The instructor may guide participants to stretch specific lower body muscles used during the cycling workout, such as hip flexors, quads, hamstrings and calves.”

When Jessica Matthews, spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise and a certified yoga instructor, taught a Spin-to-Yoga class, she adjusted the yoga to the spinning.

“It wasn’t just to pair the two,” said Matthews, who is based in San Diego, “but to focus on specific areas of the body.”

She said while splitting the class 50/50 between bikes and yoga mats might appear unusual, it worked to introduce the benefits of yoga to cyclers.

“Having the yoga allowed them to focus on flexibility, hips, and posture alignment,” she said.

Diehard yogis, however, tend to be less satisfied with the class.

“People who have a strong yoga practice tend to have a more negative perception of classes like this,” Matthew said. “My stance in teaching group fitness is that it offers people opportunity to dabble in something new.”

Juarez said another benefit of fusing two classes is that it makes workout time fly.

“No boredom in these classes,” she said. “You are done before you know it.”

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The Herb of Grace was used to procure abortions, and therefore should never be taken when pregnant. It is recommended by herbalists to restore the menstrual cycle after months of absence. It is still used as an eye-douche for over-tired eyes: Michelangelo left a reference to the efficacy of the plant as a salve for tired eyes. It can be applied topically to treat bruised bones and damaged cartilage; in southern Italy the herb is a folk cure for wrist ganglion and the tea is a traditional treatment for ‘Bell’s Palsy’. In the past it has been recommended for suppressing high blood pressure, treating epilepsy and curing colic in babies. Homeopaths prepare a tincture from the fresh leaves to treat varicose veins.

The dried stems and leaves have been used for centuries as an insect repellent - Victorian gardeners would steep the root in water-butts for weeks then spray it over their flower-beds and vegetables, it is reputed to repel mosquitoes and midges.

Essence from the herb is used to flavour grappa and other alcoholic drinks as well as being added to some Italian and German meat products.

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Sir Paul McCartney’s life focus of new comic book Singer Paul McCartney’s decision to leave the Beatles and embark on a solo career is the subject of a new comic book that aims to give fans a new perspective on the breakup of the Fab Four, its publisher said this week.

The 24-page Paul McCartney: Carry that Weight is the third comic book by US publisher Bluewater Productions about the iconic British band, which spilt-up in 1970.

Speculation about what caused the breakup has ranged from artistic differences and legal disputes outside the group to John Lennon’s marriage to artist Yoko Ono. McCartney has said that the group, which also included George Harrison and Ringo Starr, had already been winding down by the time Lennon met Ono. “It is about Paul McCartney leaving the Beatles. We tell that story,” publisher Darren Davis said.

“These are comic books. They’re meant to be fun but educational, as well,” he added.

Although the writer reached out to the former Beatle, Davis said McCartney, 70, did not contribute to the comic book.

After leaving the Beatles, McCartney enjoyed a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda McCartney.

PAPERBACKS

The Silence of Animals: Progress and Other Modern Myths

By John Gray

Why humanity is still going nowhere fast

A sort of hero: Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, plus cigar

By Talitha Stevenson Given the core message of John Gray’s new book, that human progress is an illusion, it’s a wonder he bothered writing it after all it can do no good. Yet despite his enervating premise he mounts an impassioned case, even if what he is for is not quite so clear as what he is against.

The book is divided into three sections - An Old Chaos, Beyond the Last Thought, and Another Sunlight - which battle towards a conclusion so unexpected it is almost a non sequitur. To support his argument Gray quotes a diverse range of writers, who - as he sees it - share his nihilism. He begins with Conrad’s short story, An Outpost of Progress, in which two Belgian traders stranded in the Congo lose their moral framework. After a row over sugar lumps, Kayerts kills Carlier and then hangs himself. According to Gray, it would induce “a state of despair like that which unhinged Kayerts” if we were to abandon our belief in progress - and then for a further 204 pages insists that we abandon it anyway.

According to Gray, the illusion began with St Paul, who took the message of Jesus (eccentrically described as “a dissident Jewish prophet who announced the end of time”) and “invented a religion” which “founded the modern world”.

Christianity’s emphasis on salvation engendered a general “myth of progress” - a belief that mankind is improving, and that the future will be better than the past. Gray goes on to

America: a postmodern plantation economy where servitude can be found on every corner

explain that faith in knowledge, which originated with Socrates, is just as silly as faith in salvation. The group most susceptible to the myth of progress are Humanists, who mix a Socratic myth of reason with a Christian myth of salvation, to produce “nonsense” which “gives meaning to the lives of people who believe they have left all myths behind”.

There can be no doubt that by writing a book with chapters entitled Happiness, a Myth You Can Do Without, and Humanism and Flying Saucers, Gray wishes to disillusion us so that we stay disillusioned, but reading him still offers pleasures.

There are, for instance, kicks to be had vicariously as Gray scribbles over “the dream” of “liberal

civilisation”, or man’s superiority to animals (a fiction motivated by our “envy” of them), or our “chimerical” perceptions of the material world.

Thrilling too is his gift for belligerence: America, he says, is a “postmodern plantation economy where servitude can be found on every corner”. Though he fi nds most of his exemplary illusion-free figures in fiction or the invented fi rst-person voices of poetry, Gray draws from real life, too. Freud, for example, emerges as a sort of hero. For unspecified reasons, and with peculiar emphasis, Gray notes that even after cancer treatment Freud continued to lever open his jaw prosthesis “in order to insert his cigars”. Before death, Freud described his life

as “a small island of pain floating in an ocean of indifference”, a view he arrived at, according to Gray, “when he could no longer smoke”. This may be disconcerting to some, not least because it seems to suggest that, despite what Freud maintained, a cigar is never “just a cigar”.

For all its dark thrills, Gray’s aria of negativity is intended to prepare the reader for a revelation. “Nothingness,” he writes, “may be our most precious possession, since it opens to us the inexhaustible world that exists beyond ourselves.” This conceptually muddled statement is in frank opposition to the Conradian nightmare at the opening of the book. It is also, no matter how fiercely you read it, rather like a promise of salvation.

By William Leith

Blood on the Altar

End This Depression Now!

Keith Richards

By Tobias Jones

By Paul Krugman

By Victor Bockris

This is one of the creepiest true-crime books I’ve read for ages. It’s about a 16-year-old girl who disappears one Sunday after going to church in southern Italy. Her family keep asking questions. What about the strange, obsessive guy she’d gone to meet the day she disappeared? For some reason, he’s getting away with it. Years later, a woman is murdered in Bournemouth. The same man, it turns out, is her neighbour. He’s got a nasty fetish - sneaking up on women and cutting their hair. Then a body is found in a church in southern Italy. It’s the first girl. She’s been there for 16 years. Very sinister.

If nothing else, this book by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman will make you think about money. Clearly, the economy has run into terrible trouble. There’s a problem with money. The UK is in debt. There are two possible solutions. It could stop spending so much, which is what Cameron and Osborne want. But some people, including Krugman, think that stopping spending carries its own dangers. If people stop, the system might seize up. So Krugman suggests that they carry on spending by creating more money and sort the debts out down the line. Fascinating and timely.

This is a detailed and hugely engrossing biography. If you liked Richards’ own book, it’s definitely worth reading as Bockris gets material from lots of sources. Though unauthorised, he talked to just about everybody, including Richards himself. A picture emerges of a man obsessed with his guitar; who became addicted to heroin probably because, for a while at least, it helped him concentrate on his guitar; a man who lives to write, perform and record music but who does not like the poncy world of celebrity.

Bockris takes you inside the houses (Redlands in Sussex, Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, Nellcôte in France), into the studios and on the tours.

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25 Eminence grise: Gary Oldman as George Smiley in the 2011 film of John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Horoscope The Man Who Was George Smiley: The Life of John Bingham

BY SALLY BROMPTON

ARIES You’re a bundle of energy if you’re typical of your birth sign and with your ambitious ruler Mars in Aries from Tuesday you will be at your most dynamic, decisive and direct over March 21 - April 20 the next few weeks. Whatever you start will have a much better than normal chance of success.

By Michael Jago

TAURUS You can be a bit reserved at times but with tomorrow’s New Moon falling in the friendship sector of your chart you will be much more open than usual, so open in fact that you may reveal things about yourself that others find hard to believe.

April 21 - May 21 You might even enjoy it.

GEMINI Stop worrying about lost opportunities. With a New Moon focussing on success you can make up for past disappointments – just so long as you have a clear idea of what you May 22 - June 21 hope to accomplish. You can and you will move up in the world, once you start believing in yourself.

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n 1958 a young man called David Cornwell, a convicted fraudster’s son who had taught at Eton, walked into the headquarters of MI5 for the first time. There the new recruit fell under the influence of a veteran agent-runner called John Bingham.

The age gap between the two was more than 20 years, and if Cornwell’s life had been eventful, it was as nothing compared to Bingham’s.

The heir to an Irish peerage, Bingham had worked for the Sunday Dispatch before the war and then joined the Security Service, tracking Nazi agents in Britain and running interrogations in Germany during the early days of the Cold War. To the younger man, he must have seemed like a hero from a vanished world.

Cornwell gave him an affectionate French nickname, “the Square” “le Carré”. And when Cornwell himself ventured into print, he chose his mentor’s nickname as his pseudonym: John le Carré. As Michael Jago points out in his brisk and intriguing biography of Le Carré’s old friend, the similarities between

DOMINIC SANDBROOK on the life of John Le Carre’s mentor and inspiration

fact and fiction did not end there.

Le Carré’s most celebrated hero is, of course, George Smiley, the outwardly imperturbable, bespectacled, slightly shabby figure played on the screen by Alec Guinness and Gary Oldman. One of the models for Smiley was Le Carré’s old college chaplain Vivien Green. The other, however, was Bingham himself.

Like Smiley, Bingham wore heavy glasses; like Smiley, he had a cautious, even gentle manner; like Smiley, he seemed the soul of stoical selfabnegation. The obvious difference was that Bingham was nowhere near as shabby. “His suits were always bought off the peg,” writes Jago, “but they did at least fit him.”

Although the details of Bingham’s past in MI5 remain frustratingly elusive, Jago has a good deal of

fun with the increasingly awkward relationship between the “real” Smiley and the man who invented the fictional one. When Bingham read the fi rst Smiley book, he complained that Le Carré had made him too ugly, and things went downhill after that. Who would want to be the real George Smiley? He is a pretty miserable, downbeat, seedy figure, after all, and his wife even runs off with his best friend.

By 1965, when Le Carré published The Looking Glass War, which takes an extraordinarily caustic view of the intelligence world, Bingham was becoming very frustrated indeed.

To make matters worse, he fancied himself as a thriller writer too, but none of his 18 books came even close to rivalling the success of his old protégé. “He was my friend,” Bingham wrote sadly at the end of his life, “but I deplore and hate everything he has done and said against the intelligence services.”

Alas for Bingham, who died in 1988, his own career is now almost completely forgotten. Not even Michael Jago’s best efforts are likely to change that.

CANCER With Mars crossing the career angle of your chart you’re sure to be more ambitious than usual. But don’t get carried away and do something that goes against your principles as it will do more damage than good. Make sure any potential June 22 - July 22 success is worth the price.

LEO Tomorrow’s particularly secretive New Moon doesn’t mean you should hide yourself away or disguise what you are thinking. After Mars enters one of the most open and July 23 - Aug 23 outgoing areas of your chart on Tuesday you won’t care who knows what about you. So why care now?

VIRGO

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Jim Crace is a magician among British novelists. His fiction, written in a compact, lyrical prose. Crace’s new - and, he has said, last - novel (Harvest) unfolds in the English countryside in an unspecified time and place.

Plague is still a threat, so this could be post-1665, or perhaps a science-fiction future. As so often with Crace, the specifics are less important than the unfolding drama.

Harvest turns out to be a William Golding-like meditation on social change in a bucolic backwater and its sorry aftermath. The Village, with its 60-odd inhabitants, is a tight-knit community where cousins marry cousins and there are a number of deaf-mutes.

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The villagers are unsettled one day by the arrival of three newcomers.

Viewed as “subversionists”, the incomers are blamed for burning down the landowner Master Kent’s haylofts and stable. In spite of their likely innocence, the trio are vilely humiliated and clapped in the pillory. Master Kent’s cousin, Edmund Jordan, meanwhile aggravates matters by threatening to enclose the villagers’ common land and pocket the money for himself.

Walter Thirsk, the narrator, tells the story in prose of an Elizabethan richness. An atmosphere of The Wicker Man horror fi lm increasingly pervades the novel, with its cast of pond ducked scalds and harvest-time “Gleaning Queens”. When the landowner’s mare

Willowjack is killed by an unknown assailant, the sinister, pointy-bearded Jordan claims that “witchery” is in the air and proceeds to round up and torture his chosen suspects, among them Thirsk’s lover, Widow Gosse. Soon the Village is seen to depopulate as Thirsk and his allies make ready to leave and seek a better life elsewhere.

Crace’s 11th novel is a glory to read, as the intensely poetic prose is brought to a burnished pitch throughout. Yet, ultimately, Harvest is disappointing; for all the fi ne writing, it has no through narrative, little drive or grease. Instead it is magnificently, if mesmerisingly, static. Jim Crace will be missed all the same; no one else writes with such a strange, enchanted clarity.

As Mars moves into your opposite sign of Aries this week this is a good time to remind your rivals and opponents that you’re a force to be reckoned with. Your birth sign has a reputation for being easygoing and this is your chance to prove that you can be as assertive as anyone.

SCORPIO You are moving into one of the busiest and best times of the year and if you’re not careful you could take on too much and burn yourself out. Work hard, play hard, but be sure you Oct 24 - Nov 22 get plenty of rest as well. Even Scorpios have limits and now you must respect them.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov 23 - Dec 21

You won’t find it hard to show affection this week – in fact, you may find it hard not to. Tomorrow’s New Moon will bring hidden feelings to the surface and if things have been a little tense with certain family members recently, they will now start to improve.

CAPRICORN

A rich tale set in a bucolic backwater

By Ian Thomson

No one can stop you speaking your mind, but with your retrograde ruler Mercury at odds with expansive Jupiter you could be a bit too frank for your own good this week, especially if you work for other people. Telling colleagues and employers where they’re going wrong won’t be appreciated.

Dec 22 - Jan 20

Even if you strongly disapprove of what someone is doing make the effort to see things from their viewpoint. It may be that they don’t have a lot of choice in the matter, that their options are limited. Maybe they’re doing the best they can in difficult circumstances.

AQUARIUS

Jan 21 - Feb 19

You may or may not be better off financially this week but at least you’ll know where you stand. You’ve been worrying so much about money that even if you owe a fortune you’ll feel a great sense of relief. With your problems in the open you can do something about them.

PISCES The approaching New Moon in your sign heightens your awareness and makes you prone to fears that normally would not worry you at all, but before you know it the crisis will be over and you’ll realise that nothing has actually Feb 20 - March 20 changed: you were simply overreacting to events. After Mars leaves Pisces on Tuesday you won’t feel quite so driven or desperate to succeed. Time to recharge your batteries.

26 MARKETPLACE

Award winning Irish cheddar now available Award winning Irish cheddar Glenstal is now available in Cyprus, both pre-packaged and at delicatessen counters.

Glenstal has repeatedly won international awards such as: ‘Great Taste awards 2 stars 2011’ and ‘World Cheese Awards’.

The Traditional Irish cheddars are available in five types: Mild cheddar (White and Coloured), Mature, Extra Mature and Vintage cheddar, 200g packs of selected cheeses are available as well as value packs of 350g for some.

Even toned today, radiant tomorrow Even Better Compact Makeup SPF 15 is Clinique’s newest cream foundation, perfect for achieving moderate to full coverage in a convenient, portable compact.

Developed to help cover uneven skin tones, this lightweight cream foundation harnesses the technology of Clinique’s Even Better franchise to diminish the look of discolourations immediately and bring radiance overtime.

This long wearing, unique cream topowder foundation instantly creates an ultra smooth, flawless finish that keeps skin perfect all day. Its formula contains an antioxidant cocktail of ingredients consisting of Vitamin C and Vitamin E, which work together to help break up and banish the appearance of existing uneven skin tone. The visible signs of sun damage, dark patches, age spots and blemish marks appear minimised, leaving a natural finished look. To guard the skin from further UV sun damage, this cream foundation includes broad spectrum SPF 15, made of physical sunscreens.

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A new mascara every day!

Helena Rubinstein has launched hed a rfresh. new mascara - Surrealist Everfresh. ncern For women, their biggest concern wo over mascara is that within two weeks of starting to use it, thee efes. No fectiveness is reduced asit dries. ealist more! The new mascara Surrealist Everfresh never dries. Thanks to a ottle, the unique combination of the bottle, ascara brush and the formula, the mascara always flows. ess It also offers flawless volume, perfect curves he unique and eyelashes. The technology of the brush collects the exact amount of product needed which spreads very easily on the lashes as a rich black ink.

The Surrealist Everfresh is like having a new mascara in the drawer every day.

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Visit CELIO stores in Nicosia and Limassol this season and enrich your wardrobe with clothes which are stylish, trendy and quality for, every hour of your day.

First coffee academy in Cyprus officially opens The opening ceremony of CafePro Coffee Academy, the first academy for professional baristas and dedicated coffee lovers in Cyprus took place recently with an Italian theme and the slogan “the day that professionalism, culture and expertise acquire taste!” The opening of the academy was performed by the World Latte Art Champion Chris Loukakis, who initiated the selected guests of CafePro into the true magic of coffee.

CafePro Coffee Academy, located on Crete St in Nicosia, was established by CafePro Ltd, the exclusive distributor of illy caffè spa products (including the world renowned Italian coffee illy espresso). The academy aims to help professional baristas to enhance their expertise on the art of good coffee and coffee lovers to learn techniques that will help them enjoy a truly good cup of coffee at home.

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3. World Latte Art Champion Christos Loukakis 4.The Hadjivasiliou family 5.Korina and Lena Panagides 6. Guests from the Italian Embassy

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1 Seaman or collier going round a reef initially (7) 5 Going into the lead afterwards? That’s stupid (4) 7 Chasing the sun? (2,3,7) 9 Persuade a helmsman to come out (4) 10 Breaks in remarkable headgear (8) 12 Ruined although it had not been finished (6) 13 Thing one can take exception to (6) 16 Sent round small amount of money as a deposit (8) 18 Completely new flavour (4) 20 Teacher has to turn off the mains device (6-6) 21 Many assist tile girl (4) 22 Ray’s pup destroyed ancient writing material (7)

1 Sea food? Probably not (4,6) 2 Tried again although it was harder, surprisingly, to accept the point (7) 3 Comment about egg found in tangled net (4) 4 Awakened in a way so rude (6) 5 Give details of French writer (8) 6 But one is unlikely to strike lightly with this knife! (5) 8 How one might be after an accident – highly amused!

(2,8) 11 Lively one I beat on board (8) 14 Some of the Victorians were put out by him (7) 15 Catch medical specialist on strike (6) 17 Girl Heidi, an Austrian in hiding (5) 19 Exchange was arranged quietly (4)

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QUICK: Across – 1 Robed; 4 Shelter; 8 Daddy-long-legs; 9 Reversal; 10 Char; 12 Dallas; 13 Sturdy; 16 Folk; 18 Relapsed; 21 Contentedness; 22 Terrier; 23 Ditty. Down – 1 Rider; 2 Bedevil; 3 Daydream; 4 Slogan; 5 Eigg; 6 Teeth; 7 Respray; 11 Stranded; 12 Deficit; 14 Respect; 15 Bestir; 17 Liner; 19 Dusty; 20 Peri.

28 Holiday of a lifetime: Mala Mala Game Reserve

Where do you live?

In the grounds of a famous castle (Kolossi) with my wife Sarah and sixyear-old daughter Emily

Best childhood memory?

This is a strange one, but cooking sausages on a gas camping stove and eating them at our relations’ place somewhere on the North Yorkshire moors. I remember Dad cooking in the rain and everyone sitting in the cars waiting for the food.

Most frequented restaurant and absolute favorite dish?

What food would you really turn your nose up to?

Artima at the Carob Mill in Limassol, and pasta, defi nitely! They have a dish called the “golden pun” which is pasta cooked at the table in a pun of parmesan (you have to like cheese!).

I like a huge variety of cuisine but the one dessert I can’t stomach is trifle.

What did you have for breakfast?

bles, and a cooled local beer!

Dream house: rural retreat or urban dwelling? Where would it be, what would it be like and why?

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Andrew Darker Chairman of the newly-created PGA Cyprus and Golf Operations Manager at the Aphrodite Hills Resort

Warm lemon water followed by a homemade smoothie.

Would you class yourself as a day or night person? What’s your idea of the perfect night/day out?

I am a day person. The weather during the day in Cyprus is too good to waste on sleeping. The perfect day starts with a smile from the family, followed by a dog walk, a healthy breakfast and a trouble-free journey into work. Once there, meeting every guest and ensuring they are completely satisfied gives me great satisfaction. At the end of the work day, it’s heading home to dinner with the family, a good fi lm, a good red wine, another dog walk, and a peaceful night’s sleep. Then, do it all again the next day….

Best book ever read?

Rural… A large estate on the edge of the Surrey Downs, which would provide enough space for the dogs, and be perfect for running and mountain biking. I would need a large garage for the car collection, a golf green in the back garden… but then again, I am not so sure, what with the weather!

nick. OK, it’s a golf book. Harvey Pennick is a renowned golf coach and his book is full of simple short stories about his life as a coach. It helped me realise that it’s possible to excel and that just by continuing to do simple things in an outstanding way you can actually achieve excellence! Less is often more and life is complicated enough without being over-technical.

Favourite holiday destination (or best holiday ever taken)?

What’s your dream trip?

I love the outdoors - that’s why I like oliday was Cyprus so much! My best holiday yed at the in South Africa when we stayed hree days Mala Mala Game Reserve: three and two nights out on safari!! It makes ore to life you realise that there is more puter. My than just a desk and a computer. d-hopping dream trip would be Island-hopping in the Maldives…

Favourite film of all time?

The Thomas Crown Affair which is about a man with apparently everything who still needs to push the barriers to get a thrill. It shows us that life isn’t always about money; that it’s the chase that keeps us going, and pushing the boundaries makes sure we make the most of our potential.

The Little Red Book, by Harvey Pen-

What music are you listening ng to in the car at the moment? t?

I have Adele’s album, and like ike everyone else, I sing along to it!

Inspirational: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs. He’s an amazing presenter and one of the only men I remember to have taken a concept, made it reality and turned it into a global household name.

If the wo world is ending in 24 would you do? hours what w Turn in into superman, race around the planet plan and take the world back in time!

What is your greatest fear?

Being in i a position to win the Open Golf Championship… but needing tto hole a short putt at the last hole How do these guys feel, that hole. pla play at that level for a living??

Tell me a joke…

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Fresh salad, local vegeta-

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If you could pick anyone at all (alive or dead) to go out for the evening with, who would it be?

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Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera Local variety show, with entertainment options, cookery tips and more.

11.00 11.30

Kaftis Piperies (rpt) Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV.

12.00

07.00 08.00 17.00

Entehnos

18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies

18.45

Paizoume Kypriaka

19.30 21.00

Local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

Moiraia Fengaria Local drama series inspired by Maro Kranidioti’s book ‘Otan i Moira Apofasizei’.

20.00 21.15

22.30

Tete A Tete Tasos Tryfonos interviews Greek celebrities from the world of showbiz.

23.00 23.30 23.45

07.50 08.40

Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Candid Camera

Local Sketch (rpt) News Repeats 23.30

09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00

2013 World Figure Skating Championships A Touch Of Frost: Mind Games

14.50 15.45 16.40 17.30 17.40

Top Gear

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Panselinos (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Deliyianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt)

MEGA 06.00 06.15 07.00 10.00 12.45 14.00 15.00 16.00

Repeats

18.40 19.30 20.20 21.30 22.15 00.00 00.05 00.30 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Oneiropagida (rpt) Laikes Paraskeves News Sports News Vradi Me Ton Petro Kostopoulo Klemmeni Zoi (rpt) Angigma Zois (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Nea Mera Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Deka Lepta Kirigma Eheis Meson Yia Sena Local talk-show.

18.00 18.20

News Master Chef Greek reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.

19.30

Oi Vasiliades Daily family comedy based on the Argentinian sitcomtelenovela Los Roldan.

20.20 21.15

News Klemmena Oneira

SIGMA 06.10 07.00 08.20 10.30 11.20 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.15 18.00 18.05 18.45

22.30

19.30 20.20 21.20 22.20

00.00 00.10 01.00 03.00 04.30

News Gimnoi Angeloi (rpt) Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Aspra Balonia FILM: The Party A clerical mistake results in a bumbling film extra being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.

Comedy, starring Peter Sellers. 1968.

FILM: Escape To Victory As allied POWs prepare for a football game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team’s escape.

Sporting drama, starring Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone.

1981.

Anna Paola (rpt) Protoselido Eleni Mila Mou (rpt) Vasiliki (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Magazino Siga Min To’ Xeres News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola Latin American telenovela.

Two episodes of Greek drama series.

With News at 18.00.

Sixteenth season.

Episode 4: The presenters shop for second-hand convertibles, uncovering the pitfalls to look out for when buying a used car. Simon Pegg takes to the track in the Reasonably Priced Car, Jeremy Clarkson test-drives the Pagani Zonda R and former Formula 1 racer Eddie Irvine does a flying lap in the show’s trusty Suzuki Liana.

News Patates 8 Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

22.00

05.30 06.20 06.50 07.00

Inspector Jack Frost reopens an unsolved murder case when the remains of a 14-yearold girl, who went missing 20 years previously, are discovered on a nearby housing development. Drama, starring David Jason.

2009.

Live cookery show.

19.20

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt)

Unsuspecting people react to bizarre events.

Local cultural show.

16.00 18.00 18.15

ANTENNA

Amateur chefs each stage a dinner party to find who will be crowned the winning host.

Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

15.30

CYBC 2

00.10 00.15 01.20 02.10 03.30 04.00 04.30

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mona Mia Fora (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

PLUS TV 06.45 07.20 08.30 09.05 10.00

Star News Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Cookery show.

10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00

Mila (rpt) To Kleidi (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV To Kleidi Greek comedy series.

17.50 19.40

Fotis Maria Live Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, kids etc.) with showbiz guests.

21.15 22.00

08.55 09.25 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.20 15.05 16.10 16.50 17.35 18.15

21.00

News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: The Maid An American employee at a Paris bank falls for its female president and takes a second job as her maid just to be near her. Romantic comedy, with Martin Sheen. 1991.

00.45

FILM: Bells Of Innocence Friends turn to their faith and an enigmatic rancher to defeat a demonic being who has townspeople under his power. Drama, starring Mike Norris. 2003.

02.30

FILM: Gigli A mobster is ordered to kidnap a prosecutor’s younger brother - but events soon take a complicated turn.

Romantic comedy, starring Ben Affleck.

2003.

Kostakis & Yioi Local comedy series.

00.20 01.50 02.20

S’Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Remington Steele Milagros Kids’ TV Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Pacific Blue With News at 18.30.

19.15 19.50 20.05

Exelixeis Stin Showbiz FILM: St. Trinians St Trinian’s, a school for young ladies with its anarchic doctrine of free expression, brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy. Comedy, starring Rupert Everett. 2007.

23.40

CAPITAL

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

Friends With Kids (Novacinema1, 19.10)

01:55 EastEnders 02:25 Doctors 02:55 Keeping Up Appearances 03:25 North and South 04:15 Gavin & Stacey 04:45 Dad’s Army 05:15 Beautiful People 05:45 Keeping Up Appearances 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 3rd & Bird 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Boogie Beebies 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 3rd & Bird 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Boogie Beebies 09:00 The Large Family 09:10 Balamory 09:25 Keeping Up Appearances 09:55 Mastermind 10:25 The Weakest Link 11:10 EastEnders 11:40 Doctors 12:10 North and South 13:00 Gracie! 14:20 Mastermind 14:50 The Weakest Link 15:35 EastEnders 16:05 Doctors 16:35 North and South 17:25 Gavin & Stacey 17:55 Keeping Up Appearances 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 North and South 21:00 The Old Guys 21:30 The Stephen K Amos Show 22:00 The Invisible Leopard 22:50 Lead Balloon 23:20 Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show 23:45 Luther 00:40 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How

It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Fifth Gear 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 20:30 How It’s Made 21:00 One Car Too Far 22:00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 23:00 Werner Herzog’s Death Row 00:00 Ultimate Cops 01:00 Banged Up Abroad 01:55 One Car Too Far 02:50 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 03:50 Werner Herzog’s Death Row 04:50 Ultimate Cops 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Fitness: The Box 09:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 11:30 Snooker: Players Tour Championship Finals Ireland 13:00 Football: Uefa Champions League 13:30 Football: Uefa Europa League 14:00 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 15:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 16:30 Nordic Combined Skiing: World Cup Norway 17:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 19:30 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 20:30 Snooker: Players Tour Championship Finals Ireland 01:30 Figure Skating: World Championship

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25

Bones 07:10 Raising Hope 07:35 Scrubs 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Tough Love: Miami 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Raising Hope 11:35 Scrubs 12:00 Happy Endings 12:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 12:50 Glee 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 14:30 Tough Love: Miami 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Raising Hope 17:15 Scrubs 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Tough Love: Miami 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Happy Endings 21:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 21:50 Glee 22:40 Raising Hope 23:05 Scrubs 23:30 Happy Endings 23:55 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 00:20 Glee 01:10 Bones 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Raising Hope 03:10 Scrubs 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Tough Love: Miami

07:30 Hall Pass 09:30 Something’s Gotta Give 11:45 Parallax View, The 13:45 Finn On The Fly 15:30 Mumford 17:30 Skyline 19:30 Hollywood Buzz 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 80 Minutes 23:00 Green Hornet, The 01:05 Hustler TV 02:45 Heartbreaker 04:45 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark 06:30 LTV Sports News

Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 La Liga Show 2012-13 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 Nba Action 19:00 La Liga World 19:30 CocaCola Cup 2012-13 21:30 Liga Bbva 2012-13 23:30 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 Barclays Premier League Review 01:00 Nba 2012-13 03:30 2010 World’s Strongest Man 04:00 2011 Reebok Crossfit Games (Men’s) 04:30 La Liga Review 2012-13 05:30 Planet Speed 06:00 Grand American Series 2012

07:15 Privileged 08:00 Friends 08:30 Closer, The 09:15 Five Days 2 10:20 One Tree Hill 11:05 Borgias The 12:55 Harry’s Law 13:40 Privileged 14:25 Closer, The 15:10 Five Days 2 16:15 Big Bang Theory The 16:40 According To Jim 17:25 Mentalist The 18:10 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 19:00 Harry’s Law 19:45 Gossip Girl 20:30 Friends 21:00 Fringe 22:30 Ncis: Los Angeles 23:15 Supernatural 00:05 Roommate, The 02:00 Poseidon 03:45 Big Bang Theory The 04:10 According To Jim 04:55 Mentalist The 05:40 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 06:30 Harry’s Law

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League

Basketball Big Ten Tournament #7: Teams Tba 05:30 Alfie 2004 Alfie 07:20 I Am Legend 09:00 Cine News 09:20 Rumor Has It... 11:00 Good Morning Vietnam 13:05 Mrs. Brown 14:55 Dead Poet’s Society 17:10 Action Zone 17:45 Barney’s Version 22:00 Transporter 2 23:40 S.W.A.T. 01:45 Never Let Me Go 03:30 Cine News

08:30 Wild Things 10:30 Dead Presidents 12:30 Passed Away 14:15 Ed Wood 16:30 Twilight 18:30 Friday After Next 20:00 Police Academy 22:00 Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows 00:10 Daring! TV 04:05 Hole, The (2009) 05:40 Faster

05:40 The Haunting 07:30 It’s Kind Of A Funny Story 09:10 Doctor Dolittle 10:35 Mad On Novacinema 13:05 Loufa Kai Parallagi: Sirines Sti Steria 17:00 A Thousand Words 18:35 Hollywood Buzz 19:10 Friends With Kids 21:00 Ncis 22:00 Anonymous 00:15 Colombiana 02:10 The Tomb 03:40 Margin Call

19:10 Love Crime 21:00 The Longest Yard 23:00 13 Assassins 01:10 Cine News 01:30 Donne Al Trop 03:15 Straw Dogs

19:10 Mpilompa 21:00 Courageous 23:15 London 00:55 The Romantics 02:35 Korkoro 04:25 Majority

15:30 European Tour Avantha Masters Rd. 2 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Cup 2012-13: Apollon Vs Nea Salamina 20:45 Post Game 21:30 Snapshots Cyprus Football 22:00 Rip To The Tip 2011 Full Pull 22:30 The Moto: Inside The Outdoors Steel City National 23:00 Car Warriors 2 Chevelle 00:00 Mobil 1 The Grid 00:30 Big Ten Men’s

06:00 Only Hits 8:00 MTV GreekLips 9:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 12:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 16:00 MTV Crash Canyon 16:30 MTV Crash Canyon 17:00 MTV Pranked 17:30 MTV Pranked 18:00 MTV GreekLips 19:00 Only Hits 20:00 MTV Catfish 21:00 MTV Hitlist Hellas 22:00 MTV World Stage 23:00 McCafé Music Project 23:30 MTV Savage U 00:00 MTV Jersey Shore01:00 MTV Geordie Shore 2:00 Only Hits

07:00 The Girl And The General 08:40 Take Me Out To The Ball Game 10:15 Riffraff 11:50 Young Cassidy 13:40 The Pirate 15:20 Rio Bravo 17:45 A Streetcar Named Desire 20:00 All The Fine Young Cannibals 22:00 House Of Wax 23:25 The Gypsy Moths 01:10 Yolanda And The Thief 03:00 Young Cassidy 05:00 Take Me Out To The Ball Game

By Preston Wilder

80 Minutes (LTV, 21.00) Alex (Gabriel Mann) owes money; $15,000, to be precise. The guy he owes it to is angry. You think you can mess me around, he says - well guess what, you can’t.

“I want my money back, and I want it tonight! In 80 f***in’ minutes!”. Yes, but why 80 minutes? Why not say an hour, or two hours? Because the angry creditor has also injected our hero with a slow-acting poison, and he’s going to keel over in precisely ... 80 minutes.

Whoa, that’s harsh! “What would you do? Where would you go?” demands the trailer - but doesn’t show Gabriel doing very much (except driving his car really fast), confirming the suspicion that this lowbudget, German-made variation on the classic D.O.A.

is all concept and no execution. “Whilst watching this I felt I was the one slowly dying,” quips a Brit calling himself ‘Passive Zero’ at the Internet Movie Database, adding: “It also has the worst chase scene, after hitting a new Jaguar the main character is chased by a 50+ balding fat man”. Actually, balding fat men can be very fierce when provoked. Made in 2008.

13 Assassins (Novacinema3, 23.00) Say what you like about the Japanese, no-one makes better samurai movies. Akira Kurosawa made Seven Samurai (remade in Hollywood as The Magnificent Seven) - and it may be rash to assume that this one

is (almost) twice as good because it has 13 samurai instead of seven, but it is very good. The 13 warriors go on a suicide mission, their assignment being to kill an evil lord - a man who abuses the system, viewing everyone as “servants” whose lives are expendable, yet the system is indeed hierarchical, and samurai are indeed expected to pledge their lives to their master. The film’s Message is egalitarian, knocking down the whole rotten samurai edifice (note the title: not samurai but “assassins”) - but the Message is almost irrelevant when it’s all so wildly enjoyable, building to a breathtaking half-hour set-piece (the actual battle) that shows up Transformers for the shoddy action filmmaking that it is. In Japanese; made in 2010.

13 Assassins

SundayMail Unthinkable Action thriller about US involvement in war on terror

Brake Secret Service agent finds himself locked in boot

Monday, LTV, 9pm

Saturday, NovaCinema1, 10pm

M A R C H 10 16

Person of Interest Season 2 of man with special fight skills who helps those in trouble Sunday, NovaCinema1, 10pm

Complete guide to what’s on the small screen this week, including our selections and satellite choices

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CYBC 1 06.45 09.00

Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera Early morning entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

11.00

Kaftes Piperies (rpt)

CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 17.00 18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

Cookery show.

11.30

Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV.

12.00

Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

15.30

20.00 21.00

Entehnos Mazi Sto CyBC Local talk-show.

18.00 18.15 18.45

News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka Local game show, asking questions having to do with the Cypriot dialect.

19.20

Moiraia Fengaria Local drama series inspired by Maro Kranidioti’s book ‘Otan i Moira Apofasizei’.

20.00 21.30

News Vimmata Stin Ammo

22.35

Friends (rpt) Code Europe Local investigative show.

23.30 23.45

News Repeats

05.30 06.30 06.50 07.00 07.50

A series of documentary films whose aim is to shine the spotlight on some of the few places on earth where nature and man exist in harmony.

08.40

NRG Zone MINI-Series: The Deep

12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00

MINI-Series: La Commanderie French series showing the Middle Ages as a dark and turbulent period when religion ran society and led to tragic results. Historical drama, starring Clement Sibony. 2010.

Part 4 of 8.

Third season of local period drama, based on true events.

22.00 22.30

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt) Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Somewhere On Earth (rpt)

The crew of an oceanographic submarine embark on a mission below the Arctic ice to search for unknown and remarkable life forms. However, tensions run high when the explorers find themselves stranded with no power, limited oxygen and no communication with the surface. Thriller, starring James Nesbitt and Minnie Driver. Part 1 of 5.

Local cultural show.

16.00

ANTENNA

23.30

Repeats

09.30 10.25 11.15

14.50 15.45 16.40 17.30

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Deliyianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto

MEGA 06.00 06.30 07.00 10.00

Lifestyle programme features entertainment, cooking music and more. Hosted by real life couple Giorgos Liagas & Fay Skorda.

12.30 14.00 15.00

Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Ekeino To Kalokairi Replay

00.00 00.05 00.30

News Sports News Radio Arvila

Greek sports show.

Live parady show.

01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

Enimerosi Tora Deka Lepta Kirigma Eheis Meson Current affairs show.

16.00

Yia Sena Local talk-show.

18.00 18.20

News Master Chef (rpt) New season of Greek reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.

19.30

07.00 08.20 10.30 11.20 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.10 18.00 18.05 18.45 19.40 20.20 21.15 22.20 23.30

20.20 21.15 23.00 00.00 00.10 01.00 03.30 04.40

Oi Vasiliades

News Klemmena Oneira Anonymous News Gymnoi Angeloi (rpt) Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Klemmeni Zoi (rpt) Erotas Kleftis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

Protoselido Eleni Aspra Balonia (rpt) Vasiliki (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Epta Ouranoi Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Magazino Siga Min To’ Xeres News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) News Aspra Balonia Oikogeneiakes Istories CSI: NY Fifth season. ‘My Name Is Mac Taylor’.

The detective suspects he could be next on a serial killer’s list of targets after learning two men called Mac Taylor have been killed. However, when a motorist reports the murderer tried to steal her car keys before leaving to carry on his search, the team realises he has sworn revenge on a particular driver involved in a hitand-run.

New daily family comedy based on the Argentinian sitcomtelenovela Los Roldan, replacing I Zoi tis allis.

With News at 18.00.

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.15 22.10 23.00

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Nea Mera Proino Mou

SIGMA

00.20 00.25 01.20 02.00 03.00

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mono Mia Fora (rpt) More Repeats

PLUS TV 07.20 08.35 09.05 10.00 10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00 17.50 19.40 21.15 22.00

Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) To Kleidi Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kid’s TV To Kleidi Fotis - Maria Live Mila Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Cold Case (rpt) Fourth season. ‘Cargo’.

Rush reopens a case from 2005 in which a dock worker was murdered, and discovers the victim had become embroiled in a human-trafficking ring controlled by the Russian Mob.

22.45

00.15 01.10

06.45 08.50 09.25 10.00

17.35 18.15

Kids’ TV S’ Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron (rpt) Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Remington Steele Milagros Kids’ TV Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Pacific Blue

19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

News Sports Time Capital Sports FILM: Greenmail

11.00 11.30 12.30 13.20 15.15 16.05 16.45

With News at 18.30.

The leader of an environmental group agrees to help the FBI catch a megalomaniac terrorist out to cause havoc across America. Thriller, starring Stephen Baldwin.

2001.

Supernatural Sixth season. ‘Clap Your Hands If You Believe’. Dean is abducted from a crop circle while investigating a UFO sighting; when he awakens, Dean discovers that he is dealing with fairies and Sam’s investigation leads him to a world of elves, gnomes and a leprechaun.

23.30

CAPITAL

Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) LTV Sports News Star News

22.50

FILM: Crash And Burn An FBI agent works under cover to infiltrate a group of car thieves.

Action thriller, starring David Moscow 2008.

00.25

FILM: The Pass A businessman with a compulsive gambling problem travels to Reno and picks up a psychotic serial killer posing as a hitchhiker.

Thriller, starring William Forsythe. 1998.

An Education (LTV, 23.00)

01:15 The Weakest Link 02:00 32 Brinkburn Street 02:45 Fawlty Towers 03:15 Little Britain 03:45 The Weakest Link 04:30 32 Brinkburn Street 05:15 Fawlty Towers 05:45 Little Britain 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Charlie and Lola 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Boogie Beebies 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Charlie and Lola 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Boogie Beebies 09:00 The Large Family 09:10 Balamory 09:30 Little Human Planet 09:35 Drop Zone 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Emma 13:10 Full Circle With Michael Palin 14:00 Drop Zone 14:55 The Weakest Link 15:40 EastEnders 16:10 Doctors 16:40 Emma 17:35 India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 North and South 21:00 dinnerladies 21:30 The Green Green Grass 22:00 Waking The Dead 22:50 Ideal 23:20 The Fixer 00:10 32 Brinkburn Street 00:55 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &...

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05

Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Street Customs 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 22:00 The Real Hustle 23:00 Magic Of Science 00:00 River Monsters 01:00 Ross Kemp On Gangs 01:55 Dual Survival 02:50 The Real Hustle 03:50 Magic Of Science 04:50 River Monsters 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Finland 11:00 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 13:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 14:00 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 15:00 Cycling: Paris-Nice France 16:00 Cycling 17:30 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 18:15 Football: Eurogoals 19:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 20:00 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 21:45 All Sports: Watts 22:00 Pro Wrestling: This Week On World Wrestling Entertainment 22:30 Pro Wrestling: Vintage Collection 23:30 Fight Sport: Total Ko 00:30

Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 01:30 Football: Eurogoals 02:15 All Sports: Watts

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Melissa & Joey 07:35 Scrubs 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Tough Love: Miami 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Melissa & Joey 11:35 Scrubs 12:00 Once Upon A Time 12:50 Revenge 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 14:30 Tough Love: Miami 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Raising Hope 17:15 Scrubs 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Masterchef 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Once Upon A Time 21:50 Revenge 22:40 Raising Hope 23:05 Scrubs 23:30 Once Upon A Time 00:20 Revenge 01:10 Bones 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Raising Hope 03:10 Scrubs 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Masterchef

07:30 City Of Angels 09:30 Burlesque 12:00 Faces In The Crowd 14:00 Mystery, Alaska 16:00 Secret Garden, The 17:45 Happy Feet Two 19:30 Action Zone 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Unthink-

able 23:00 An Education 00:45 Hustler TV 03:00 Roxanne 04:50 Kings Of Mykonos, The 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 19:00 Nba 2012-13 21:00 Barclays Premier League Review 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 Planet Speed 00:30 2010 World’s Strongest Man 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League Review 04:00 Espn Films 05:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 Friends 07:50 Fringe 09:30 Big Bang Theory The 10:00 Ac-

cording To Jim 10:45 Mentalist The 11:30 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 12:30 Gossip Girl 13:15 Harry’s Law 14:00 Fringe 15:30 Big Bang Theory The 16:00 Eastbound & Down 16:30 According To Jim 17:20 Hawaii Five 19:00 Harry’s Law 19:45 One Tree Hill 20:30 How To Make It In America 21:00 Borgias The 22:45 C.S.I. Miami 23:30 Supernatural 00:15 Trucker 01:55 My Best Friend’s Wedding 03:40 Eastbound & Down 04:10 According To Jim 05:00 Hawaii Five 06:30 Harry’s Law

07:40 Kisses 09:00 Fine Madness, A 10:45 Shining, The 12:45 Friends With Money 14:15 Deception (2008) 16:15 School For Scoundrels 18:15 Flypaper 20:00 Green Hornet, The 22:00 Rich Man’s Wife, The 00:05 Daring! TV 04:10 Kardia 05:45 Phenomenon (1996)

06:30 Happy Few 08:20 Cine News 08:45 Anonymous 10:55 Hollywood Buzz 11:25 A Thousand Words 13:00 The Descendants 15:00 Think Like A Man 17:10 Cine News 18:00 The Iron Lady 19:50 Films And Stars 20:25 Like Crazy 22:00 This Must

Be The Place 00:10 The Following 01:10 Catch. 44 02:55 Drive 04:35 Polisse

05:50 Frida 07:55 La Fille De Monaco 09:30 The Artist 11:15 Cine News 11:45 Pal Joey 15:30 Cine News 16:05 Air Force One 18:15 Man Of The House 20:00 Conviction 23:50 30 Minutes Or Less 01:20 Traffic 03:50 On The Inside

18:55 Gran Torino 21:00 Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 23:00 Ncis 23:50 Cine News 01:00 Trash Talk

19:00 Something Borrowed 21:00 Take Me Home Tonight 22:45 Bloodworth 00:25 The Cake Eaters

16:00 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Wildcard At Wildcard 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Championship 201213:Apollon Vs Olympiacos 20:45 Post Game 21:30 Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Minnesota At Illinois 22:00 Punk Payback With Bas Rutten Counter Jumper Scream

06:00 Only Hits 8:00 MTV GreekLips 9:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 12:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 16:00 MTV Crash Canyon 16:30 MTV Crash Canyon 17:00 McCafé Music Project 17:30 MTV Pranked 18:00 MTV GreekLips 19:00 Only Hits 20:00 MTV Mission Lydia 20:30 MTV Everyday Girls 21:00 MTV Catfish 22:00 MTV Teen Mom 4 23:00 MTV The Pauly D project 23:30 MTV The Pauly D project 00:00 MTV Jersey Shore01:00 Only Hits

07:00 Bombshell 08:35 The Glass Slipper 10:10 The Law And Jake Wade 11:40 San Antonio 13:30 In The Good Old Summertime 15:10 Scaramouche 17:05 Three Daring Daughters 19:00 A Star Is Born 22:00 Hit Man 23:30 Scaramouche 01:25 The Fixer 03:35 The Ballad Of Cable Hogue 05:10 The Law And Jake Wade

By Preston Wilder

Unthinkable (LTV, 21.00) Samuel L. Jackson in a straight-to-video action thriller? Unthinkable! Easy to see why SLJ signed on, however, this being an action thriller with Things To Say about US involvement in the ‘war on terror’ and the use of dodgy CIA tactics (read: torture). “The subject is being tortured! This is unconstitutional!” cries Carrie-Anne Moss as a virtuous CIA lady; “If those bombs go off, there will be no Constitution,” replies her boss.

‘Those bombs’ are nuclear, hidden by terrorist Michael Sheen in three US cities - and it’s up to SLJ to get their location out of him by any means necessary (“He has to believe I have no limits,” says our hero grimly), though it’s unclear if Sheen is even telling the

truth. It’s the kind of thing patriotic psycho Jack Bauer used to do on 24 - and maybe that’s the point, to treat such material more responsibly, but the thought of spending 97 minutes of my life on a self-righteous Bmovie is ... well, unthinkable. Made in 2009.

This Must Be the Place (Novacinema1, 22.00) “Something’s wrong here. I don’t know exactly what it is - but something...” The week’s most elusive film, the week’s most annoying film, the week’s most remarkable film - and the film to watch if you were impressed by Sean Penn’s outrageous turn in Gangster Squad because he’s even more outrageous as Chey-

This Must Be the Place

enne, a retired rock star with big hair, white pancake makeup and a reedy, effeminate voice. “Home / Is where I want to be...” sang the Talking Heads in the title song (which turns up in many variations) - and David Byrne of the Talking Heads turns up as himself, one of many unusual encounters as our hero goes on a mission, hunting Nazis on behalf of his late father, a Holocaust survivor. You might say he too is going home, like it says in the song - and the film’s shaggydog narrative will drive some people up the wall but others will delight in its quirkiness, whether a 90year-old ex-Nazi, a band called the ‘Pieces of Shit’, or Sean’s Irish mate opining that “curiosity and time” are the key to scoring with women. True! Made in 2011.

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CYBC 1 08.00

Moiraia Fengaria (rpt) Local drama series.

10.30

Paizoume Kypriaka

CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 11.50

Local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

13.00 14.00 14.30

Edoxe Ti Vouli Kai To Dimo News Me Kali Parea Vivian Kanari hosts new show featuring a mix of news, information and live music.

16.30

18.00 18.15

News Patates Antinahtes (rpt)

12.15

12.35 17.00

Local Sketch News Savvato Ki Apovrado Variety show, with wellknown guests pretending to have a good time for the benefit of You At Home.

23.30 23.45 00.45 02.30 04.30

News Tete-A-Tete (rpt) Savvato Ki Apovrado (rpt) Me Kali Parea (rpt) More Repeats

07.00

Hannah Montana (rpt)

More Kid’s TV The Emperor’s New Clothes Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s fable of two scoundrels who capitalise on an emperor’s vanity. From the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.

Dubbed in Greek.

Ego Ki Esi Local comedy series.

19.30 20.00 21.30

06.00 06.30

Adventures of a teenage pop star who keeps her identity secret from even her closest friends by using a disguise on stage.

Very popular local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

18.45

NRG Zone Kids’ TV The Wizards Of Waverly Place (rpt) Teen comedy about Alex Russo, an apparently typical New York girl who shares a secret with her two brothers - they are from a family of wizards.

Vimmata Stin Ammo (rpt) Two episodes of local period drama, based on true events.

ANTENNA

18.30

Candid Camera Unsuspecting people react to bizarre events.

18.50 19.00 19.10 20.20

00.00 00.15

News In English New In Turkish NRG Zone Weekend 2013 World Figure Skating Championships (R)

07.30 08.00 08.50 09.40 10.30 11.20 12.10 13.50 15.10 16.45

Proini Enimerosi Dada Yia Oles Tis Douleies (rpt) Cheek To Cheek (rpt) Men Kai Den (rpt) San To Skilo Me Ti Gata (rpt) Steps (rpt) Super Babas (rpt) O Tzitzigas Kai O Mermigas (rpt) Tihi Vouno (rpt) Laikes Paraskeves (rpt) Yia Tin Agapi Sou (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) With News at 18.00.

18.30 20.20 21.20 23.00 00.05 00.20 01.00

Vals Me 12 Theous News Exairetika Afieromeno Sold Out News Sports News Vradi Me Ton Petro Kotsopoulo Late night talk-show.

01.40

Blackout Greek game show in which places contestants in complete darkness to compete in challenges.

Coverage from Canada of freestyle men’s programme.

02.40

News In English And Turkish (rpt) Euronews

03.50 04.40

Mavros Okeanos (rpt) News Eftyhismenes Meres (rpt)

MEGA 07.40 09.40 10.20 11.00 12.10 13.00

Proino Mou (rpt) Kid’s TV Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt) Chuck A computer geek finds himself in charge of the government’s most sensitive data.

14.00 14.40 16.40 18.00 18.30 20.15 21.20 23.10

Master Chef Mousiko Kouti Live (rpt) Oi Vasiliades (rpt) News Epta Thanasimes Petheres (rpt) News Mousiko Kouti Live FILM: Suspect A public defender represents a deafmute Vietnam veteran accused of murder, and uncovers corruption in high places.

Courtroom drama, starring Cher, Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson. 1987.

00.00 00.50 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.00 04.30 05.00 05.40

News Kleise Ta Matia (rpt) Mila Mou Vromika (rpt) Big Bang (rpt) Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes (rpt) Patir, Yios Kai Pnevma (rpt) Oi Afthairetoi (rpt) Palirroia (rpt) Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou (rpt)

SIGMA 05.40 06.20 07.20 08.50 10.00

Oi Adiafthoroi (rpt) Oi Takkoi (rpt) Zoi Podilato (rpt) Barberbieni Mes Stin Kala Hara Weekend variety show, informative and entertaining. Hosted by Natalia Germanou.

14.00 15.40

Aspra Balonia (rpt) The Cooking Factory

17.00

Annita SoS

Greek cookery show.

With News at 18.00.

19.00

06.50 07.50 11.35 12.05 13.00 13.40 14.20 15.40 16.30

Pame Paketo (rpt) Popular talk-show, that deals with human interest stories such as reuniting people, fulfilling dreams and connecting individuals who want to correct past mistakes in their lives.

20.15 21.20

PLUS TV

22.00

News Las Vegas (rpt)

Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Greek crime drama series.

02.20 04.00

Mes Stin Kali Hara (rpt) Magazino (rpt)

Fotis - Maria Live Mila (rpt) Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: Boss Of Bosses The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organsized crime boss, Paul Castellano, who rose rapidly through the ranks of organised crime, only to be assassinated by a rival. By-the-numbers biopic, starring Chazz Palminteri. 2001.

News Stin Igeia Mas

Drama series focusing on a security team at a large casino.

01.30

07.00 12.00 13.10 15.30 15.45 16.15 16.20

21.00 23.30

O Arhipsevtros Vathi Kokkino Greek drama series.

00.10 01.05 01.40

Kids’ TV Telemarketing Greek FILM: O Agnostos Ekeinis Tis Nihtas Mila Mou Prasina Kouzina Me Apopsi News FILM: Big Fat Liar A boy’s school essay finds its way into the hands of a Hollywood producer who turns it into a hit film, prompting the boy travel to LA to claim his credit.

Teen comedy, starring Frankie Muniz. 2002.

With News at 17.30.

Comedy.

18.00 19.30 21.15

Variety show.

00.20 00.25

Star News (rpt) Kids’ TV Exelixeis Sti Showbiz LTV Sports News (rpt) Star News Ta Kopelia (rpt) Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Stin Kouzina Me Tin Dina (rpt) Greek FILM: I Goissa

CAPITAL

18.00 18.55 19.05 19.55 20.05 21.00

Remington Steele News Acapulco HEAT News O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Volcano An emergency expert and a scientist try to save the residents of Los Angeles when a volcano erupts in the middle of the city.

Disaster thriller, with Tommy Lee Jones.

1997.

22.55

FILM: 11:59 A jaded yet driven news photojournalist wakes up in the middle of nowhere and tries to piece together the events of the last 24 hours. Sci-fi thriller, starring Raymond Andrew Bailey. 2005.

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

00.50

FILM: Demontown 3 No details supplied.

Fast Five (Novacinema2, 19.45)

01:15 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 01:45 Live At The Apollo 02:30 EastEnders 03:00 Doctors 03:30 The Invisible Leopard 04:25 Robin Hood 05:10 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 3rd & Bird 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Jackanory Junior 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Me Too! 08:30 Jackanory Junior 08:50 The Large Family 09:00 Balamory 09:20 The Weakest Link 10:05 Doctor Who 10:50 Doctor Who Confidential 11:05 Drop Zone 11:55 Full Circle With Michael Palin 12:45 dinnerladies 13:15 The Green Green Grass 13:45 Fawlty Towers 14:20 As Time Goes By 14:50 Casualty 15:40 EastEnders 18:05 ‘Allo ‘Allo!

18:35 The Weakest Link 19:20 Doctor Who 20:10 Drop Zone 21:00 Live At The Apollo 21:45 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 22:50 Luther 23:45 Ideal 00:15 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 00:45 Drop Zone

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Twist The Throttle 08:15 Fifth Gear 09:10 Mega Builders 10:05 Mighty Ships 10:55 Gold Div-

ers 14:30 Extreme Engineering 15:25 You Have Been Warned 16:20 James May’s Man Lab 17:15 Fast N’ Loud 18:10 Texas Car Wars 19:05 Mythbusters 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Auction Hunters 22:00 Baggage Battles 23:00 I Am Bruce Lee 01:00 Chris Ryan’s Elite Police 01:55 Auction Hunters 02:50 Baggage Battles 03:50 I Am Bruce Lee 05:40 Texas Car Wars 06:35 How It’s Made

09:30 Fitness: The Box 09:45 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Switzerland 12:00 Nordic Combined Skiing: World Cup Norway 12:30 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 13:00 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Switzerland 14:15 Nordic Combined Skiing: World Cup Norway 14:30 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 15:15 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Norway 17:15 Snooker: Players Tour Championship Finals Ireland 19:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 20:00 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 21:00 Snooker: Players Tour Championship Finals Ireland 01:00 Figure Skating: World Championship 02:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway

05:40 The Gates 06:30 Desperate Housewives 10:20 Raising Hope 11:10 Scrubs 12:00 Happy Endings 12:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 12:50 Masterchef 14:30 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Tough Love: Miami 21:00 Once Upon A Time 21:50 Revenge 22:40 Modern Family 23:05 New Girl 23:30 Glee 00:20 Bones 04:25 Raising Hope

League 2012-13 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

12 Men’s & Women’s Swim & Dive Championships

07:15 Gossip Girl 08:00 Friends 08:30 Big Bang Theory The 09:00 According To Jim 10:00 Privileged 10:45 Borgias The 11:45 Mentalist The 12:30 Hawaii Five 13:15 Closer, The 14:15 Fringe 15:00 2 Broke Girls 20:00 C.S.I. Miami 00:30 What Women Want 02:45 Closer, The 03:30 Harry’s Law

06:00 Only Hits 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV World Stage 13:00 McCafé Music Project 13:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 14:00 MTV Daria 14:30 MTV Daria 15:00 MTV Crash Canyon 15:30 MTV Crash Canyon 16:00 MTV Mission Lydia 16:30 MTV Everyday Girls 17:00 MTV Movies & Stars 18:00 MTV Megadrive 18:30 MTV Slips 19:00 Only Hits 20:00 Pure Local 22:00 Only Hits00:00 S7S Lockdown Top10 0:30 MTV Party Zone 4:00 Only Hits

07:30 Ye Olde Times 09:30 Free Willy 11:30 Nowhere Boy 13:15 Summer Of ‘42 15:00 Just Go With It 17:00 Pre-Game 18:00 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Dreamcatcher 23:30 Buried 01:10 Hustler TV 03:00 Bound By Honor 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:20 Sparkle 09:10 Miss Congeniality 11:00 Invisible Sign, An 12:45 Tourist, The 14:30 Safe Passage 16:15 Lost & Found 18:00 80 Minutes 19:40 Eat Pray Love 22:00 Green Hornet, The 00:05 Daring! TV 04:05 Heartbreaker 06:00 Distinguished Gentleman, The

07:00 Legion Of Super Heroes I 13:15 Legion Of Super Heroes 13:40 Max Adventures 14:05 Barclays Premier League Preview 14:45 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 19:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 23:00 Barclays Premier

05:25 Polisse 07:10 The Sitter 08:35 Think Like A Man 10:40 Cine News 11:30 War Of The Buttons 13:25 Chicken With Plums 15:00 Ncis 16:40 Cine News 17:25 Like Crazy 19:00 Five Minarets In New York 22:00

Brake 02:00 The Following 02:50 Shame 04:35 Drive

06:00 Cine News 06:35 Cheri 08:10 Emma 10:15 The Help 12:45 Cine News 15:20 Man Of The House 17:00 Mad On Novacinema 17:40 The Bourne Identity 19:45 Fast Five 22:00 Friends With Benefits 23:55 Management 01:30 Seeking Justice 03:20 We Need To Talk About Kevin

05:05 The Vanishing 06:55 Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 08:40 Breaking Wind 10:05 Inspector Gadget 11:30 Starsky & Hutch 13:15 Tt3d: Closer To The Edge 15:05 Real Steel 17:15 Old School 21:00 The Ghost And The Darkness 23:00 Stolen Lives

00:40 Cine News 01:30 Hosed All Sex All Anal 03:15 Essential Killing 04:40 The Big Bang

06:15 The Edge Of Love 08:10 The Portrait Of A Lady 10:35 Bloodworth 13:50 Treasure Buddies 15:25 A Far Off Place 17:20 Something Borrowed 19:15 Mean Girls 2 21:00 Glee: The 3d Concert Movie 00:20 Dirty Girl 01:55 Take Me Home Tonight 03:35 Cine News 04:10 Our Day Will Come

15:00 European Tour Avantha Masters Rd. 3 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Championship 201213:Apollon Vs Olympiacos 20:45 Post Game 22:00 European Tour Avantha Masters Rd. 3 01:30 Big

07:00 From The Earth To The Moon 08:40 The Toast Of New Orleans 10:15 Stars In My Crown 11:45 Seven Brides For Seven Brothers 13:25 Summer Holiday 15:00 Clash By Night 16:45 Dark Victory 18:30 Across The Pacific 20:05 A Patch Of Blue 22:00 Shaft 23:45 Seven Brides For Seven Brothers 01:30 From The Earth To The Moon 03:10 High Sierra 04:50 Clash By Night

By Preston Wilder

Dreamcatcher (LTV, 21.00) Omigod, they’re showing Dreamcatcher! Here, just to give you an idea, is an excerpt of the plot from Wikipedia: “A large worm tries to escape from the bathroom after being excreted into the toilet by Rick before he died. Beaver attempts to trap the creature under the toilet lid, but the lamprey-like worm, with multiple rows of razor-sharp teeth, kills him. Jonesy escapes from the cabin but runs into a large alien called Mr. Grey, who possesses Jonesy’s body.” This is not some disreputable B-movie - it’s big-budget Hollywood sci-fi, based on a book by Stephen King, and it’s not trying to shock; it’s just utterly insane. Jonesy (Damian Lewis) and Beaver (Jason Lee) are two child-

hood friends (others are played by Thomas Jane and Timothy Olyphant) who go on a camping trip, only to find that a nearby town is being plagued by alien parasites. There’s a gun that turns into a phone (!), an evil force manifesting itself via monster farts (!!), a fat man who eats himself to death (!!!), a long alien ‘worm’ up a man’s backside (!!!!) and a wealth of other bizarre detail. Forget it, Jake, it’s Dreamcatcher. Made in 2003.

Brake (Novacinema1, 22.00) “When he woke up, he was in total darkness!” intones Mr. Trailer Man portentously. ‘He’ is Stephen Dorff, a special agent for the US Secret Service who finds himself locked in the boot of a car by ruthless terror-

Brake

ists with only his mobile phone for company. Didn’t they do this already, with Ryan Reynolds in Buried?

Maybe, but the lure of a single actor in a single small space is always going to be tempting when you don’t have much of a budget - and besides this amiable Bmovie isn’t as rigorous as Buried, offering glimpses of the outside world as well as action-movie thrills (the terrorists go after Stephen’s family) and a surprise ending which I won’t spoil (and actually couldn’t, not having seen the film). “Regardless of whether you second-guess the climax or not, it’ll thoroughly piss you off,” warns Michael Atkinson in the Village Voice, making me wonder what it is. Maybe he gets out of the car only to find himself in a smaller car. Made in 2012.

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CYBC 1 07.30 10.30

Church Service Savvato Ki Apovrado (rpt) Variety show, with wellknown guests pretending to have a good time for the benefit of You At Home.

12.30

CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 17.00 17.30

I Ypaithros Weekly farming show.

13.00 13.30 14.00 14.30

Kypros Ena Taxidi Eimaste Edo News Me Kali Parea Local talk-show with studio discussion and viewers calling in.

16.30 17.30

18.20 19.20 19.30 19.40 21.00

To Timima (rpt) Aminesthai Peri Patris News Patates Antinahtes (rpt) Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

19.00 19.30 20.00 21.30

Ego Ki Esi Local Sketch News FILM: Shooter A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer.

Action thriller, starring Mark Wahlberg. 2007.

23.30 23.45

News Repeats

NRG Zone Kid’s TV Mihanokinitos Athlitismos Passage To Malaysia

05.30 06.20 06.50

Documentary that explores some of the threads that weave the rich fabric that is modern Malaysia.

07.30 08.00

07.20

I Kypros Konta Sas News In English News In Turkish Tete-A-Tete (rpt) MINI-Series: My House Is Full Of Mirrors Depicts the start of Sophia Loren’s acting career, while giving justice to the opposite fortunes of her sister, who learns on the eve of Sophia’s Oscar that she is pregnant.

Autobiographical drama, starring Sophia Loren. 2010. Part 1 of 2.

Local military and defence show.

18.00 18.15

ANTENNA

23.00

00.00

News In English & Turkish (rpt) Euronews

06.00 07.00 09.40 10.20 11.00 12.00 12.40 13.30

10.30 11.20 12.10 13.50 15.10 16.10

Litsa.com (rpt) Tihi Vouno Exairetika Afieromeno (rpt) Yia Tin Agapi Sou (rpt) Tha Vreis Ton Daskalo Sou (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) With News at 18.00.

18.30 20.20 21.30

Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt) News FILM: Raiders Of The Lost Ark Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Oscar-winning adventure, starring Harrison Ford. 1981.

00.30 01.40 02.40 04.00 04.40

Vradi Me Ton Petro Kostopoulo Blackout Mavros Okeanos (rpt) News Eftyhismenes Meres (rpt)

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Church Service Kids’ TV Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt) Chuck FILM: Maid In Manhattan A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman’s dress.

Romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes.

2002.

Local comedy series, with village setting.

Ghost Whisperer (rpt) Fifth season. ‘Dead Eye’. Melinda encounters the ghost of a private investigator who died while undercover as an entertainer at a birthday party.

The spirit reveals he is cursed to wander the afterlife dressed in his clown costume until his final case is closed, and the medium enlists Eli’s aid.

23.45

08.50 09.40

Aliki (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Dada Yia Oles Tis Douleies (rpt) Cheek To Cheek (rpt) Oi Men kai oi Den San To Skilo Me Ti Gata (rpt) 40 Kimata (rpt) Santa Yiolanta (rpt)

MEGA

15.00 16.40 18.00 18.30 20.15 21.20 22.20 00.00 00.10 01.00 01.40 02.20 03.20 04.00 04.30 05.00 05.40

Anonymous Oi Vasiliades (rpt) News Epta Thanasimes Petheres (rpt) News Anonymous Mousiko Kouti - Live News Kleise Ta Matia (rpt) Mila Mou Vromika (rpt) Big Bang Eheis Meson (rpt) Mia Stigmi, Dio Zoes (rpt) Patir, Yios Kai Pnevma (rpt) Oi Afthairetoi Palirroia Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou

SIGMA 07.50 09.30 10.00 14.00 15.30 15.30 18.20 18.25

Zoi Podilato (rpt) UEFA Champions League Magazine Mes Tin Kali Hara (rpt) Kid’s TV Efta Ouranoi Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) The Cooking News Pame Paketo (rpt) Talk-show, that deals with human interest stories such as reuniting people, fulfilling dreams and connecting individuals who want to correct past mistakes in their lives.

20.15 21.30 22.30

02.00 03.20

07.50 10.45 11.35 12.05 13.00 13.40 15.10 16.40

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Mes Tin Kali Hara (rpt) Magazino (rpt)

Kids’ TV Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz LTV Sports News Star News Quiz Fun Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Stin Kouzina Me Tin Dina (rpt)

CAPITAL 07.00 11.30 12.00 13.10 15.30 15.45 16.15

19.30

Mila (rpt) Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: And Then Came Love A magazine writer meets the anonymous sperm donor who fathered her son.

Romantic comedy, starring Vanessa Williams. 2007.

21.00

FILM: How To Lose Friends & Alienate People

18.00 19.55 19.05 19.55 20.00 21.00

FILM: Return Of The Street Fighter

22.45

Gangsters send martial artists to kill the Street Fighter after he fulfills his mission to silence a squealer. Martial arts comedy, starring Sonny Chiba. 1974.

00.15 01.05 02.05

LTV Sports News News Repeats

Remington Steele News Acapulco HEAT News O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Life Without Dick A woman accidentally kills her gold-digging boyfriend - then forges an unlikely romance with a reluctant hitman.

Crime comedy, starring Sarah Jessica Parker.

2001.

A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Comedy, starring Simon Pegg.

2008.

22.50

Kids’ TV Kouzina Me Apopsi (rpt) Telemarketing Greek FILM: Esena Mono Agapo Kipotehnia Star Stories FILM: Another Day A boating accident sends a widow back in time before her husband’s death, giving her a chance to prevent the tragedy. Drama, starring Shannen Doherty. 2001. With News at 17.30.

Cookery show.

17.30 19.00

News Siga Min To’ Xeres Celebrity FILM: The Package An experienced Green Beret sergeant escorts a prisoner back to the US, but when he escapes the sergeant must risk life and limb to catch him. Political thriller, starring Gene Hackman. 1989.

00.50 00.55

PLUS TV

FILM: The President’s Man A US president’s highly classified secret agent must find a fearless replacement to take over his extremely dangerous military missions.

Action, starring Chuck Norris. 2001.

00.30

FILM: Slipstream Drama, starribng Christian Slater. 2007.

The Green Hornet (LTV, 21.00)

01:40 As Time Goes By 02:10 Live At The Apollo 02:55 The Weakest Link 03:40 The Stephen K Amos Show 04:10 Drop Zone 05:00 Live At The Apollo 05:45 As Time Goes By 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Charlie and Lola 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Jackanory Junior 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Charlie and Lola 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Jackanory Junior 09:00 The Large Family 09:10 Balamory 09:30 The Weakest Link 10:15 One Foot In The Grave 10:45 Keeping Up Appearances 11:15 Gavin & Stacey 11:45 Little Britain 12:10 Dad’s Army 12:40 Gracie! 14:00 Keeping Up Appearances 14:30 One Foot In The Grave 15:00 Oliver Twist 16:00 Doctors 18:20 Keeping Up Appearances 18:50 Gavin & Stacey 19:20 Heart & Soul 20:10 32 Brinkburn Street 20:55 Fawlty Towers 21:30 Little Britain 22:00 Outcasts 22:50 Waking The Dead 23:40 Money 00:30 Live At The Apollo

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 How Do They Do It? 08:15 Motor City Motors 09:10 Mythbusters 10:05 Destroyed In Seconds 10:55 Ex-

treme Engineering 11:50 American Guns 12:40 Rattlesnake Republic 13:35 Auction Kings 14:30 Dealers 15:25 Gold Rush 16:20 Gold Divers 17:15 Jesse James Outlaw Garage 18:10 Ultimate Survival 19:05 Man, Woman, Wild 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Man, Woman, Wild 22:00 Ultimate Survival 23:00 River Monsters 00:00 Aircrash Confidential 01:00 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 01:55 Man, Woman, Wild 02:50 Ultimate Survival 03:50 River Monsters 04:50 Aircrash Confidential 05:45 Jesse James Outlaw Garage 06:35 How It’s Made

09:30 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Finland 10:45 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Slovenia 11:30 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Germany 12:15 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Finland 13:15 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 14:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 16:30 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 19:00 Cycling: Paris-Nice France 20:00 Cycling 21:00 Short Track Speed Skating: World Championship Hungary 22:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 23:15 Boxing 00:45 Biathlon: World Cup Russia

01:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland

05:40 The Gates 06:30 Scrubs 07:45 Melissa & Joey 08:10 Scandal 08:55 Castle 09:40 Grey’s Anatomy 10:25 Private Practice 11:10 Once Upon A Time 12:00 Revenge 12:50 Modern Family 13:15 New Girl 13:40 Glee 14:30 Bones 18:30 Masterchef 20:10 Happy Endings 20:35 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 21:00 Scandal 21:50 Castle 22:40 Grey’s Anatomy 23:30 Private Practice 00:15 Melissa & Joey 01:30 Raising Hope 01:55 Masterchef 03:35 Scrubs

07:30 Arthur 3: The War Of The Two Worlds 09:30 A Knight’s Tale 12:00 Eye Of The Dolphin 14:15 I Love You, Man 16:15 Flypaper 18:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 The Green Hornet 23:05 Cold Creek Manor 01:05 Hustler TV 02:45 Heyday! 04:45 Heart Of Darkness 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 13:15 Legion Of

14:35 Mrs. Brown 16:25 Good Morning Vietnam 18:30 Dream House 20:10 Never Been Kissed 22:00 Never Let Me Go 23:50 I Am Legend 01:35 Seeking Justice 03:20 Cine News 03:50 Rounders

Super Heroes 13:40 Max Adventures 14:05 Planet Speed 14:35 2010 World’s Strongest Man 15:05 Liga Bbva 2012-13 17:00 Pre-Game 18:00 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 20:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 22:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 00:00 Nba Action 00:30 Liga Bbva 2012-13 02:30 Planet Speed 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 05:00 Grand American Series 2012

07:15 According To Jim 07:40 How To Make It In America 08:10 Eastbound & Down 08:40 Friends 09:05 According To Jim 09:55 One Tree Hill 10:40 Borgias The 11:35 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 12:25 Hawaii Five 13:10 Five Days 2 14:15 Fringe 15:00 According To Jim 20:30 How To Make It In America 00:35 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 03:30 C.S.I. Miami

07:45 What Women Want 10:00 Ant Bully, The 11:45 Noises Off...

13:30 The Social Network 16:00 Cairo Time 17:30 How Do You Know 19:30 Love In The Time Of Cholera 22:00 Five Days One

Summer 00:05 Daring! TV 04:05 Shelter 06:00 Good Guy, The

06:10 The Rum Diary 08:10 Happy Gilmore 09:45 Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The Word 11:20 This Means War 15:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:30 Firewall 16:20 Cine News 17:20 Perfect Sense 19:00 Loufa Kai Parallagi: Sirines Sti Steria 21:00 Person Of Interest 00:15 The Raven 02:05 Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 04:40 Colombiana

05:20 The Bone Collector 07:20 Glory 09:25 Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 10:55 Oranges And Sunshine 12:40 Cheri 2009 14:15 Cine News

08:50 African Cats 12:10 Thor 14:10 Burn Notice 21:00 Love Crime 22:50 Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer 01:15 Cine News 01:30 Analita Privata 03:35 Essential Killing

06:05 Wisegal 07:35 Cine News 08:30 Marley & Me: The Puppy Years 10:05 Sundays At Tiffany’s 11:35 Illegal 13:15 The Smurfs 15:05 The Deep End Of The Ocean 17:00 It Happened To Jane 18:45 Cine News 19:05 The Edge Of Love 21:00 5 Lepta Akoma22:40 A Far Off Place 00:35 Management 02:15 Sling Blade 04:35 Majority

16:15 Pre Game 17:00 Championship 2012-13:Aep Vs Omonoia 19:00 Post Game 20:00 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1: Teams Tba 22:00

Courtside Jones 22:30 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2: Teams Tba 00:30 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Wildcard At Wildcard

06:00 Only Hits 11:00 Pure Local 11:30 S7S Lockdown Top10 12:00 MTV Hitlist Hellas 13:00 MTV Movies & Stars 14:00 MTV Daria 14:30 MTV Daria 15:00 MTV Crash Canyon 15:30 MTV Crash Canyon 16:00 MTV Catfish 17:00 Only Hits 19:00 MTV Megadrive 19:30 MTV Slips 20:00 MTV Paris Hilton my new BFF 21:00 MTV Paris Hilton my new BFF 22:00 MTV Paris Hilton my new BFF 23:00 MTV Underemployed00:00 MTV Teen Mom 401:00 Only Hits

07:00 Roberta 08:45 Adam’s Rib 10:25 Gone With The Wind 14:00 Anna Karenina 15:35 The Clock 17:00 San Antonio 18:50 The Golden Arrow 20:00 The Yellow Rolls-Royce 22:00 Dr: Jekyll And Mr.Hyde 23:55 A Star Is Born 02:55 Adam’s Rib 04:45 Roberta

By Preston Wilder

Five Days One Summer (LTV3, 22.00) What does Sean Connery think when he looks at the resurgence of James Bond under Daniel Craig? Does he feel bitter and jealous - or does he take a sip of Scotch, sitting in the Bahamas or wherever he lives now, and say ‘I don’t mind; I had a good run, and I even made some good films beyond 007’? This is one of those films, notable as the swansong of veteran director Fred Zinnemann - and it does feel like a film made by a man in his 70s, a meditative drama where plot comes second to landscape and character detail.

Sean is a middle-aged doctor on vacation in the Alps in 1932; he’s accompanied by a much younger woman

(Betsy Brantley) whom he introduces as his wife - but she’s clearly something more illicit, flashbacks revealing the truth behind this May-December romance as the couple embark on a few days of mountain climbing. There’s a love triangle, and an avalanche - but the pace is slow, and everything gets dwarfed by the mountain vistas anyway. Nice enough, but unlikely to leave you shaken or stirred. Made in 1982.

Person of Interest (Novacinema1, 22.00) There’s a guy in a bar with his gun pointed at you, and three of his burly friends standing behind him. What do you do? How do you escape? No big deal if you’re

Person of Interest

Jim Caviezel, he of the soft eyes and very special fight skills - and Jim (as ex-CIA man John Reese) may be looking for his kidnapped mentor Finch as Season 2 of Person of Interest kicks off tonight, but he’s still helping folks in trouble and indeed escaping from thugs in bars. Grabbing the thug’s gun-hand and using his own gun to kill his comrades is the work of a moment, and he also helps an accountant who owes money to white supremacists while also tracking down Finch’s whereabouts. All quite watchable but a bit generic, a show that doesn’t really need DVD to do it justice: it’s not about cliffhangers or ‘what comes next’, so there’s no burning desire to binge. Nice and simple, unlike Jim Caviezel’s fight skills. ‘The Contingency’ is the title.

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Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera Local variety show, with entertainment options, cookery tips and more.

11.00 11.30

Kaftes Piperies (rpt) Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be longest-running weekly show on Cyprus television.

12.00

Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

15.30

CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 17.00

18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10 19.30

News Kaftes Piperies

18.45

Paizoume Kypriaka

20.00

19.20

Moiraia Fengaria

22.00 22.15 22.45 23.15 00.00

Local drama series inspired by Maro Kranidioti’s book ‘Otan i Moira Apofasizei’.

20.00 21.15

22.00 22.30 23.30 00.45

08.40

Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Candid Camera

UEFA Europa League

14.50

UEFA Europa League Post-game analysis.

15.45

Motor Sports Candid Camera Kati Psinetai (rpt) UEFA Europa League

16.40 17.30 17.40

Highlights of the best matches played from the first leg of the Round of 16.

News Patates 8

00.30

Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

01.30

09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00

UEFA Europa League

Live coverage of

Live cookery show.

New season of local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

07.50

Pre-game analysis.

Local talk-show.

18.00 18.15

05.30 06.30 06.50 07.00

Unsuspecting people react to bizarre events.

Entehnos Mazi Sto CyBC

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt) Amateur chefs each stage a dinner party to find who will be crowned the winning host.

Local cultrual show.

16.00

ANTENNA

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.15 22.10 23.00 00.00 00.05 00.20 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

News In English & Turkish (rpt) More Repeats

Friends (rpt) Proektaseis News Repeats

MEGA

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Deliyianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt)

06.00

With News at 18.00.

22.30

Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Ekeino To Kalokairi Eilikrina News Sports News Ola Bahalo Fetos Yia Tin Anna (rpt) Angigma Psihis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

06.15 07.00 10.00 12.45 14.00 15.00

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Nea Mera Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Deka Lepta Kirigma Eheis Meson Local investigative show.

16.00

Yia Sena Local talk-show.

18.00 18.20

News Master Chef Greek reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.

19.30

Oi Vasiliades Daily family comedy based on the Argentinian sitcomtelenovela Los Roldan.

20.20 21.15

SIGMA 07.00 08.20 10.30 11.20 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.15 18.00 18.05 18.45 19.30 20.20 21.15 23.20

Fifth season. ‘The Box’.

The body of a teenage girl is discovered inside a crushed car at a scrap yard, and marks on her pelvis are found to have been inflicted after her death. The team learns the victim was pregnant when she was killed and then makes the discovery that her unborn child was snatched and may still be alive.

News Klemmena Oneira Two episodes of Greek drama series.

FILM: The Spy Next Door A former CIA spy, must babysit for his girlfriend’s three children, but problems ensue when an old Russian enemy decides to visit.

Martial arts comedy starring Jackie Chan.

2009.

00.00 00.10 01.00 03.00 04.30

00.00 00.05

News Gimnoi Angeloi (rpt)

01.20

Local drama series.

02.10 03.00

Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Protoselido Eleni Mila Mou (rpt) Vasiliki (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Magazino Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Pame Paketo CSI: NY

03.20 04.30

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mono Mia Fora (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

PLUS TV 07.20 08.35 10.00 10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00 17.50 19.40

Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz I Kouzina Me Ti Dna (rpt) Mila (rpt) To Kleidi (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kid’s TV To Kleidi Fotis Maria Live Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, etc.), with showbiz guests.

21.15 22.00

Exelixeis Stin Showbiz Fringe Third season of action sci-fi series. ‘Entrada’.

The team discovers a device that communicates between the universes, and as Peter grapples with the aftermath of recent events, Olivia searches for an ally.

22.45

06.45 08.20 08.50 09.25 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.25 14.30 15.15 16.05 16.45 17.35 18.15

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

Kids’ TV Magikos Kosmos S’Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Epi Topou (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Telemarketing Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Pacific Blue With News at 18.30.

19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Storm Cell A storm expert struggles to convince her sheriff brother that his town is about to be struck by a devastating tornado. Thriller, starring Mimi Rogers.

2008.

FILM: Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

Story of teenage singer Frankie Lymon, looking at his life in flashback as his three ex-wives squabble over which of them loved him the most. Biopic, starring Larenz Tate. 1998.

00.30 01.00 03.00

CAPITAL

22.45

FILM: Murder Of Crows A disillusioned former lawyer lands himself in big trouble by taking the credit for a manuscript he didn’t write.

Drama, starring Cuba Gooding Jnr. 1998.

00.30

FILM: Sin Crime thriller, starring Kerry Washington and Gary Oldman. 2003.

Hop (Novacinema1, 17.05)

01:20 Beautiful People 01:50 The Weakest Link 02:35 EastEnders 03:05 Doctors 03:35 Casualty 04:25 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 04:55 Little Britain 05:25 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 06:30 One Foot In The Grave 07:00 Charlie and Lola 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Boogie Beebies 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Charlie and Lola 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Boogie Beebies 09:00 Little Human Planet 09:05 Balamory 09:25 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 09:55 One Foot In The Grave 10:25 The Weakest Link 11:10 EastEnders 11:40 Doctors 12:05 Casualty 12:55 Oliver Twist 13:55 Outcasts 14:50 The Weakest Link 15:35 EastEnders 16:05 Doctors 16:35 Casualty 17:25 Oliver Twist 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 North and South 21:00 Keeping Up Appearances 21:30 Gavin & Stacey 22:00 Money 22:50 Beautiful People 23:20 Dad’s Army 23:50 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow 00:35 Gracie!

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do

It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Rides 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Extreme Fishing 22:00 River Monsters 23:00 Off The Hook 00:00 Trouble In Paradise 01:00 Kidnap And Rescue 01:55 Extreme Fishing 02:50 River Monsters 03:50 Off The Hook 04:50 Trouble In Paradise 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Norway 10:15 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Switzerland 13:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 14:00 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 15:30 Snooker: Players Tour Championship Finals Ireland 18:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 20:00 Biathlon:

World Cup Russia 20:45 Snooker: Players Tour Championship Finals Ireland 00:00 Poker: European Poker Tour 01:00 Figure Skating: World Championship 02:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway

18:00 Faster 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Twilight Saga: New Moon 23:15 Saint John Of Las Vegas 00:45 Hustler TV 02:30 Jackie Chan’s First Strike 04:15 Brooklyn’s Finest 06:30 LTV Sports News

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Raising Hope 07:35 Scrubs 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Masterchef 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Raising Hope 11:35 Scrubs 12:00 Scandal 12:50 Castle 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 14:30 Tough Love: Miami 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Raising Hope 17:15 Scrubs 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Tough Love: Miami 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Scandal 21:50 The Hour 22:50 Raising Hope 23:15 Scrubs 23:40 Scandal 00:25 The Hour 01:25 Bones 02:10 Desperate Housewives 02:55 Raising Hope 03:20 Scrubs 03:45 Surviving Suburbia 04:10 Grey’s Anatomy 04:55 Tough Love: Miami

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 19:00 Barclays Premier League Review 20:00 Planet Speed 20:30 La Liga World 21:00 Barclays Premier League World 21:30 La Liga Show 2012-13 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 2011 Reebok Crossfit Games (Men’s) 00:30 Planet Speed 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 201213

07:30 Horrible Bosses 09:30 Witches Of Eastwick, The 12:00 Red Riding Hood 14:00 Simon Birch 16:00 Roommate, The

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 Eastbound & Down 08:30 Hawaii Five 10:00 Friends 10:30 Gossip Girl 11:15 Fringe 12:50 Harry’s Law 13:40 According To Jim 14:30 Hawaii Five 16:00 How To Make It In America 16:30 One Tree Hill 17:15 Borgias The 19:00 Harry’s Law 19:45 Privileged 20:30 Friends 21:00 Closer, The

21:45 Five Days 2 22:50 C.S.I. Miami 23:35 Supernatural 00:20 Love & Dance 02:00 Dealing: Or The Boston-To-Berkeley FortyBrick Lost-Bag Blues 03:30 How To Make It In America 04:00 One Tree Hill 04:45 Borgias The 06:30 Harry’s Law

07:30 Eye For An Eye 09:15 La Princesse De Montpensier (The Princess Of Montpensier) 11:40 Killer Inside Me, The 13:30 Fifth Patient, The 15:00 Philadelphia 17:15 Akeelah And The Bee 19:15 Prince Of The City 22:00 Ticking Clock 00:05 Daring! TV 04:10 Beatdown 05:45 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

07:10 The Illusionist 09:00 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 10:30 Action Zone 10:45 The Avengers 13:10 From Prada To Nada 15:00 Jane Eyre 17:05 Hop 18:45 Mad On Novacinema 19:30 The Hunger Games 22:00 Alps 23:45 A Happy Event 01:40 Cine News 02:10 Let Me In 04:05 Gone

05:00 Sagan 07:00 The English Patient 09:40 The Adjustment Bureau 11:30 Cine News

12:10 Spinning Into Butter 13:40 Beastly 15:10 Ola Tha Pane Kala!

16:55 Hollywood 1on1 17:30 Cold Mountain 20:05 Tower Heist 22:00 Chasing Amy 23:55 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 02:00 O Annivas Pro Ton Pilon 03:45 The Hunting Party

19:20 The Resident 21:00 Hara Kiri: Death Of A Samurai 23:10 The Following 00:00 Cine News 01:00 Pornochic 22 - Femmes Fatales

18:35 The Tree Of Life 21:00 The Beaver 00:25 On The Inside

14:00 Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Big Ten Championships 15:30 Nhl: Philadelphia Flyers At New Jersey Devils 18:00 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Big Ten Tournament #1: Teams Tba 20:30 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Big Ten Tournament #2: Teams Tba 22:30 European Tour Avantha Masters Rd. 1 02:30 Big Ten Wrestling Big Ten Championships At Illinois 04:30 Nhl: Los Angeles Kings At San Jose Sharks

06:00 Only Hits 8:00 MTV GreekLips 9:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 12:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 16:00 MTV Crash Canyon 16:30 MTV Crash Canyon 17:00 MTV Pranked 17:30 MTV Pranked 18:00 MTV GreekLips 19:00 McCafé Music Project 19:30 Only Hits 20:00 MTV The Hard Times Of RJ Berger 20:30 MTV The Hard Times Of RJ Berger 21:00 MTV Underemployed 22:00 MTV Underemployed 23:00 MTV Flash Prank 23:30 MTV Flash Prank00:00 MTV Jersey Shore01:00 Only Hits

07:00 The Asphalt Jungle 08:50 Postman’s Knock 10:15 Lost In A Harem 11:45 Arsenic And Old Lace 13:45 Many Rivers To Cross 15:15 Rich, Young And Pretty 16:50 Summer Holiday 18:25 The Wheeler Dealers 20:10 Hearts Of The West 22:00 Get Carter 23:55 Please Don’t Eat The Daisies 01:45 Meet Me In St: Louis 03:35 Ziegfeld Follies 05:20 Speedway

By Preston Wilder

Prince of the City (LTV3, 19.15) “His name is Detective Danny Ciello,” says the trailer; “He sees life as we will never see it”. He’s a New York narcotics cop, a cocky “prince of the city”, and he knows what’s really going on. He also knows about police corruption - and agrees to become an informant for the DA’s commission of enquiry on condition that he’ll never have to rat on his partners, but such moral niceties are increasingly untenable as Danny (Treat Williams) gets sucked in. A three-hour, based-on-fact crime drama that’s among the best, most gripping cop movies ever - the only snag being that cops have become so ubiquitous on TV in the 30 years since, blunting its power (it co-stars Jerry

Orbach, instantly familiar from his roles on Homicide and Law & Order). “It wants to break your heart,” wrote Roger Ebert at the time. “Maybe it will”. Or maybe you’ll just think ‘been here, done this’. Made in 1981.

Alps (Novacinema1, 22.00) We don’t always Pick the Greek movies, since they come without English subtitles (or indeed Greek subtitles) - but every film buff knows Giorgos Lanthimos, who made the acclaimed (and Oscar-nominated) Dogtooth and followed up with this equally strange drama. The plot is offbeat, to put it mildly: a group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently-deceased, the point being to cushion

Alps

the blow for grieving relatives and help them deal with their loss - and the cast includes both Angeliki Papoulia from Dogtooth and Ariane Labed who was so great in Attenberg (the other recent oddball Greek movie, which co-starred Mr. Lanthimos), yet Alps doesn’t quite hit the heights of its predecessors. The deadpan strangeness shades into affectation, so for instance we get a couple reeling off a list of light fittings (!) in Greek-accented English, standing stiffly in an off-kilter composition with one person’s head right at the edge of frame; that’s why film buffs love Giorgos Lanthimos - he’s always doing weird stuff like that - but ordinary viewers may find it pretentious, and repulsive in its use of violence. In Greek; made in 2011.

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Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera Early morning entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

11.00

Kaftes Piperies (rpt)

CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 17.00 18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

Cookery show.

11.30

Istories Tou Horkou (rpt)

Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

15.30

20.00 21.00

Entehnos Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka Local game show, asking questions having to do with the Cypriot dialect.

19.20

Moiraia Fengaria Local drama series inspired by Maro Kranidioti’s book ‘Otan i Moira Apofasizei’.

20.00 21.15

News Vimata Stin Ammo

22.35

Friends (rpt) American comedy about the lives and loves of six New Yorkers.

22.30 23.30 23.45

Eponymos News Repeats

07.50 08.40

NRG Zone MINI-Series: The Deep

MINI-Series: La Commanderie French series showing the Middle Ages as a dark and turbulent period when religion ran society and led to tragic results. Historical drama, starring Clement Sibony. 2010.

Part 5 of 8.

Local period drama, based on true events.

22.00

05.30 06.20 06.50 07.00

The crew of an oceanographic submarine embark on a mission below the Arctic ice to search for unknown and remarkable life forms. However, tensions run high when the explorers find themselves stranded with no power, limited oxygen and no communication with the surface. Thriller, starring James Nesbitt and Minnie Driver. Part 2 of 5.

Local cultural show.

16.00 18.00 18.15 18.45

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt) Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Somewhere On Earth (rpt) A series of documentary films whose aim is to shine the spotlight on some of the few places on earth where nature and man exist in harmony.

Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV.

12.00

ANTENNA

23.30

Repeats

09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00 14.50 15.40 16.40 17.30 17.40

MEGA

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Deliyianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt)

06.00 06.30 07.00 10.00

Lifestyle programme features entertainment, music and more.

12.45 14.00 15.00 16.00

Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Ekeino To Kalokairi Castle

00.00 00.05 00.30 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

News Sports News Radio Arvila Klemmeni Zoi (rpt) Erotas Kleftis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

Enimerosi Tora Deka Lepta Kirigma Eheis Meson Yia Sena Local talk-show.

18.00 18.20

News Master Chef (rpt) Reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.

19.30

Oi Vasiliades

07.00 08.20 10.30 11.20 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.10 18.00 18.05 18.45 19.30 20.20 21.15 22.20

New daily family comedy based on the Argentinian sitcomtelenovela Los Roldan, replacing I Zoi tis allis.

20.20 21.15

News Klemmena Oneira Two episodes of Greek drama series.

With News at 18.00.

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.15 22.10 23.00

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Nea Mera Proino Mou

SIGMA

22.30

FILM: Hollywood Homicide Two LAPD detectives who moonlight in other fields investigate the murder of an up-andcoming rap group.

Action comedy, starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett. 2003.

American crime drama.

00.00 00.50 01.30 03.30 04.40

News Gimnoi Angeloi (rpt) Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

00.20 00.25 01.20 02.00 02.40 03.00 03.30

PLUS TV

Protoselido Eleni Mila (rpt) Vasiliki (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Magazino Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Aspra Balonia FILM: Red Corner

07.20

An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer. Thriller, starring Richard Gere. 1997.

19.40

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mono Mia Fora (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

22.15

08.30 09.05 10.00 10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00 17.50

Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) To Kleidi (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV To Kleidi Fotis - Maria Live Entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, health, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, kids etc.).

21.15

11.00 11.30 12.30 13.20 14.20 15.15 16.05 16.45 17.25 18.15 19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

Magikos Kosmos S’ Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron (rpt) Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Capital Sports Milagros Kids’ TV Telemarketing Top Models S’ Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Pacific Blue News Sports News Igeia & Zoi Reversible Errors A defence lawyer is assigned to handle a death row inmate’s last-minute appeal, and finds evidence that could overturn the court’s judgment.

Crime thriller, starring William H Macy. 2004.

Part 1 of 2.

22.45

FILM: Invasion USA A former CIA agent wages a one-man war against a Russian terrorist and his personal army. Action adventure, starring Chuck Norris. 1985.

Eleventh Hour (rpt) First and only season drama. ‘Electro’. Dr Hood investigates the sudden appearance of a lightning storm that left 30 people dead.

00.00 00.50 01.50

08.20 08.50 09.25 10.00

Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: Impulse A policewoman gets mixed up in a web of murder and deceit while working undercover to set a trap for a dangerous drug dealer. Thriller, starring Theresa Russell. 1990.

23.15

CAPITAL

00.45

FILM: Someone To Watch Over Me A married detective falls for the glamorous socialite he has been assigned to protect from a murderer.

Romantic thriller, with Tom Berenger. 1987.

Jack and Jill (Novacinema2, 15.50)

01:25 dinnerladies 01:55 The Green Green Grass 02:25 Ideal 02:55 The Weakest Link 03:45 EastEnders 04:15 Doctors 04:45 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 05:15 Ideal 05:45 The Green Green Grass 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Charlie and Lola 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Boogie Beebies 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Charlie and Lola 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Boogie Beebies 09:00 The Large Family 09:10 Balamory 09:30 dinnerladies 10:00 The Green Green Grass 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 32 Brinkburn Street 13:00 Fawlty Towers 13:35 North and South 14:25 dinnerladies 14:55 The Weakest Link 15:40 EastEnders 16:10 Doctors 16:40 32 Brinkburn Street 17:25 The Green Green Grass 17:55 dinnerladies 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:05 North and South 21:00 Fawlty Towers 21:30 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 22:00 32 Brinkburn Street 22:45 As Time Goes By 23:15 Lab Rats 23:45 Outcasts 00:35 Fawlty Towers

Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Overhaulin’ 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Mythbusters 22:00 You Have Been Warned 23:00 Strip The City 00:00 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 01:00 An Idiot Abroad 01:55 Mythbusters 02:50 You Have Been Warned 03:50 Strip The City 04:50 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Football: Eurogoals 10:15 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 11:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 12:15 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Finland 13:00 Fitness: The Box 13:15 Biathlon: World Cup Russia 14:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 15:00 Cycling 17:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 20:45 Boxing 00:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 01:15 Cycling

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Melissa & Joey 07:35 Scrubs 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Tough Love: Miami 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Raising Hope 11:35 Scrubs 12:00 Modern Family 12:25 New Girl 12:50 Glee 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 14:30 Masterchef 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Raising Hope 17:15 Scrubs 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Masterchef 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Modern Family 21:25 New Girl 21:50 Glee 22:40 Raising Hope 23:05 Scrubs 23:30 Modern Family 23:55 New Girl 00:20 Glee 01:10 Bones 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Raising Hope 03:10 Scrubs 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Masterchef

07:30 Action Zone 08:00 Dance Flick 09:30 Sleepless In Seattle 11:30 Sin Nombre 13:15 Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes 16:00 Run 17:45 Town, The 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Skellig 23:00 50/50 00:45 Hustler TV 02:30 Taking Lives 04:30 Deceived 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Nba Action 17:30 Barclays Premier League World 18:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 20:00 2010 World’s Strongest Man 20:30 Planet Speed 21:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 22:00 Barclays Premier League 201213 00:00 2011 Reebok Crossfit Games (Men’s) 00:30 Liga Bbva 2012-13 02:30 Planet Speed 03:00 Pba World Championship 04:30 2011 Reebok Crossfit Games (Men’s) 05:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 One Tree Hill 08:00 How To Make It In America 08:30 Borgias The 10:20 According To Jim 10:45 Eastbound & Down 11:15 Hawaii Five 12:45 Harry’s Law 13:30 One Tree Hill 14:15 Borgias The 16:00 Friends 16:25 Privileged 17:10 Closer, The 17:55 Five Days 2 19:00 Harry’s Law 19:45 According To Jim 20:30 Big Bang Theory The 21:00 Mentalist The 21:45 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 22:35 C.S.I. Miami 23:20 Supernatural 00:10 Wild Things 02:00 Slave 03:30 Friends 03:55 Privileged 04:40 Closer, The 05:25 Five

Days 2 06:30 Harry’s Law

07:50 The Horse Whisperer 10:40 The Peacemaker 12:45 Burlesque 14:45 Faces In The Crowd 16:30 Mr. Troop Mom 18:00 PleasanTVille 20:15 Unthinkable 22:00 Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li 00:05 Daring! TV 04:05 Special 05:45 Aspen Extreme

06:25 Sweet Home Alabama 08:15 Super 8 10:10 Films And Stars 10:50 I Don’t Know How She Does It 14:25 Hollywood 1on1 15:00 Rumor Has It... 16:40 Take Shelter 18:45 Tooth Fairy 2 20:20 Another Earth 22:00 The Woman In Black 23:45 Poker Face 01:30 Cine News 02:00 The Deep Blue Sea 03:40 Extreme Measures

05:25 The Debt 07:20 Habemus Papam 09:10 Cine News 10:00 No Reservations 11:45 The Three Musketeers 13:40 Runaway Jury 15:50 Jack And Jill 17:25 Hollywood Buzz 18:00 A Thousand Acres 19:55 Albert Nobbs 22:00 Underworld: Awakening 23:35 The Double 01:20 Retreat 02:50 We Need To Talk About Kevin 04:45 Cine News

21:00 The Shadow 23:00 How I Met Your Mother 00:20 Cine News 01:30 Story Of Laly

19:20 Bad Teacher 21:00 A Little Bit Of Heaven 22:55 Wisegal 00:30 Holy Smoke

14:00 Big Ten Wrestling Big Ten Championships At Illinois 16:00 Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Minnesota At Illinois 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Championship 2012-13: Aep Vs Omonoia 20:45 Post Game 21:30 Snapshots Cyprus Football 22:00 Pinks All Out San Antonio

06:00 Only Hits 8:00 MTV GreekLips 9:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 12:30 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 16:00 MTV Crash Canyon 16:30 MTV Crash Canyon 17:00 MTV Pranked 17:30 MTV Pranked 18:00 MTV GreekLips 19:00 Only Hits 20:00 MTV The Hard Times Of RJ Berger 20:30 MTV The Hard Times Of RJ Berger 21:00 MTV Underemployed 22:00 MTV Catfish 23:00 MTV The Inbetweeners 23:30 MTV The Inbetweeners00:00 MTV Jersey Shore01:00 Only Hits

07:00 Captains Courageous 08:55 Red Dust 10:15 The Public Enemy 11:40 A Star Is Born 14:40 Torpedo Run 16:15 Where Eagles Dare 18:45 Gun Glory 20:00 Rebel Without A Cause 22:00 The Fixer 00:10 It! 01:50 Where Eagles Dare 04:20 Red Dust 05:40 The Public Enemy

By Preston Wilder

The Woman in Black (Novacinema1, 22.00) Harry Potter and the Very Sad Ghost. Blank-faced Daniel Radcliffe, looking for gainful employment now the Potter saga is over, is our hero, a young lawyer who comes to a spooky mansion to settle the affairs of an elderly client - but the villagers are hostile, and the house itself clearly haunted by the spirit of the titular Woman. Dan assumes he must be imagining things (did an out-of-focus silhouette just move, right at the back of the frame?) but it’s not long before he’s seeing ghosts of dead kids and a woman’s body hanging from the rafters, making it slightly comical when local squire Ciaran Hinds insists it must be his mind

“playing tricks in the dark” (why not tell him it was ‘probably just the wind’ while you’re at it?). A literalminded, rather mechanical ghost story where it’s not even clear what the ghost wants or why she’s trying to scare our hero - really just a case of ‘boo!’ moments, sudden loud noises and Daniel Radcliffe looking pale and sallow, like he’s about to be seasick. Harry Potter and the Somewhat Hollow Horror. Made in 2012.

Strip the City (Discovery Channel, 23.00) “We stripped this city / We stripped this city with rooock’n roll...” Keep your 80s pop tunes to yourself, old-timer - this is cutting-edge stuff on Discovery,

Strip the City

“stripping major cities naked of their steel, concrete, buildings, roads, rivers and bedrock ... to explore the secret infrastructure that keeps them running”. Gosh!

Civil engineers will be fascinated, others may recall that if you look up ‘Boring’ in the UK Yellow Pages you get an entry saying “See civil engineers” (boreholes, geddit?) - but tonight’s opening salvo does sound quite intriguing, asking “How did the ancient Romans build a city of a million people without modern technology?”. Coming soon: San Francisco, Sydney, London, Toronto and Dubai, raising the question “What stops Dubai’s super tall skyscrapers - balanced on unstable sand - from toppling over?”. Millions of tiny munchkins with metal rods, probably. Part 1 of 6.

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CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera Early morning entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

11.00

Kaftes Piperies (rpt)

11.30

Istories Tou Horkou (rpt)

CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 17.00

12.00 15.30 15.35

Apo Mera Se Mera Lottery Draw Entehnos

18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka Local game show, asking questions having to do with the Cypriot dialect.

19.20

20.00 21.15

20.00 21.00

22.30

News Vimata Stin Ammo Friends (rpt) American comedy about the lives and loves of six New Yorkers.

22.30 23.30 23.45

I Kypros Konta Sas News Repeats

NRG Zone FILM: Falling In Love

MINI-Series: La Commanderie French series showing the Middle Ages as a dark and turbulent period when religion ran society and led to tragic results. Historical drama, starring Clement Sibony. 2010.

Part 6 of 8.

Local period drama, based on true events.

22.00

Kato Apo Ton Idio Ourano News In English News In Turkish Somewhere On Earth (rpt)

Romantic drama, starring Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.

1984. See Pick Of The Day.

Moiraia Fengaria Local drama series inspired by Maro Kranidioti’s book ‘Otan i Moira Apofasizei’.

06.30 06.50 07.00

A series of documentary films whose aim is to shine the spotlight on some of the few places on earth where nature and man exist in harmony.

Local cultural show.

16.00 18.00 18.15 18.45

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt) Greek version of reality gameshow where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.

Cookery show.

Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV.

ANTENNA

23.30 00.25 00.40

Kati Psinetai (rpt) News In English & Turkish More Repeats

07.50 08.40 09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00 14.50 15.45 16.40

MEGA

Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras Deligianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt)

06.00

Local comedy series, with village setting.

19.30

17.30 17.40

Metrita Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt)

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.15 22.10 23.00 00.00 00.05 00.20 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Ekeino To Kalokairi Oikonomahies News Sports News Ola Bahalo Fetos Klemmeni Zoi (rpt) Angigma Psihis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

With News at 18.00.

06.30 07.00 10.00

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Nea Mera Proino Mou Lifestyle programme features entertainment, music and more.

Hosted by real-life couple Giorgos Liagas & Fay Skorda.

12.45 14.00 15.00 16.00

Enimerosi Tora Deka Lepta Kirigma Eheis Meson Yia Sena Local talk-show.

18.00 18.20

15.20 17.15 18.00 18.05 18.45 19.30 20.20 21.15

Pername Kala (rpt) News Yia Sena (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News UEFA Champions League Second leg of Round of 16 between Bayern Munich and Arsenal.

Oi Vasiliades

News Klemmena Oneira

Protoselido Eleni Aspra Balonia (rpt) Vasiliki (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Magazino Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola

PLUS TV 07.20 08.30 09.05 10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00 17.50 19.40

Latin American telenovela.

Greek reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.

Two episodes of Greek drama series.

22.30 00.00 01.30 03.30

07.00 08.20 10.30 11.20 12.00 14.30

News Master Chef

Daily family comedy based on the Argentinian sitcomtelenovela Los Roldan.

20.15 21.15

SIGMA

00.10 00.15 01.20 02.10 02.40 02.00 04.00

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mono Mia Fora (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) To Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Mila (rpt) To Kleidi (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV To Kleidi Fotis - Maria Live Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, kids etc.) with showbiz guests.

21.15 22.00

Exelixeis Sti Showbiz The Closer Sixth season of detective drama. ‘In Custody’. The squad uncovers a child-custody dispute between a dying man and his drug-addicted wife during the investigation into a suspicious suicide. Meanwhile, Pope applies for the police chief job.

22.45

CAPITAL 06.45 08.15 08.50 09.25 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.25 15.20 16.10 16.50 17.40 18.15 19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

A defence lawyer is assigned to handle a death row inmate’s last-minute appeal, and finds evidence that could overturn the court’s judgment.

Crime thriller, starring William H Macy. 2004.

Part 2 of 2.

00.30

Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition.

00.15 01.15 02.20

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

FILM: 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout Story about the violent confrontation that follows an attempted robbery of the Bank of America in North Hollywood. Fact-based crime drama, starring Michael Madsen. 2003.

Vathi Kokkino Greek drama series.

23.30

Kids’ TV Magikos Kosmos S’ Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron (rpt) Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Igeia & Zou (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Top Models S’ Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Pacific Blue News Sports News Epi Topou Reversible Errors

02.25

FILM: Fish Without A Bicycle Romantic comedy, starring Brian Austin Green. 2003.

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Novacinema4, 19.20)

01:10 The Weakest Link 01:55 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 02:25 EastEnders 02:50 Doctors 03:20 As Time Goes By 03:50 32 Brinkburn Street 04:35 Doctor Who Confidential 04:45 Lab Rats 05:15 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 05:45 Fawlty Towers 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Charlie and Lola 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Boogie Beebies 07:45 The Large Family 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Charlie and Lola 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Boogie Beebies 09:00 The Large Family 09:10 Balamory 09:30 Fawlty Towers 10:05 Lab Rats 10:35 The Weakest Link 11:20 EastEnders 11:50 Doctors 12:20 North and South 13:10 As Time Goes By 13:45 32 Brinkburn Street 14:30 Fawlty Towers 15:00 The Weakest Link 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 North and South 17:40 32 Brinkburn Street 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Casualty 21:00 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 21:30 Little Britain 22:00 Outcasts 22:50 One Foot In The Grave 23:20 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:25 Money

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest

Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Fast N’ Loud 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Gold Rush 22:00 Gold Divers 23:00 Jungle Gold 00:00 Deadliest Catch 01:00 Swords: Life On The Line 01:55 Gold Rush 02:50 Gold Divers 03:50 Jungle Gold 04:50 Deadliest Catch 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 10:15 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Switzerland 11:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 12:15 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Switzerland 13:45 Cycling 15:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 16:15 CrossCountry Skiing: World Cup Finland 17:00 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Norway 18:45 Cycling 19:45 Figure Skating: World Championship 21:45 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 21:50 Equestrian Sports: Riders Club 21:55 Golf: World Golf Championships 22:55 Golf: U.S. P.G.A. Tour-Puerto Rico Open Brazil 23:55 Golf: Golf Club 00:00 Sailing: Yacht Club 00:05 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 00:15 CrossCountry Skiing: World Cup Norway

01:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 02:15 All Sports: Watts

The Muppets 22:00 Do No Harm 23:40 Operation: Endgame 01:10 Margaret 03:40 Outrage

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Raising Hope 07:35 Scrubs 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Masterchef 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Bones 11:10 Raising Hope 11:35 Scrubs 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 12:50 Private Practice 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 14:30 Masterchef 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Raising Hope 17:15 Scrubs 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 18:30 Tough Love: Miami 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy 21:50 Private Practice 22:40 Raising Hope 23:05 Scrubs 23:30 Grey’s Anatomy 00:20 Private Practice 01:10 Bones 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Raising Hope 03:10 Scrubs 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:50 Tough Love: Miami

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Espn Films 18:30 2011 Reebok Crossfit Games (Men’s) 19:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 21:00 La Liga World 21:30 Planet Speed 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 01:00 Liga Bbva 201213 02:45 Pba World Championship 04:15 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 06:00 Grand American Series 2012

07:30 Fools Rush In 09:30 Killer Inside Me, The 11:20 Atl 13:15 Fast Freddie, The Widow & Me 14:45 Todos Tus Muertos 16:10 Cemetery Club, The 18:00 Ticking Clock 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 U.S. Marshals 23:15 Crazies, The 01:00 Hustler TV 02:30 Greenberg 04:20 Ghost Writer 06:30 LTV Sports

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 Big Bang Theory The 08:25 Mentalist The 09:10 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 10:00 Friends 10:30 Privileged 11:15 Closer, The 12:00 Five Days 2 13:05 Harry’s Law 13:50 According To Jim 14:35 Mentalist The 15:20 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 16:10 Friends 16:35 Gossip

News

Girl 17:20 Fringe 19:00 Harry’s Law 19:45 According To Jim 20:30 Eastbound & Down 21:00 Hawaii Five 22:30 C.S.I. Miami 23:15 Supernatural 00:05 50/50 01:50 Bad Boys 03:50 Friends 04:15 Gossip Girl 05:00 Fringe 06:30 Harry’s Law

07:45 Hesher 09:40 My Best Friend’s Wedding 11:30 Class Of ‘44 13:15 Leaves Of Grass 15:00 American, The 16:45 Fantastic Mr Fox 18:15 Men In Black (1997) 20:00 Indecent Proposal 22:00 Les Petits Mouchoirs (Little White Lies) 00:35 Daring! TV 04:00 Taking Lives 05:50 Lottery Ticket

05:40 Analyze That 07:20 Cine News 07:40 Mao’s Last Dancer 09:35 Hollywood 1on1 10:05 The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn 11:55 War Horse 14:25 Action Zone 15:00 The Art Of Getting By 16:40 A Distant Neighborhood 18:25 This Means War 20:10

05:35 Hanna 07:25 Kingdom Of Heaven 09:50 Uranya 11:30 Cine News 12:10 $5 A Day 13:55 Abduction 15:45 John Carter 18:00 Films & Stars 18:35 Happy Gilmore 20:15 A Better Life 22:00 The Son Of No One 23:40 The Ides Of March 01:25 The Last Temptation Of Christ 04:05 Cine News

19:00 The River Wild 21:00 Taxi Driver 23:00 Person Of Interest 23:50 Super 01:30 Amore & Psyche 2

19:20 Mr. Popper’s Penguins 21:00 Manolete 22:40 Chalet Girl 00:25 Paul

17:00 Nhl: Boston Bruins At Pittsburgh Penguins 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Championship 2012-13: Apollon Vs Alkh 20:45 Post Game 21:30 Snapshots Cyprus Football 22:00 Lucas Oil On The Edge Super Modified Jet Boats 22:30 Wrecked Under The Wire

By Preston Wilder

Falling in Love (CyBC2, 21.00) Two of the greatest film stars of all time came together to produce ... this. Admittedly, Robert De Niro has always been awkward as an ordinary guy - he’s much better playing psychos - and his brusque down-toearthness makes a weird fit with Meryl Streep’s nervous bubbliness, at least if we’re talking love affairs.

Bob and Meryl are New York commuters who ‘meet cute’ while Christmas-shopping for their respective families (their holiday packages get mixed up). “He’s a friend,” claims Meryl unconvincingly, “We take the train together” - but they soon find themselves behaving as per the title, even though both are married.

“Sometimes magic is the only thing that’s real,” says

the trailer, but therein lies the problem: a story like this needs to be magical, and neither the contrived script nor the chemistry between the stars is strong enough to make that happen. “The movie is considered a modern version of Brief Encounter,” says the Internet Movie Database, neglecting to add “...by people who’ve never seen Brief Encounter”. Made in 1984.

Do No Harm (Novacinema1, 22.00) Spot today’s link! You won’t get it, so I’ll just tell you: Deanna Russo is a New Jersey girl, and graduated from the same high school as (yes!) Meryl Streep.

‘Deanna who?’ you say - and you have a point, but the little-known Ms. Russo is the star of this little-known

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made-for-TV thriller, playing a fashion designer who’s engaged to the perfect guy. Alas, Mr. Perfect goes on a business trip and dies in a plane crash, so Deanna (a) attempts suicide, (b) finds herself in a mental hospital and (c) bonds with therapist Lauren Holly who unfortunately (d) is a nutter who becomes unhealthily obsessed with our heroine. Say what you like about made-for-TV thrillers, they don’t stint in the plot department! Some may wonder why such an obvious bottom-of-the-barrel item gets a prime slot on Nova, others will go in expecting it to be daft and absurd, and be richly rewarded. “This movie was ultimately so bad that it was good,” concludes Lisa Marie Bowman on a site called unobtainium13.com. Made in 2012.

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