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e could start with Killers of Dawn. Move on to the Demonata series and top it off with a little charmer entitled The Thin Executioner. The reading preferences of my offspring would make Guillermo del Toro blanch and Stephen King beg them to dwell on the bright side of life. Adolescent bedroom shelves groan with the sole genre they will read without a cattle prod: horror, preferably with a luminous skull’s head on the front.

If you keep a real live teenager at home, you have probably been living with Darren Shan. The chief purveyor of gore tells young readers on his website that he lives in a barn in Ireland: one I like to think built largely with the proceeds of our expenditure on his prolific output, since Shan never writes a novel where a Decameron will do.

Despite a lengthy stay in one of those book-lined homes educators tell us is so valuable to the development of the young, Shan seems to be the sole author whose name our boys can spontaneously remember when relatives enquire. So we offer alternatives. A lively new history book was instantly dismissed on the ground that it is just “lots of facts all strung together”.

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If you want to put the kiss of death on a book admit to it being a childhood favourite says ANNE MCELVOY Experience has taught that you must never present a much-loved childhood classic of your own, since this will condemn it to obloquy. Anne of Green Gables and Jo’s Boys have never recovered from maternal expressions of enthusiasm. I ask a colleague who has two older girls what they would recommend our lot reading. Her reply was, “Reading? What’s that?”

Parental tribes divide between those who hover over their children’s books and those who take the view that schlock is to literacy what Rollerblading is to exercise: it’s the nearest you’re likely to get them, so be grateful for it. As a result of this liberal policy, one of our children’s schools sent out a letter warning against books being on the premises which were not “age-appropriate”, an accusation which I could be fairly certain included one of ours taking in Game of Thrones with all those endearing impalings. Ah, happy days.

But what were we really consuming at the pupa stage between Enid Blyton and Jane Austen? Memory warmly recalls American classics Wuthering Heights and Shane. Alas, the emergence of a dusty Durham County Council reading record tells a less convenient truth. I had apparently consumed much Dennis Wheatley, with titles such as To the Devil, a Daughter, the entire series of James Herriot, mainly for the animal midwifery, Ian Fleming, and the lubricious literary accompaniment to the Dallas TV series. All of these borrowed surreptitiously from the local library, under the cover of Doctor Dolittle. My colleague also recalls persuading her mother to buy her the Angelique books, on the grounds that she would at least learn some dates alongside the bodice-ripping. This is a trade-off I would now happily make, unless anyone can send a better idea.

In sterner moods, I think publishers dish out too much narrative cocaine, which desensitises young readers to the point that anything demanding more reflection becomes forbidding. We have put an embargo on Darren Shan, with an exchange programme for classy Mr Wheatley, devils, daughters et al - available from all good second hand book shops near you.

Don’t hurry to find heroes and happy endings

By Rosamund Urwin There’s already a Charles Ramsey T-shirt. In the past 72 hours, he has trended on Twitter, become an internet meme and had his interview undergo the auto-tune treatment. Yet Ramsey isn’t the new Justin Bieber: he’s a man who helped rescue three kidnapped women in Cleveland, women who are believed to have suffered a decade of barbaric treatment at the hands of Ariel Castro.

On Monday, Ramsey reportedly heard one of the women, Amanda Berry, screaming behind a blockaded door.

When interviewed, he said he “figured it was a domestic violence dispute”. He didn’t decide it wasn’t his place to intervene. He put down his McDonald’s burger. He broke down his neighbour’s door. Ramsey was hailed as a hero, until it emerged that he had himself been jailed twice for domestic violence, for battering his now ex-wife.

We can applaud Ramsey’s actions in one instance, while being appalled at his earlier violence. Even prior to these revelations though, something sat uncomfortably about his being turned into a viral phenomenon. The crucial message - that we should ape him in intervening - was lost amid the Gifs and the lobbying of McDonald’s to hand him free fries for ever.

One commentator sniffed racism in Ramsey’s treatment, arguing white people were laughing at how a lowerincome black man spoke. I don’t see that. He expressed eloquently the banality of evil, the surprise of uncovering the monster next door. Had he been a posh blond buffoon he could equally have been granted instant fame.

But the internet’s appetite for creating a celebrity for every occasion does trivialise and distract. This is a story about suffering that most of us cannot comprehend. We seem incapa-

ble of stomaching the barbarity, so we find distasteful comedy amid the horror, and latch on to our happy ending and our (now tarnished) hero.

This isn’t an impulse only of the internet age but it has been exacerbated by it. Where we are witness to cruelty we seem to want to see bravery and decency in parallel, a balance to the bad.

Consider the widespread obsession with books and films about those who defied the Nazis.

Ramsey’s meme-ification has also been attacked for overshadowing the stories of the women, and the bravery of Berry in trying to attract attention.

But it might be a welcome distraction, the women needing privacy to start to recover. The public may have taken its happy ending but one can only imagine how hard it may be for them to readjust. The best tribute to these women is that next time we spot something suspicious, we don’t just look away.

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

The fun to be had on dating sites ites B eing on a dating website has been a road of discovery, light hearted, sometimes serious, but always fun.

Despite it, people should know that ‘out there’ there are hundreds of perfectly honest ladies who have not been treated kindly in life. Widowed, single mothers, divorced or separated, the dating site has sometimes become a meeting place of last resort for many good people. My time on it will soon end, to my friend John’s immense regret as he shared my experiences for different reasons.

For me it served its purpose, albeit in a way which, many months ago, I could not have imagined even in my wildest dreams! I met many ladies, mostly in cyberspace, some ‘in the flesh’, figuratively speaking of course!

I have only seen it from a male angle, a man looking for a woman. Apparently there are many more men looking for ladies than vice versa. I checked that for a few countries including Cyprus and it left me stunned. There it was page after page, hundreds of

men looking for women, describing themselves and their unique qualities in detail, with plenty of pictures, good looking sometimes, often rather hulky, muscular and very macho. I could not help wondering that something was wrong. Why had all these self-proclaimed professionally and socially successful, financially secure/wealthy, muscular, handsome men gone on a dating site? The answer was enlightening. Scrutiny of their profi les, and assistance of a beautiful lady, led to a startling discovery: the majority of them were perfectly married, living with their spouses and children. They were simply looking for a bit of sexual adventure outside their well established homes, some ‘jig jig’ on the side as a Chinese lady once offered me on the dating site. More fascinating was the explicitness with which they described their intentions, flouting their sexual prowess and attributes, very outspoken: ‘Wanna stick it in ya sweetie pie’ and crystal clear of what they wanted: ‘We’ll have it yayaya’. Incidentally, these are actual quotes from

How many people are entirely honest about what they are looking for online?

some male profi les!

I am not my brother’s keeper and hate to judge others, but cannot help wondering: are these handsome hulky men not basically just as much scammers as the gorgeous young ladies, or the men pretending to be them? Even if for these handsome guys raw sex was the main purpose, not money, it was still fair and square scamming. They did not want to date. They wanted masturbatory assistance, one night stands, away from the relative safety of their protective and protected family environment, of course!

It gave me an uneasy feeling.

I was there too, maybe not a hair better. It’s all right to say you ‘are looking for a partner, serious companionship’, but why would that be more fitting than simply and openly going for the steamy pleasures of sex? What is wrong for ladies to look for life support mechanisms, which some men can offer, as prime motivation for going on a dating site? It has the merit of clarity: the site is awash with high maintenance ladies who make no effort at concealing their

purpose: looking for someone who can and will primarily support their desired, usually expensive life style and for whom they can have a minimum amount of affection. I have met a few of them, men and women, in perfectly respectable social circles in Cyprus. Indeed, how dignified we are when we socially mix unaware of what others know. Beware! In those very respectable circles I stalk, unknown to you, recognising you, knowing your secrets which you let out on romantic Cyberspace!

At the other end of the spectrum were the elder people, sometimes living in remote corners of Siberia, simple, decent, offering the little they had, looking for an acceptable measure of honesty and integrity. In our days, like in fashion and public relations, one goes for the gorgeous, the beautiful, the sexy, the young, thus leaving entire categories out in the doghouse. The tragedy of some lives is clearly visible in the hardened faces, with dried out skins, in the stolid pride with which they visibly bear their fate.

I have been incredibly fortu-

nate, entering an almost secret world, all but unknown to me. I had a glimpse of it, a taste of something bittersweet, sometimes feeling like a peeping Tom in the lives of total strangers, scarred by life but who had not given up hope. For the serious candidates on the dating site, there is still a chance, because being there means they still have ambition for change, a better life, sexual adventure, money, whatever, but essentially for something different to break the monotony of life, poverty, dreariness, an existence of lost hopes and prospects. I had the privilege of being a visitor in an unknown parallel world where moments in life are separated by Cyberspace. It was a great time.

And yes, I too have found what I was looking for. Initially I did not realise it; now I do. With this conundrum, I salute my readers.

As with everything else, all good things come to an end. It was a pleasure. See you around, but beware! I’ll know who you are even in different shapes and forms and with different names from the dating margins of Cyberspace!

Nano success

8,000 new jobs?

Co-ops seeking cash

billion euro of the €10 billion EUIMF bailout loan for Cyprus will be politically ratified by eurozone finance ministers on Monday.

A senior Eurozone official said in Brussels that at the meeting on Monday there would be a fi rst review of the course of the Cyprus aid programme, while a political decision on the disbursement of the first €3 billion would be taken.

He also said that the priorities were clear and included the restructuring of banks and the gradual lifting of restrictions on capital movement.

In response to a question, he said that there was no timetable for the full lifting of capital restrictions, “but the sooner the better”, he added.

He also said that the easing of restrictions and administrative formalities had gradually begun, while the restrictions would be permanently lifted with the completion of the restructuring of the banks.

million euro from the European Union has been partially ploughed into a Cypriot company, SignalGeneriX, which has recently signed a contract with the European Commission to complete the design and fabrication of the electronics for the nanotechnology project ‘Natural’.

The project aims to give solutions to blade related problems in aircraft engines, ship propellers and wind generators.

It will concentrate on very small elements on the blades which are not visible to the eye. The purpose of the project is to create an inspection tool to examine the fibres on the surface of the blades.

They can then be assessed to ensure they work to optimal performance.

“These checks can ensure that the blades have as little friction with the air and as a consequence significantly improve performance,” Tasos Kounoudes, Chief Executive Officer of SignalGeneriX said.

million euro of schemes were rolled out by the government this week to boost employment as Cyprus experiences its worst jobless rates in three decades.

Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said the schemes aimed at providing work for 8,000 people, the majority in the wider tourism sector.

“Statistics show a large number of unemployed Cypriots,” the minister said. “With everyone’s co-operation our fellow citizens will be able to fi nd jobs.”

Around 45,000 people were registered as unemployed in April, with 33,500 being Cypriots.

The schemes had been announced

by President Nicos Anastasiades last month. They were worth €30.8 million, co-funded by the European Union.

The fi rst one – worth €6.8 million -- provides for the employment of 1,000 people looking for flexible hours.

billion euro is being sought by Cooperative banks through the possible issue of special shares to cover costs of recapitalisation in the coming years, it emerged this week.

“The aim is to raise a billion euros so that we will not need support from the mechanism (international bailout) and cover the needs through our own funds,” said Andreas Mouskallis, chairman of the co-operative federation.

Should they fail, co-operatives can be recapitalised with funds earmarked for that purpose included in the island’s bailout. The special shares will be sold to members, customers and the wider public, Mouskalis said.

Co-operatives may need an estimated one billion euros through to 2015.

The island’s €10 billion bailout includes up to €2.5 billion that could be used to recapitalise co-ops and Cyprus’ third biggest bank, Hellenic.

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‘Not a real diplomat’ S

ometimes I’ll joke, says Her Excellency Dr. Gabriela Guellil – sitting in her office in the German Embassy in Nicosia – sometimes I’ll joke that “I’m German, I’m a little bit more outspoken. Then I smile, and I might add: ‘And I’m not a real diplomat!’.”

Is that true? Well, it is and it isn’t.

Certainly, Gabriela is a ‘real’ diplomat, having been in the Service since her early 30s (she was born in 1959), but she’s also a civil servant more than a globe-hopper, her status as a Middle East specialist – her degree was in Near Eastern Studies and Political Economy, followed by a PhD in Islamic Studies – meaning that she’s spent quite a few years in the Foreign Office in Berlin, not so many out in the field. Apart from a threeyear stint in Ecuador in the 90s, all her foreign postings so far have been in Turkey (more than once) and now Cyprus, her fi rst stint as Ambassador.

That’s not quite what she means, though, when she jokes that she’s “not a real diplomat”. She’s referring to the stereotype of diplomats as circumspect, almost hypocritical, pathologically careful not to give offence – which she insists isn’t true of her. “If I couldn’t implement my personal attachment to honesty, I would have to quit,” she tells me. It’s true she likes to talk, and even has a tendency to ramble; I don’t get a sense that she’s censoring herself. This is a tricky time to be a German diplomat (or indeed a German) in Cyprus.

You’d expect terse, textbook answers and the occasional ‘No comment’, not a one-and-a-half-hour chinwag on everything and anything.

Then again, like she says, Germans are a bit outspoken. Gabriela herself denies the existence of a ‘national character’ (there are far too many regional variations), but a certain generalisation is permissible here. Germans, by and large, say what they mean, even when they come across as brusque, or even rude.

I still chuckle at the Embassy official I spoke to while setting up the interview, who bluntly instructed me: “I cannot hear you well. Stand closer to the phone!” (he wasn’t being rude; he just wanted me to stand closer to the phone). Gabriela too is quite frank, at one point recalling a meeting with then-President Christofias who was trying to dance around the thorny phrase ‘austerity measures’. “I know we must avoid a vocabulary that is difficult to digest for the people,” she recalls telling Christofias, “but austerity measures are still austerity measures, and a cat is still a cat and a dog is still a dog”. So much for diplomatic language.

The other thing Germans are famous for, of course, is being frugal, eschewing glitz and needless ostentation – and the Embassy is suitably modest, a functional building that

At a time when Germans in Cyprus are being harshly treated THEO PANAYIDES meets their representative on the island, Ambassador Gabriela Guellil

Frank: ‘austerity measures are still austerity measures’ Photo Christos Theodorides

feels more like a school or community centre than the local foothold of the most powerful country in Europe. Gabriela’s office is smallish, an atlas on a lectern near her desk (open at the page for Cyprus and the Middle East) providing almost the only decoration – but the Ambassador herself is quite glamorous, a striking blonde woman with blue-grey eyes, elegant in light-olive and white despite shifting uncomfortably in her seat a couple of times. She’s suffering from a bad back, the result (she says) of “accumulated laziness” due to her job: “I’m used to moving a lot, not just sitting in an office, and I miss it. I mean, my body is used to having physical exercise.”

Gardening is one of her hobbies, now unfortunately sidelined due to lack of time. She also likes building things, a skill she learned from her stepfather (a construction engineer) and passed on to her own children, a son and daughter now aged 25 and 23: “We are all very good construction people!”. She was actually born in Glendale, California (of all places) where her mother had emigrated and lived with Gabriela’s birth father, an Austrian and fellow immigrant – but the family moved back to Germany when Gabriela was two and then her dad “decided to escape”, abandoning his family. That’s when her stepdad stepped in, a man who was “extremely rooted, very responsible, very dis-

ciplined, very hard-working” – and seems to have been a major influence on his stepdaughter.

Gabriela’s mum was open and extrovert, and remains very active (she’s now pushing 80). She’s “globalminded” and speaks three languages, a rare feat for a German woman of her generation – albeit dwarfed by her daughter, who speaks seven languages (German, English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic and Persian) and is now trying for an eighth with Greek. Clearly, the daughter has her mother’s genes – but clearly also flourished under the stability provided by her stepfather, a stability (she says) that’s stood her in good stead in the “gypsy sort of life” of a

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It’s a fact that divorce rates are higher in the Diplomatic Service – but Gabriela’s been with her Algerian-born husband for nearly 30 years (they met at university), Mr Guellil having tailored his own job in commerce to the demands of his wife’s career. At her Foreign Service interview, she recalls with a smile, she was asked if she thought she was “stable enough” for the profession – “and I said, ‘Yes, I’m almost provincial!’”.

25 years on, she notes coolly, “colleagues of mine who are only international jet-setters hopping around, they often encounter a very difficult mid-life crisis. They start questioning what’s the use of all this, where am I, what is important to me. Is it of importance to go and have brunch at the Hilton Hotel on Sundays? Or that you meet ministers and presidents, and this and that – does it count? Do you want to boast of it? The moment you live it, it’s very nice. Rewarding.

But in the long run, there might be a lot of emptiness. [Whereas] the colleagues who have a conservative background, who are attached to – whatever, a village, a region where they grew up – don’t encounter that difficulty, I fi nd”.

For her, that place is Karlsruhe in southwest Germany, where she was raised – and the way she staves off emptiness is by reminding herself that “the small things in life count”.

Cypriots know this, she says approvingly, “they’re very attached to families, and their island, and their small places. And some might argue ‘But this is nothing spectacular’ – but it’s not the spectacular things only in life that count. It’s your corners, your places, the coffee shop around the neighbours’. What you are used to, what you have seen changing. Not only the Niagara Falls and the Sydney Opera House”.

She herself is “very family-attached. I like to have my environment, my friends, my small habits”.

She likes collecting things, not precious things “but things that have a meaning for me” – stones from different places, pictures, books she associates with certain times and settings. “Just a little bit of private context that is stable,” she explains.

“I do not expect my children to take these things once I die, or whatever”.

It may be what Germans call Gemütlichkeit, a sense of something warm and cosy – but it’s also true that Gabriela is a certain type of German, part of a post-war generation that began to question traditional values. Marrying a Muslim can’t have been common in the early 80s, and she also sounds decidedly leftwing – though we don’t really talk personal politics – when she laments the welfare cuts imposed in Germany 20 years ago (“As a government employee I wouldn’t dare conclude that this has entailed a stronger divide in social classes,” she begins, then does exactly that). Above all, of course, there’s the long shadow of WWII. “German history has left a strong imprint on how we behave,” she admits. “Certainly, I belong to a generation – and I was born long after WWII – who cannot imagine, with our pacifist mind, to be hegemons, to be dominant. That is something that was completely wiped out of our conscience”.

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Posters showing President Anastasiades with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at protests in Cyprus

‘I would have an enormous difficulty serving in the Diplomatic Service if I had the impression that we want to introduce some sort of colonial behaviour’ itself – since, after all, that’s exactly what (some) people are accusing Germany of being right now. In fact, I point out, on the very day – at the very moment – that we’re sitting here talking, Parliament is debating whether to sign the Memorandum, with dozens of demonstrators urging them not to plunge Cyprus into German-decreed austerity.

Gabriela sighs: “I would like to stress that it is always a delicate balance between behaving in a responsible way – and this entails doing things that might bring about very tough consequences, but that we consider necessary to improve in the long run – and at the same time not imposing ourselves for the sake of imposing. I would have an enormous difficulty serving in the Diplomatic Service if I had the impression that we want to introduce some sort of colonial behaviour. I daresay I would even be tempted to quit.

“I’m personally persuaded that the goal is not to rule,” she adds, “but we are driven by this enormous sense of responsibility… We do not abuse Europe in order to enhance our national agenda. We admit that Europe is vital for our national success”.

So why all the bad publicity?

“Why do societies perceive us as hegemons? In part, I admit I find it’s due to propaganda. Very strong propaganda, unfortunately”. Obviously, Germans are the villains at the moment. Some German nationals (not many, fortunately) have even reported being harassed, the saddest case being perhaps a German expat – a woman who’s lived here for years, and speaks fluent Greek – who’s a cancer patient doing chemotherapy: “She was waiting for a new round of injections in the hospital,” reports Gabriela, “when [other patients’ family members] asked her where she was from, and then told her to get out, that she shouldn’t get treatment in a hospital for Cypriots because she was German”.

Gabriela herself was “threatened by an old man with a stick when I was driving my car a couple of weeks ago”, the old gentleman (a neighbour walking his dogs) apparently incensed by the sight of the German flag; “I mean, I would have managed to defend myself against the old man,” she adds wryly. And of course there are

“very strong attacks throughout the media. You have things on YouTube, not to mention all these Nazi things floating around against everyone and no-one. And of course we read ‘Angela Merkel poutana’ (‘whore’) written on the walls.”

Can you blame them, though?

With austerity biting down so hard?

“Emotions are at stake. Existences are threatened, and that promotes developments,” she admits blandly. “Criticism might be justified rationally – but don’t let it degenerate to an emotional level, where it will widen gaps instead of bridging them,” she urges, sounding very German. The truth, insists Gabriela, is that austerity and the Memorandum are the only alternative; those who disagree never come forward with concrete proposals on where the extra money can be found, let alone invested. She attended a meeting of European Speakers of Parliament recently, and “almost all of them stressed that austerity was fatal, and that growth needed to be promoted, and employment for youth was crucial. Everybody here fully agrees! The German attitude [is] ‘Tell me how’.” She sighs again: “All along in these discussions – and that is very disappointing to me – we produce declarations. Too much paper and not enough substance. And not enough rules”.

In the end, maybe we should all be a bit more outspoken. It seems a strange thing to say, with protesters on the streets and all Europe seemingly on the warpath – but no-one, least of all in Cyprus, is really grasping the nettle of new ways of thinking for a new reality. Gabriela Guellil may be naïve when she says households should spend less on food (there are people starving, for goodness sake!), but she’s right to point out that talk of social justice and ‘human rights’ often obscures practical questions of what sacrifices might be required to battle the crisis. “Is it a basic need to have a television? Is it a basic need to have central heating? Is it a question of dignity to be able to go to a restaurant once a month with the family?

I do not consider these stupid questions.”

It’s that German knack for straight talk again, cutting to the heart of the problem – and it’s no surprise that this down-to-earth diplomat wraps up our interview with a short, direct summary of what’s been said here, and why. “Through this interview with you, I’m trying to pass on this message: I’m not here to hurt. I’m not here to dominate. I’m not here to teach lessons. I’m doing my job, in the fi rst place – but, on the human side, I have a lot of empathy with people suffering. I’m doing my job because I’m interested in human beings. Not in playing political games”. So there you have it.

Snake interest A snake and reptile expert is hoping to garner EU funding to re-open a reptile park in Paphos at a new location. An emotional Hans-Jorg Wiedl who is better known as Snake George vowed to continue to fight to establish a new location after he was forced to close the doors of his Paphos reptile park a couple of years ago.

New DEFA chief

The cabinet has appointed a chemical engineer to head the natural gas public company DEFA. Eleni Vasileiadou has previously worked as business development manager for major oil and gas company Shell International Gas Ltd (UK), among others. She is taking over as DEFA head following the cabinet’s political decision to sack the previous chairman, Costas Ioannou, over alleged actions committed in his previous role as head of the energy regulator.

New era Common interests between Cyprus and Israel render the two nations natural allies, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday on the last day of his state visit to the neighbouring country.

“We are inaugurating a new era in relations between our two countries,” he said at a working lunch with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.

Cyprus blame “It is unfortunate that it took Cyprus more than half a year to accept the gravity of the situation and the unsustainability of its business model. And it is similarly unfortunate that it took Cyprus another nine months to reach an agreement with the Eurogroup,” European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn (below) said this week.

Excessive spending Former finance minister Charilaos Stavrakis this week blamed the banks and their regulator for the collapse of the economy as he portrayed himself as the “bad” minister who was always trying to curb government spending. Testifying for the second time before a committee of inquiry looking into the economic debaq cle,, Stavrakis frequently repeated that Cyprus went w bankrupt because of th the huge losses incurred by tthe banks.

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‘When my father appeared at Heathrow, I didn’t know what to call him. This man was a stranger’

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olstoy was wrong. All happy families are not alike. It took me 30 years to realise this. It was in India one Easter. I’d just quit my job in television, in New York City, where I’d lived for six years. With my 30th birthday looming, I decided it was time to pursue my dream: writing. Too broke to remain in New York, I went to Ghana to live with my mum in her little bungalow in leafy Accra.

After a month my dad took pity (on her, not on me; aspiring writers make wretched housemates) and proposed I give my mum a break and come with him to India. It was a beautiful coincidence, given what the country meant to me.

I’d been to Delhi once before, in 2006 for a wedding, but that single trip would later change my relationship with my father forever. My father, not my dad, that is. To make the backstory brief: I was born in London but raised in Boston by a single mother.

My father (born in Lolito, Ghana) left the family when my twin sister Yersa and I were one; my mum met my dad (born in Greenwood, Mississippi) shortly thereafter. I sometimes wonder how an American professor on holiday ended up proposing to a Nigerian paediatrician with toddler twins.

My mum looks like a cross between Sade and Foxy Brown with a Fela Kuti back-up dancer thrown in for good measure; ‘beautiful’ falls short.

My dad - remember, not my father - fell hard and fast; they married in months and moved to his home in Boston.

Divorce happens early and often in my family. When I was eight my mum and dad split. When I was 12 I met my father. My mum thought it was time. My father, a surgeon, lived in Saudi Arabia; we still lived in Boston. They chose London as the meeting point, the place where they’d both lived. I can remember sitting there at Heathrow with my sister, scanning every vaguely African-looking man for signs of likeness. When our father appeared in Arrivals, a handsome man with my lips and my sister’s hands, we both fell silent. We knew at once. I stepped forward, suddenly anxious, wondering what to call him.

‘Dad’ was taken, ‘Father’ odd. But moments into that first hug the anxiety boiled off. The bond I’d expected to feel - expressed as affection, anger, angst - didn’t exist. This man was a stranger. Neutral. I stepped back.

Twenty-five years later he remained just that - a stranger - when I flew to Accra for his 70th birthday, dutifully, with dread. The father-daughter peace talks had gone bust way back in high school, when my parents started brawling over who should pay our school fees. My education at Milton Academy and Yale did not come cheap. Our mum made too much

She has a dad who isn’t a father, and a father who isn’t a dad, but what TAIYE SELASI’s family lacks in conventionalism, it has learned to make up for in love. Here, the debut novelist, celebrated by Salman Rushdie and Toni Morrison, writes about her ‘extended, broken, mended’ family money to apply for aid, yet not enough to send two girls to school without three jobs. Suffice to say, my father didn’t make the load much lighter.

But there I was, at 27, in Accra for his 70th, it being the habit of West Africans to bury the hatchet for the higher good of a gala. urselves alone When we found ourselves e conversation, one day, just to make I brought up my firstt trip to India and my introduction to yoga there.

On my return to New York I’d begun uding meditaregular practice, including d and pulled a tion. My father smiled helf: The God in book from his study shelf: n yoga, written Every Child, a book on te about yoga? by him. My father wrote fflement: while He laughed at my baffl visitted d training as a surgeon he had visited u.

India and met his guru. ng for 50 years.

He’d been practising ghter he barely How it was that a daughter d had ‘inhe err knew and hadn’t raised ‘inherractice, bafited’ this path, this practice, fles me still now. This was March eturned to 2007. By the time I returned n 2009, my India to join my dad in father had become my guruji. ber arriving I can still remember urban Chatat that house in suburban y dad’s Portarpur, the home of my tuguese ex-wife Nelly and her Ausry. My dad tralian husband Garry. vorcing my married Nelly after divorcing mum. Nelly married Garry after uperstar at divorcing my dad. A superstar anisation, the World Health Organisation, d to Delhi. she’d just been posted e still good My dad and Nelly were friends; he’d decided to visit for Easter. The catch: Nelly’s five nieces and nephews had just on to stay been sent from London verged in Innwith her. So we all converged ad, my da ad’ ds dia that Easter: my dad, dad’s fe, her huswife, my dad’s ex-wife, band, and her sister’s children. I’ll eting these never forget first meeting ut their unfive youngsters without well mother, urban London ach non-stop cents, eyes wide with as 15 going newness. The eldest was st turned on 40, the youngest just hatt to six. They had no idea wh what

Modern family: Taiye Selasi

call me when I showed up from Accra.

But a funny thing happened on the way to Nelly’s farmhouse: we became a family.

That numbing sense of ‘strangerness’ I’d felt with my father was absent with them, almost as if water - whatever flowed between us - was thicker than blood. Perhaps it’s because I occupied some liminal space between grown-ups and kids, a 30-year-old grown-kid who loved to play football, tell stories and put on plays. In that moment I was as adrift in my

world as they must have felt in theirs, as new to the life of the lady novelist as they to child expat. But I also suspect that the very thing I’d long since been ashamed of - the brokenness of my family - meant we never questioned our bond. We had space in our hearts to love each other, space left vacant by previous departures, some inborn se sense of how to build a family from ‘found’ ‘fou love. While the grownups went touring tombs and turrets, I’d take m my five new charges out to the DLF Mal Mall or for lemon smoothies at The Big Chill C in Khan Market. Whenever anyone anyo asked, ‘Are these your children? children?’ I’d explain, ‘I’m their aunt’s ex-husban ex-husband’s ex-stepdaughter.’ An Indian friend frien put it perfectly: ‘In a different time tim they were family by marriage. Now they’re family by divorce.’

Quite. This is my family: my mum, Quite my twin twin, a dad who isn’t really my father, a ffather who isn’t really a dad, and so much love between us. After year years of deep embarrassment, I went to D Delhi in 2009 and learned to love tthis extended-blended-broken-m ken-mended family. It was there in India Ind - with five children telling me every day ‘You can do it!’ - that I finished the first hundred pages of my first novel Ghana Must Go. It’s the story of a family, not my family, but inspi inspired by mine: a family that must acce accept itself as a family for all of its flaws. aw These days I think about famil family often, the ways the roles can run together - father becom comes teacher, aunt becomes mo mother, ex becomes friend and on and on - and I feel honoured to h have carved out yet another role role: ‘fairy godmother’ to the chi children that I return each year to IIndia now to see. The ‘fairy’ part was my idea; the children have proper godparents. But their ‘aunt’s ex-husband’s exstep stepdaughter’ doesn’t bespeak our happy h ending. Yes, this family is forged of broken marriages, abse absentee fathers, single mothers - but we are happy, sprawling, healin healing and happy, in our own way.

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07 Non-judgemental: Anita Michaelides

For more information visit www.anitamichaelidis.co

Coaching for change I

am nervous about this. Nervous in the way you feel about a job interview, where you know you’re going to be asked personal questions, and you have to respond with a modicum of truth because you will be caught. And if a job interview is personal, imagine how much more delicate this situation will be: I’m going for a Personal Effectiveness Coaching session.

Personal Effectiveness Coaching – or coaching for change – revolves around what the client wants out of life, and how it can be achieved. Influenced by many fields of study, including those from personal development, psychology and organisational leadership theories, it’s a discipline whereby a professional coach facilitates a person to identify and achieve personal goals and to cultivate change. This involves clarifying what the client – in this case, yours truly! – is searching for, exploring potential, recognising strengths, encouraging motivation and facilitating one’s own

In these challenging times ALIX NORMAN approaches personal effectiveness coaching to find out what questions we really should be asking ourselves Humble, non-judgemental and nurturing, Anita is one of the most genuine people I’ve ever met. Think about everyone you’ve met in the last week: how many were looking over your shoulder for a better bet, using the time you were speaking to think about what they would say next? Anita is the opposite. She has the ability to make you recognise that you matter, that you are a wonderful being

Growing in harmony

abilities to empower the process.

As a secret introvert with an overwhelming fear of failure, I’m terrified by the thought that, in order to focus on my future success, I may have to delve into the debacles of my past, and put some serious thought into what I want out of life. And what heightens my tension is that I know Personal Effectiveness Coach Anita Michaelidis quite well.

But, like so many things in life, the anticipatory fear is completely unfounded. From the minute I walk through Anita’s front door, I relax.

Rather than tensing up, I feel I’ve found a safe haven, where I can be really honest. There’s a peace, a sense of embrace and acceptance that drifts gently through the rooms. And there’s no artifice to the atmosphere, no mood music or soothing aromas, no tinkling fountains in the hall or Eastern symbolism adorning the walls - merely a sense of trust and peace that I believe comes from Anita herself.

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with unique talents and deserving of love. As I settle into the comforting embrace of what I’ve secretly termed ‘a huggy chair’, I fi nd my fears have faded away and, without realising, I’m chatting away with ease.

I’m not sure how it’s done, but I’m discussing issues from my past that I never thought would see the light of day. Hopes and dreams that not even my partner is aware of. Fears and wounds that I could never before bring myself to admit. For someone who has been programmed since birth to ascribe to the stiff upper lip philosophy, it’s the most therapeutic of processes. And though I keep reverting to type, Anita gently allows me to believe that my problems are not trivial in the grand scheme of things, that I am indeed worthy, and have a unique strength and richness to offer the world.

With the briefest of questions, Anita has allowed me to make my own discoveries. “I facilitate, I reflect what’s going on for you, and you hear

She has the ability to make you recognise that you matter, that you are a wonderful being with unique talents and deserving of love

yourself expressing what’s happening,” is how she describes the process. As a professional psychotherapist, with innumerable qualifications and 25 years experience in both business and the field of personal growth, Anita provides a completely impartial and supportive environment in which to explore, clarify and defi ne what a client wishes to achieve. “We look at your resources, experiences, skills and values,” she says, “and fi nd ways for you to overcome what is holding you back, so you are able to achieve your full potential.”

This Person-Centred Approach to Psychotherapy and Counselling is Anita’s modus operandi, and I fi nd it to be most refreshing, even energising. I’ve always considered myself to be quite self-aware, but there are clearly some major issues that have been lurking in the dark alleys of my subconscious for years.

Though friends and family have always been incredibly helpful in advising on life’s little – and large - challenges, there’s usually an element of criticism involved; inevitably

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step - a CS Lewis quote Anita is keen on

the phrase “you should...” will raise its ugly head at some point, making even the best of us feel inadequate!

And so talking to a professional is liberating: I know that everything I say is completely confidential - there’s no judgement, just an unconditional acceptance and positive regard. I fi nd the process to be incredibly cathartic, especially in these critical times when most of us don’t know whether we’re coming or going from one day to the next. “Change is natural, and can be very beneficial,” says Anita, outlining some of the questions we are often forced to ask ourselves in troubled times, notable amongst them ‘What am I afraid of?’ and ‘What resources do I have now to act differently to resolve the situation?’

By the end of the session, there are two things that stand out to me: one is the eureka moment I feel I’ve been searching for for years – the moment where, thanks to Anita’s careful guidance, I put two and two together and realise that what I was ‘programmed’ to be as a child, may not necessarily be the path I want to follow. The other is a question Anita asks me: “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” and an image of crystal clarity leaps into my mind: I’m sitting in the quiet courtyard of a lonely hilltop cottage, the breeze curling curiously in from the sea, as I add the finishing touches to my latest book.

This doesn’t mean, of course, that I’m suddenly going to chuck everything in and retire to a solitary literary existence. But beginning the process of Personal Effectiveness Coaching has allowed me to identify and clarify some of my – previously unrealised - goals in life. As I leave, I feel the opposite of nervous. There’s a confidence to my step that comes from knowledge and acceptance, the beginnings of resolution and the promise of direction. Never before have I been encouraged to look at my life as a whole, a combination of mind, body, spirit and emotions, a journey of engagement that will allow me to work towards my full potential. Liberated and grounded at the same time, I feel I just might be on the right road to identifying what truly makes me happy. Watch this space!

08 TRAVEL A sculpture symbolising the reunification of Berlin and the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church in Charlottenburg

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Once shunned in favour of the cooler east, West Berlin is home to emerging neighbourhoods, new stores and hotels, says JO FERNÀNDEZ

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odern Berlin is, to a large extent, still defi ned by the historical and political divisions that formed the East and West parts of the city.

After reunification in 1990, following the collapse of the East German regime, East Berlin became the fashionable place to head, exemplifying the mayor’s “poor but sexy” brag.

Until now that is, as pockets of development rejuvenate the largely ignored, once gentrified west. In the Charlottenburg district, the former centre of West Berlin, the limestone chunk of the Zoofenster tower, de-

The Zoofenster Tower

signed by German architect Christoph Mäckler, rises up 32 floors and is home to the new Waldorf Astoria hotel, which opened in January.

A local tells me the area had become seedy and crime-ridden, with drug addicts hanging out by the metro and on the steps of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (whose early Sixties honeycombed concrete structure resembles Shreddies cereal). Inside, the Waldorf Astoria’s sparkling lobby imitates the Art Deco style of the fi rst Waldorf Astoria, built in New York in 1931. It has attracted French chef Pierre Gagnaire, whose 70-seat Les Solistes

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09 Das Stue, a new hotel in the former Danish embassy

Gulf Air opens new Sales Office in Nicosia employs staff trained at his threeMichelin starred Paris restaurant.

Rooms are glamorous and comfortable with large multiple-mirrored bathrooms and Apple television. You wouldn’t call the view from my room pretty - a lot of building is going on - but the windows open to allow fresh air, something uncommon in most hotels of this size.

Bowing to tradition I order a Waldorf salad, the invention of the New York outpost. The modern-day take is juicy and the perfect pre-spa meal. The Guerlain spa - the fi rst in Germany - is almost futuristically white and pristine but the staff seem warmer than in many other spas. Treatments begin with a footbath and are thorough and impressive.

The doorman I ask directions from on my way out is so helpful he practically escorts me all the way along the Kurfurstendamm Boulevard, once Berlin’s symbol of wealth

erences, such as lofty giraffes made of yellow wire mesh and leather tortoise or rhino footstalls, nod to the adjacent zoo. Less obvious are retro Arne Jacobsen “Swan” armchairs.

The fashion pack can spot real wildlife, such as ostriches, as they sip a fi zzy Reisling at the bar.

The Spanish connection deepens with the two restaurants overseen by Michelin-starred El Bullitrained chef Paco Perez, whose devotion to his new project extends to a webcam that allows him to keep an eye on his kitchen and staff when he’s away.

To let guests to do the same, a tinted glass panel runs the length of the kitchen, which lies just off the informal restaurant, almost aglow with the bunches of copper pots that hang from the ceiling. Upstairs, 80 rooms feel like Parisian apartments, with hardwood floors, high ceilings and French windows, reached by the original grand stone

Inside, the Waldorf Astoria’s sparkling lobby imitates the Art Deco style of the first Waldorf Astoria, built in New York in 1931 and prosperity, where ornate villas line up with high-rise apartment blocks, some of which were damaged during the Second World War. Opposite the Waldorf Astoria, Bikini Berlin, named after a Fifties building on the site, is a 50,000m2 complex comprising shops, a hotel and a cinema which is due to open later this year. Apple opens its fi rst Berlin store here in May, joining luxury brands such as Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Bang & Olufsen, which have all defected from the eastern district of Mitte.

On foot it takes 10 minutes or so to reach the Tiergarten diplomatic area with its feel of Amsterdam: serene, leafy and residential. Facing the woody Tiergarten Park is the appealingly curved Thirties stone façade of Das Stue, an 80-room hotel that opened in January this year in the former Danish Embassy. It’s a fi ne example of the revitalisation of West Berlin. Spanish interior designer Patricia Urquiola has excelled in fusing luxurious, local and humorous touches in public spaces.

You can feel the quality, as they say; I’m a good two inches taller standing on the plush grey carpet in the lobby. Softly textured grey walls trail the pattern of the U-Bahn station map. Parquet floors and animal ref-

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staircases from the days of the embassy.

Not far from here is Kaufhaus des Westens, known as KaDeWe, Germany’s largest department store; high end and hip, it was famously namechecked by Bowie in his new single Where Are We Now? earlier this year, and by return compliment the store has a special Bowie-inspired collection online (http://shop.kadewe.de).

Cultural icon Bowie may be, but I’m seeking more on the city’s history. The Story of Berlin Museum may not have the most aesthetic setting in a bland shopping centre on the Kurfurstendamm, but it is one of the most memorable I have been to.

From the city’s inception to the fall of the Wall, it’s a testament to the authenticity of the scenes created books piled up on floors representing the symbolic Nazi book burning of 1933, a precursor of worse to come in the form of the holocaust - that at times I found it slightly eerie wandering around alone.

As you descend to the bowels of the building, the museum recreates Germany’s darkest historical period with chilling Nazi-rally speeches played overhead. I emerge onto the streets of modern-day Berlin - a city that’s still changing, but nowadays for the better.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has officially opened its new sales office in Nicosia. The opening ceremony of the state-of-theart facility was attended by Minister of Communications and Works, Tasos Mitsopoulos, Minister of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Energy George Lakkotrypis and Gulf Air’s Manager of Offl ine Sales Yousif Saeed along with other business executives.

The modern and fully equipped sales office located centrally in Nicosia was designed with the passengers’ experience in mind. The airline’s office offers a spacious waiting lounge and a number of helpdesks to easily serve walk-in customers. The free Wi-Fi service, allows customers with internet-enabled mobile phones to log onto www.gulfair. com for Gulf Air’s mobile check-in feature.

Mitsopoulos addressed the attendees during the opening, saying “Gulf Air has supported the Cypriot tourism economy since 1976 by providing services between the country and the Middle East. After 37 years, the airline continues to enhance its presence in the market thus contributing to the growth of the economy’’.

Saeed said, “one of the key components of Gulf Air’s business strategy is to focus on improving our customer product and service offering.

The conveniently located sales office is an example. As we keep improving ourselves in our customer service on the ground, we continue to add more features and facilities in the air as well, so that our premium customers enjoy a consistently enhanced experience throughout their journey.

We have recently introduced our new A320-Extended Range

aircrafts with fully-flatbed seats measuring to 1.90 metres, complete with full Audio Video on Demand (AVOD), individual 15inch touch screen and a USB port in every seat”.

Orthodoxou Aviation Ltd Chief Executive Officer, Antonis Orthodoxou added “Our cooperation with Gulf Air sends a positive message in a time where such optimism is needed in the world. We are very proud for being here today with our partner Gulf Air’’.

Operating one of the largest networks in the Middle East and boasting the most efficient hub, Gulf Air is well positioned to connect Larnaca with over 12 destinations in the region.

Open 5 days a week from 9am to 5pm, the Gulf Air sales office is located on Griva Digeni Avenue, Nicosia. Bookings for Gulf Air fl ights, and its partners, can also be made online on www.gulfair.com

easyJet trials mobile boarding passes

Emirates increases SE Asia capacity

easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, is now trialling mobile boarding passes. Flights departing from six airports will be included in the trial – London Stansted, London Southend, Manchester, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Nice.

Passengers travelling from the airports included in the trial will be able to check-in in less than 10 seconds, download and store their boarding passes on iPhone and Android phones.

“We are really pleased to be trialling mobile boarding passes - we know from passenger feedback that it will be a popular addition to our award-winning app. Building on the success of the app, which is the fastest airline app on the market, mobile boarding passes is the next important step in our aim to make travel easy and affordable,” commented Marketing Director for easyJet, Peter Duffy.

“Following a successful trial, we will be working with each of the airports in order to rollout the function across the network. The trial will also be extended to include multiple boarding passes on the same device so that families can all check in using one or a number of mobiles, depending on their preference.”

Designed to be simple and easy to use, it offers passengers peace of mind by displaying their status as ‘checked in’ or ‘not checked in’.

Once boarding passes have been downloaded they are stored offl ine so no network coverage or wi-fi is required and no roaming charges will be incurred. Boarding passes can be downloaded from between 30 days and two hours before the fl ight departs.

Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has increased capacity on its Bangkok and Hong Kong services.

Bangkok, one of Emirates’ earliest destinations in the Far East joining the network in 1990, will receive a second daily, non-stop Airbus A380 service from October 27, 2013.

Emirates will also be strengthening is commitment to Hong Kong with the launch of a fourth daily service from Dubai. The new service will initially be operated by an Airbus A330-200 in a three class configuration before being upgraded to a Boeing 777-300ER later in the year.

“The addition of a second daily A380 fl ight to Bangkok and a fourth daily service to Hong Kong demonstrates Emirates’ commitment to both Thailand and Hong Kong. Earlier this year we launched our fi fth daily fl ight to Bangkok and the passenger demand has led to the decision to operate the second A380 on the route. Thailand has been part of the Emirates network for over 20 years and in December we added Phuket as our second Thai destination,” said Salem Obaidalla, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations Far East & Australasia.

“We have been steadily increasing the number of services to Hong Kong and this fourth fl ight gives our customers the flexibility to choose a departure time that fits with their schedule and connect through Dubai to destinations on our ever expanding global network,” added Obaidalla.

10 FOOD & DRINK WINES with George Kassianos

Goût de terroir at French Depot What would the wine world look like today without France as its model

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t occurred to me that France may be the only country in Europe that includes southern and northern European boundaries. That thought changed my original intro to today’s article. The original was something on the lines French cuisine is very diverse. Well I have just started with the why - because of the north/south boundaries as with the Chinese, who have similar variety in their food.

The French adore good food in most of its forms. France’s extraordinary selection of different geographies and climates offer local food manufacturers all kinds of ingredients. For instance, in Alsace that is separated from Germany only by the Rhine River, common foods include choucroute garnie (sauerkrout with sausages, salt pork and potatoes) and spätzle, the kind of German dumpling with egg noodles.

No one will dispute France’s reputation on wine. In the beginning I was open to wine from all over, but my nose kept leading me back to France where I discovered a wine culture so vast and profound that I almost decided to devote all my time to it.

If you talk about roots French wine is roots wine. That was a topic of discussion held among friends one night at French Depot; talking about food and wine is one of best pastimes of wine connoisseurs. I asked why did white Burgundy launch a thousand Chardonnays (and more) worldwide? And did not the wines of Bordeaux launch thousands of Cabernets and Merlots? And today, renditions of Rhône wines are in vogue as New World vintners plant more and more Syrah, Viognier, Mourvèdre and other Rhône Valley varieties. What would the wine world look like today without having France as its model? France has been the reference point not only for its grape varieties but also for its viticulture and vinification. Even its oak barrels nurture young wines worldwide now.

Has there ever been any question? If you wanted the greatest bottles, you looked to France.

And here we are in Limassol at a newly refurbished shop where the expression gout de terroir is in every helve. To understand the French wine aesthetic, you must begin with their phrase goût de terroir. We don’t even have an appropriate translation for it in English, which indicates how little it is understood. It does not mean taste of the earth or of the soil. It does not mean dirt or dirty. Very simply, goût de terroir refers to the character or style or personality a certain vineyard site gives to its wines.

And what better way to start your meal than with a foie gras de canard matched perfectly with an Alsatian wine a 2007 Pinot Gris Vendanges Tartives Maison Joseph Cattin (€42).

These wines are made from overripe grapes picked well after the classic vintage and in the greatest years only. trytis The action of noble rot (botrytis most Cinerea) gives them an almost y are unlimited ability to age. They atest part of the elite of the greatest mmewines in France. The eye is immeolour, diately captivated by the colour, vety, its density and depth, velvety, silky and unctuously creamy, superbly bright. The bouquet beex witches you; it is rich, complex rand smooth. It recalls overripe grapes, honey, liquorice,, pineapple, candied pears and currants, with a delicate harmony that flatters the senses and makes you impatient to taste it. An unforgettable moment, an explosion of sensations on the palate, soft, gentle, smooth, velvety, juicy, fleshy, a harmonious combination that culminates in a remarkably long, extremely elegant and perfectly refined finish.

With smoked goose magrets and a variety of French sausages and salade with

svinaigrette we had yet another maslt terfully crafted wine a 2001 Meursault ePoruzot Premier Cru (€55). The Pren mier Cru vineyard Les Poruzots is an d 11.43 hectare site producing rich and nfruity wines that tend to be more ine tense than subtle and elegant. Once y again the presence of the limestony o rock underneath this parcel offers to e the wines a good density and a nice e structure. A magnificent aged white k wine, it is very fine with subtle oak rand vanilla cream and with underar lying flintiness and fresh ripe-pear y, fruit. Plenty of richness and body, nt but this is held in check by a constant h thread of minerality running through e the middle. Just when you expect the o flavours to fade on the finish, they do the o s, opposite and reach a glorious, comp g gcomplex crescendo. This is a magnific cent Chardonnay indeed.

A pork fi let recipe from Chriss stoph ch h tophe Chaillou (owner of French Dep te Depot)’s mother with his favourite Fren rFrench recipe Boeuf a la Bourguig is guignon with Gratin Dauphinois pot ed potatoes were expertly matched wi on with 2011 Domaine Vacheron S uSancerre Rouge (€34). Exclus ed sively from Pinot Noir, this red us wine comes from the famous he white wine appellation in the t.

Central Vineyards district.

The Pinot is grown on a gravelly, limestone soil. This juicy, fruity wine shows intense aromas of raspberry and cherry on the nose that develops further on the palate. Soft tannins, crisp yet balanced acidity and masses of ripe red berry flavours are flirting in your mouth.

The 2008 Domaine Charvin Châteauneuf du Pape (€45) accompanied

tthe plateau de fromages. Wonderful, m medium intensity ruby colour with ffairly subdued nose. Medium bodied, iit starts out almost light with a sweet n nose of strawberry and a bit of raspb berry jam, salty liquorices and lots of cherries. Then suddenly it develops depth and complexity. Very nice balance of the acid with the soft tannins, llots of spices and fruit and an enjoyable long lasting finish. This wine w g g will age gracefully; it is a very classic Châteaun Châteauneuf du Pape with no oak, and no mo modern fruit concentration.

Elegant.

As expected ex after a French dinner w with our coffee there was a choice of Cognac or Armagnac; a Chatea Chateau Maxime Trijol VSOP (€26.50) a and Bas Armagnac Tariquet VSO VSOP (€28). The Cognac has a deep go golden colour; its lively nose punct is punctuated by notes of oak, a spice and orange peel. On the palate a well integrated flavour of wo wood and spice with some toffee and fruit tantalises your taste buds, before climaxing into a long and lingering finish. And before we departed for Paphos a glass of Armagna gnac was poured with an inv inviting beautiful shade of am amber colour. Strong prune bou bouquet with a wealth of con concentrated aromas, the sug suggestion of freshly baked brea and a touch of toast bread and gingerbread reminded me of Christmas. Aeration reveals superb aromas of baking bread, rancio and candied fruit.

It is smooth and well-rounded on the palate, there is only the flavour of fine oaky vanilla, with no trace of alcohol.

Good length with a hint of macerated stone fruit on the finish.

Chefs from New York and Chicago share top US culinary award

By Richard Leong Two Americans chefs representing different culinary styles have shared the country's highest cooking honour.

The James Beard Foundation named David Chang, who has helped popularise kimchi and other Korean food in the United States, and Paul Kahan, who has been praised for his creative American cuisine, as outstanding US chefs this year.

Susan Ungaro, president of the James Beard Foundation lauded Kahan as a "great chef who's creative with a casual flair," while Chang "has brought a modern approach to Asian cuisine that no one else has done before."

It is only the third time in the

20-year-plus history of the awards that its premier prize went to more than one chef.

The foundation, whose name is a tribute to American food writer James Beard, was founded in 1986 with the goal to recognise and preserve American food history and traditions.

Chang and Kahan both operate Michelin-star restaurants as well as casual eateries.

Chang has expanded his business beyond New York City where he landed on the culinary map in 2004 when he opened the Momofuku Noodle Bar. He now has acclaimed restaurants in Toronto and Sydney.

Kahan has stuck with his Midwest roots with Blackbird and its

David Chang Paul Kahan

sister restaurant, which is called avec, next door in Chicago.

For the two, the win was a platform to express their mutual admiration.

"Blackbird is one of my favourite restaurants," said Chang. "It set a tone to create something I would like to do and follow."

Kahan added: "We draw inspi-

ration from each other. He thinks outside the box."

The Blue Hill restaurant, co-owned by chef Dan Barber, won outstanding US restaurant.

Barber, a pioneer of the "farm-totable" concept, was awarded the title of outstanding chef in 2009.

Chef Danny Bowien won the "rising star" prize. The Korean-

born chef, who grew up in Oklahoma, has generated buzz for his innovative spins on Chinese dishes at his Mission Chinese Food restaurants in New York and San Francisco.

"It's a small shift from super serious food," Bowien said.

Brooks Headley claimed best US pastry chef this year for his work at the Michelin-star Italian restaurant Del Posto.

The best new restaurant accolade was awarded to State Bird Provisions in San Francisco.

The restaurant, opened by the husband and wife team Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinki, has won praises for their playful mix of small plates served Chinese "dim-sum" style.

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11 RECIPES

with Maria Socratous

Easter leftovers If you have any leftover chocolate Easter eggs try one of these, or go for a simple kedgeree

Ultra Low-Fat Mocha Mousse Pots Serves 6 400g chocolate – preferably dark, broken into chunks 2-3 tbsp cold strong coffee 8 large free-range egg whites For the topping 4tbsp 0% Greek yoghurt 1tbsp icing sugar Cocoa powder, to decorate Heat the chocolate and coffee in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water.

When melted, allow to cool for 5 minutes while you whisk the egg whites to firm peaks.

Pour the chocolate in a thin stream into the egg whites, and fold in carefully by hand until you have an elastic, shiny chocolate mix. Spoon or pipe carefully into 6 small glasses and leave to set for 20 minutes or longer in the fridge.

Mix the yoghurt with the icing sugar and before serving, add a dollop on top of each mousse. Dust lightly with cocoa powder and serve. These will keep in the fridge for 3 days, but bring them back to room temperature before serving.

Five-Minute Chocolate Pots Serves 6-8

pour over the chocolate and blend. Add the egg, blend, and then pour into 6-8 small ramekins. Chill in the fridge for 3 hours before serving. Decorate with physalis or fresh berries, if liked.

Light and Spicy Kedgeree Serves 6

200g dark chocolate, chopped ½ tsp vanilla extract 300ml fresh cream 1 large, free-range egg Whizz the chocolate, vanilla and a pinch of salt in an electric blender.

Bring the fresh cream to the boil in a small saucepan, remove from the heat,

300g basmati rice Sea salt and ground pepper 6 large hard-boiled eggs, peeled and quartered 2 onions, peeled and finely chopped 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped 50g butter

Whyyoushouldeat Walnuts The oldest tree food known to man, walnuts have long been prized for their many benefits. Known as Juglans regia, or ‘Jupiter’s royal acorn’ by the Romans, it’s believed that the nut orchard mentioned in The Song of Solomon was actually a grove of walnut trees. Native to northern India, China and Persia, the walnut tree has since spread far and wide, giving birth to countless rumours concerning its health-giving properties – many of which have actually been proven in the last century.

In ancient China, for example, walnut leaves were made into a tea used to treat diabetes, and recent studies at the Harvard School of Public Health May 12, 2013• SUNDAY MAIL

have reported that women who ate an ounce of walnuts at least five times a week reduced their risk of Type II diabetes by almost 30 per cent.

Similarly, in medieval times, walnuts were believed to be instrumental in ridding the body of ‘bad humoures’, and it’s certainly true that walnuts contain the highest level of antioxidants when compared to other nuts.

Rich in vitamin E and the phytochemical substances that contribute towards antioxidant activity, walnuts are an important source of omega 3 essential fatty acids. Regular intake can help lower bad cholesterol and increase the body’s good cholesterol while reducing blood pressure and the

1 heaped tsp garam masala 1 level tsp cumin seeds 2 level tsp black mustard seeds 2 heaped tsp grated fresh ginger 2 fresh red chillies, deseeded and finely sliced A small bunch of fresh coriander 600g smoked haddock 6 fresh bay leaves 6 black peppercorns 3 lemons 1level tsp turmeric Natural yoghurt, to serve Cook the rice in boiling salted water and according to the packet instructions. When cooked, drain in a sieve and run it under the cold tap and put

aside to drain again.

Gently fry the onions and garlic with the butter in a large frying pan on a medium heat. Add the garam masala, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, grated ginger, sliced chillies and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Finely slice all the coriander stalks and add to the pan, keeping the leaves aside. Stir and fry everything for about 10 minutes or until the onions are soft.

Meanwhile, poach the haddock in about 1 litre of water, enough to cover the fish, the bay leaves and peppercorns. Bring to the boil, simmer gently for 5 minutes and remove from the heat. Let the fish cool down a little, then get rid of the skin and flake on to a plate, being careful to remove any bones as you go.

Now stir and fold the rice into the spiced onions and mix well. Season and add the juice of 1½ lemons. Stir and cook on a medium heat for around 4 minutes. Sprinkle the turmeric over the rice, followed by half the flaked fish, eggs and coriander leaves. Stir gently and then scatter the rest of the fish, eggs and coriander and serve with lemon wedges and yoghurt.

COMPILED BY ALIX NORMAN risk of coronary artery disease, breast, colon and prostate cancers. They can help your body defend against eczema, psoriasis, asthma and rheuertain matoid arthritis, and contain certain port the substances which help to support immune system. Packed with many ch of the important B vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, and folates, walnuts are also a good source of many minerals – like zinc, copper and selenium – which your enzymes need to function properly.

The ancient Romans, meanwhile, believed that eating elwalnuts would boost one’s intel-

lectual powers, and current research is suggesting there may be some truth to the rumour: walnuts have been found to

contain melatonin, a hormone that induces and aids in the regulation of sleep, while a recent scientific investigat published in the Journal of the gation Am American College of Nutrition found tha walnuts lowered both resting that blo pressure and blood pressure blood res responses to stress in the laboratory, pproving that consumption of the nut could help our bodies better respond to stress.

A study in the journal Biology of Reproduction has suggested that eating two handfuls of walnuts a day can improve sperm shape, movement and vitality in men, thus in increasing fertility and the chance of con conception.

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LIMASSOL DISTRICT Artima Charoupomylos Laniti, Vasilissis, old port, Tel: 25 820466 Pasta Mia Kolonakiou 26, Tel: 25 376999 Pizza Express Akadimias street, Tel: 25 318709 Al Pesto Amathountos Street, Tel: 25 328782 La Boca Columbia Plazza, Tel: 25 278000 Vivaldi Four Seasons Hotel, Tel: 25 858000 San Lorenzo Amathoundos Avenue, Tel: 25 322922 Baguette Brasserie Andrea Themistocleous Str, Tel: 25 107398

LARNACA DISTRICT Al Dente Athinon Ave Tel: 24 664540 Casa Mia Ristorante Italiano Okeania street, Oroklini, Tel: 24 644575 Italia Spaghetteria Academia Centre, Tel: 24 629450 Just Italian Kappari Street, Paralimni, Tel: 99 337890 La Casa Di Napa Solomou street, Ayia Napa, Tel: 23 722137 Zizi Ayia Napa, Tel: 23 723823 Zizi Protaras, Tel: 23 831414

PAPHOS DISTRICT Cavallini 65 Poseidonos Avenue, Tel: 26 964164 Grazie Ristorante Anastasias & Theoskepastis Street, Tel: 26 818298 Mare E Monti Aphrodite’s Ave, Tel: 26 967979 Risto La Plazza Cafe Bar Restaurant Alkminis street, Tel: 26 819921 Ristorante Bacco Elysium Hotel, Tel: 26 844444

by Stephanie Robb

Perfect choice for summer dining Alio Olio, Limassol

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t is almost official, spring is over and with its end we say goodbye to those chilly nights that make eating outdoors nearly impossible. Now is the season to bask outside and enjoy dining to the maximum. The weather also calls for a good wine to kick back and relieve the daily tension of routine. A great place that engulfs these two aspects is Alio Olio.

Located near the Municipal Gardens, it is a breath away from the city centre and the beach, thus claiming the benefits of both. A refreshing breeze always accompanies your time there, and you are never far away from the hustle and bustle of the centre. It boasts a bistro feel and aims to serve light Italian dishes for all.

When ordering you won’t be limited for choice, your options are varied and all seem so appetising that what to order will certainly stump you. To start off your meal one of the salads would be the best choice – select between cheese, seafood and poultry.

The Brie and grilled vegetable salad is a great and refreshing choice and the mozzarella salad is made with the freshest and tastiest mozzarella you can fi nd in Cyprus. If it is a fish salad you are craving, then the Macmallan Smoked Salmon should be your choice. The Scottish smoked salmon is tossed in Fresh dill and lemon dressing, making it a great and appetizing choice.

What should defi nitely be tried is one of the many pasta options. The pasta can be served as a starter or

If these aren’t mouthwatering enough for you how about one of the great risotto options? The con fungi porchini is an amazing dish, made with porchini mélange sauce and goat’s cheese cream, and is a great dish to accompany your meal, especially to those who have a soft spot for porchini mushrooms, like me.

However, the loukaniko risotto is another great option, consisting of artichoke hearts and Cypriot sausage cooked in red wine and sage and topped with a balsamic glaze.

However, after all theses delightful dishes we still have not reached

The Pasta di Polo is a top choice; made with bell peppers, chicken, sun dried tomatoes and topped with goat’s cheese cream a main dish, but the main dishes of pasta come in large portions so no need to worry about your appetite.

The Pasta di Polo is a top choice; made with bell peppers, chicken, sun dried tomatoes and topped with goat’s cheese cream. If this sounds good but the chicken is just not your cup of tea, the Deli pasta is equally delicious, consisting of prosciutto, sun dried tomatoes, spring onions, basil and topped with goat’s cheese cream.

the highlight of the evening - the tortelloni con funghi. Made with tortelloni stuffed with porchini mushrooms and cooked in porchini mélange mushroom and tomato sauce, the dish was absolutely delicious. The sauce and tortelloni stuffing perfectly complement each other, making the dish quite an unforgettable experience. Otherwise for tortelloni, you can also choose from the gigantic tortelloni Deli stuffed with ricotta and asparagus and cooked with prosciutto, sun dried tomatoes, spring onions, basil and goat’s cream cheese or the gigantic tortelloni e salmon stuffed with ricotta and asparagus and cooked with Scottish smoked salmon. There are also a selection of Italian style burgers.

The meal, paired with a great bottle of wine and amazing service becomes a summer must-have experience to all in Limassol and to those who are also passing through.

VITAL STATISTICS SPECIALITY Italian WHERE 137c, Gladstonos street, Limassol PRICE around €30 – 40 (including wine, starter and main) CONTACT 25 354144

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games Might & Magic Heroes VI Shades of Darkness A century after the tragic events of Might & Magic Heroes VI, that determined the heroic fate of a dynasty, Shades of Darkness recounts, in two original campaigns, pivotal moments in Ashan’s darker history that will define the future of a decadent underground people and decide the survival of the dying cult of the Spider Queen. Determine the fates of two legendary factions; the Dark Elves of Dungeon and the Necromancers of Necropolis.

Master the Powers of Darkness: Lead the new Dungeon faction on a path to define the destiny of the Dark Elves as they seek to become masters of deception, stealth and assassination. Their future lies with Malassa, the Dragon Goddess of Darkness.

Befriend her mysterious children, the Faceless, and if you dare, awaken her avatars, the legendary Black Dragons!

New Content & Original

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Tactics: a full new lineup of seven creatures, new hero classes, a new town and buildings set, a new mount, dozens of new artifacts, abilities and achievements. The Dungeon gameplay is completely original and tactically challenging.

Ashan’s Darkest Paths: Play two original and thrilling campaigns starring two fan-favourite factions and their legendary heroes pitted against villains of mythical stature. Discover the fascinating nuances of Darkness that the rich and proven fantasy setting of Might & Magic is excited to unveil. There is always an even darker path.

Standalone Expansion and Ideal Initiation: an ideal way to discover the critically acclaimed

gameplay of Might & Magic Heroes VI. Shades of Darkness is a standalone expansion and ideal epic initiation for first time players.

Experience the unique mix of Turn-Based Strategy and RPG: Explore extra-large adventure maps, collect resources and build extraordinary cities. Perfect your tactics to levelup your heroes, recruit troops and lead them for combat on tactical battle maps.

Rediscover the richness of the Might & Magic Universe: Discover fantastic landscapes and creatures from the world of Ashan. Enjoy improved 3D designs and brand new Townscreens.

Format: PC

Valerie June

Rod Stewart

Random Access Memories The party won’t begin and end with the summery funk of Daft Punk’s smash single, Get Lucky. They have another instant favourite on their fourth album, also featuring the guitar of Nile Rodgers and the smooth falsetto of Pharrell Williams. Lose Yourself to Dance is fantastic, a riot of handclaps and disco guitar with a chorus of robots urging, “Come on, come on”. Elsewhere, this long, stylistically varied collection is sometimes less EDM, more WTF. Giorgio by Moroder begins like a documentary on a DVD extra, with the eponymous synth pioneer rambling on about his early days.

Then he says, “Why don’t I use the synthesiser, which is the sound of the future?” and Daft Punk demonstrate exactly why, building the electronics to an extraordinary climax over nine minutes.

By David Smyth

Pushin’ Against a Stone Valerie June, a young lady from Jackson, Tennessee, is a rare commodity in that she combines a natural love of Deep South soul with a keen appreciation of Deep South country and western.

She is a relative newcomer and this is effectively her debut album, although it was released some time ago in the States. Aside from her voice - a little shrill for my taste, but a decent vocal tool - the major influence here is Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, who has lent his production and songwriting skills to the enterprise, not to mention a bunch of vintage recording equipment that makes Pushin’ sound as if it was recorded in a prehistoric electric swamp - no bad thing.

Songs vary between country and soul, with a smattering of good old rock stuff.

By Pete Clark

Time For more than two decades Rod Stewart has coasted his way through five grisly American Songbook albums, a Christmas outing and some beyond-dull contemporary covers sets. It was hard to remember what a fine songwriter he was, so this wholly co-written album is an attempt to recover lost ground and remind posterity that he has intermittently cared about his art. There’s a touch too much filler such as the spectacularly lazy Finest Woman to claim complete rehabilitation, but the career-detailing Can’t Stop Me Now, the Mandolin Wind-esque She Makes Me Happy and the life affirming Beautiful Morning are Stewart at his most joyful, while the presumably autobiographical It’s Over is a cutting divorce lament and Brighton Beach a gorgeous paean to a lost love that may not rank among the current Mrs Stewart’s favourites.

By John Aizlewood

The best travel companion since sleeping pills

down, you can also draw the hood closed for modicum of privacy. It’s no cone of silence, that’s for sure - you can’t ask for a better travel companion.

We might have been divided on the useful merits of the original HoodiePillow, but this updated travel version strikes a perfect balance between portability, comfort, and its ability to block out all distractions.

Like the original, the Travel HoodiePillow is basically just the hood from a hoodie attached to a soft cushion.

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You can mix ingredients with this working Lego hand mixer Lego builder/Flickr user Hippotam has come up with what is possibly the greatest innovation in cooking appliances since the toaster met the oven. Dubbed the Hippmikser 2000, it’s an actual functioning hand mixer made out

of nothing but Lego.

In theory, with enough Lego pieces you can build whatever appliance you happen to need for a given recipe. It’s like having an on-demand appliance service that doesn’t require endless cupboards to store.

And, given you can completely and safely disassemble this hand mixer, getting every last bit of batter off of those whisks is now a walk in the park.

Someone finally made a better paper coffee cup As simple as it is, you’d think it would be nigh

The Collection App Especially made for tablet users, this brilliant app created in conjunction with The NY Times certainly deserves a shout out. The natty news aggregator offers a brand spanking new way for readers to indulge in top-notch fashion and style coverage from across the pond.

It includes a whole host of content from the publications affiliated with The New York Times, so that’s the blogs, the fashion pages from the International Herald Tribune, Styles and T Magazine, plus lots of bonus material including slide shows, videos and updates.

Some serious thought has gone into this software and boy does it show, with the behind the scenes interviews added to the latest collections from London, Paris, New York and Milan and iconoclastic commentary from the indomitable Bill Cunningham, as well as reviews from doyennes of the fashion world. www.itunes.apple.com

SoundCloud Now this may have been out for a while but we just have to give a round of applause to the SoundCloud app, genuinely a life-enhancing nugget of software if ever there was one. If you’re a fan of the humble podcast, if you want to discover new music, if you’re constantly on YouTube looking for a new dose of culture but are hungry for a platform change - then this is the perfect one. SoundCloud lets you discover realms of new material from the world’s largest community of ‘sound’ technicians; i.e. musicians, producers, and anyone who’s a dab hand at generating seriously gripping audio content.

It offers a very real alternative to Spotify, but with tons of added extras such as comedy, audio books, great suggestions based on your preferences... heck, there’s even a total lack of ads and monthly payments.

Ten (yes you read right) hours of fresh content are posted on SoundCloud every minute, and the app offers a very simple streamlined experience full of handy facilities. www.soundcloud.com

impossible to improve on the paper coffee cup. After all, as long as it holds coffee without leaking, what’s there to improve? Well, designers Hongseok Kim and Inhye Hwang found a way, by adding a tear-off stir stick to the paper handle.

So not only will you never have to resort to using a folded up sugar pack or a ballpoint pen 4.5 Paper Cup to stir your coffee, the +4.5 also helps reduce waste since there’s no separate package of stir stickss to be inevitably knocked w over or spilled. Right now the cup is just a concept, but ement it’s such a simple improvement how could it not becomee a reality at some point?

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THE HOST DIRECTED BY Andrew Niccol STARRING Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Max Irons US 2013 125 mins

FILM REVIEW by Preston Wilder

One extreme to another EVIL DEAD

Two new films, Evil Dead and The Host, treat broadly similar material in diametrically opposite ways

“Y

ou, sir, are a Buddhist,” appealed Tom Hanks in one of the few good bits in the remake of The Ladykillers: “Is there no ‘Third Way’?”. It’s a line that comes to mind while watching Evil Dead and The Host, two fi lms that approach vaguely similar material – based around the notion of a body possessed – in diametrically opposite ways. One fi lm is limp, bloodless, and likely to be dismissed as overly tame even by the teenage-girl audience it’s targeting; the other is … well, probably the goriest multiplex movie of all time.

That would be Evil Dead, a remake of the 1981 Sam Raimi cult classic, hewing to the same basic plot – five young people in a cabin in the woods, pursued by a demon – though adding the device of Mia (Jane Levy) being a junkie whose friends have decided to stage an intervention. Her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez) and three other chums have chosen the cabin as a suitably isolated place for Mia to fight her, um, demons, and they’re determined not to let her off the hook: “The only way is the hard way”.

There’s a symmetry here, because the demon – conjured up by Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) foolishly reading aloud from a magic book

DIRECTED BY Fede Alvarez STARRING Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci US 2013 91 mins

they fi nd in the basement – behaves much like a manipulative junkie, wheedling and guilt-tripping in order to prey on weakness. Mia’s possessed by the evil force, but she still hums their mother’s old lullaby to trick David into laying down his weapon. “Baby, why are you hurting me?” wails his girlfriend piteously – but of course it’s the demon being sneaky again (we’ve already seen this in the prologue, with a possessed girl begging her father not to burn her alive – then, when he isn’t fooled, giving way to the devil inside: “I’ll rip your soul out, Daddy!”). The point, in every case, is to stand fi rm, grit your teeth and hurt a loved one ‘for their own good’.

It’s a rather cruel Message – then again the whole fi lm is cruel, proudly so. The mayhem is almost unprecedented. Mia slices her own tongue in two, vomits blood and takes a shower in boiling-hot water (the demon made her do it!). A needle ends up in someone’s eye socket, fortunately just below the eyeball. A nail-gun, a shard of glass and a chainsaw wreak bloody havoc. An arm gets trapped under a car, then pulled loose messily. Another arm gets possessed (possibly a nod to the famous ‘demon hand’ in Evil Dead 2) and the girl in question cuts it off herself, with a power tool.

The film also suffers from practical problems, notably that it’s never made clear how much Melanie can control the shared body

“I had to do it,” she explains. “I feel much better now”.

That’s a comedy moment, but Evil Dead isn’t consistently funny (even in the sick way of, say, Peter Jackson’s early fi lms).

Nor is it particularly thrilling, let alone scary. Gross effects only take you so far, and there’s not much else going on here; the plotting is functional, the demon generic and our heroes monumentally stupid – especially David, whose refusal to accept the full enormity of what’s going on is almost touching. “Mia?” he bleats when faced with the demon – even though the demon has yellow eyes, sits in an unnatural crouch and is spewing out obscenities in a hideous cackle. “Mia’s not here, you f***ing idiot!” replies the demon with an understandable touch of impatience.

The Host has the opposite issue: not a question of refusing to acknowledge that a loved one’s been possessed but refusing to acknowledge that they might still be there, somewhere in their body. In the future, almost everyone on Earth has been body-snatched by alien parasites.

The invaders are civilised enough, and the world is a better, more peaceful place (this was also the twist in The Invasion some years ago) – but of course humanity as we know it has been wiped out, and the few remaining humans are determined to fight to the death. Melanie (Saoirse Ronan) is taken over by the aliens, and her body inhabited by a being called ‘Wanderer’ – but Melanie refuses to disappear, and her voice (audible only to Wanderer) pipes up peevishly at regular intervals. “You wish!” says Melanie, and “This is so wrong!” – or just “I’m still here. This body is mine!”.

The device might’ve worked in

a book, maybe with Melanie’s interruptions in italics – and in fact The Host is based on a book, by Stephenie Meyer of Twilight fame. Onscreen, however, this internal dialogue just seems ludicrous (you keep expecting Wanderer to look around in alarm and shout ‘Who said that?’) – and the fi lm also suffers from practical problems, notably that it’s never made clear how much Melanie can control the shared body. She seems to wield some power, thus for instance slapping her boyfriend when he kisses the alien being, but what can she do exactly? The question remains unanswered – maybe because this isn’t really sci-fi, but sappy teen romance in sci-fi clothing.

The one time when Melanie takes charge is when she asks Wanderer not to tell other humans (led by her uncle) that she’s still inside the body: “They won’t believe you,” she explains – an unconvincing reason, since after all it wouldn’t hurt to try, but of course it’s vital to the plot that the others don’t know about Melanie still being present in the body (amazingly, even when her uncle guesses the truth, our heroine still says nothing). So the fi lm goes on in its dull, implausible way, with a stalled plot and a wholly lifeless love affair, notable only for the stray campy moment – as when the uncle (played by that great eccentric William Hurt) takes a shine to Wanderer but isn’t sure about one thing. “Your name sure is a mouthful. Mind if I shorten it? Mind if I call you … [pause, as if searching through the countless names you can shorten ‘Wanderer’ to] … Wanda?”. That hilariously unnecessary pause is an even louder statement of creative emptiness than Evil Dead’s pointless blood and gore. There has to be a Third Way.

filmsummaries Evil Dead Five young people head off to a dilapidated cabin in the woods. They’re staging an intervention designed to get Mia (Jane Levy) off the drugs that have consumed her life. Her four supporters are her estranged brother David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore), registered nurse Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and bookish Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci). In the cabin’s dim, dank basement, they discover a bunch of dead cats and the Necronomicon, a book made from human skin that contains dark magic spells.

Eric, in an act of extreme stupidity, starts reading things from the Necronomicon out loud – and suddenly the five friends are being hunted by a demon. Directed by Fede

Alvarez. (Ultra-violent horror, 91 mins.)

Our rating:

The Host The world has been invaded by a species of alien parasite that enters a body through a slit in the neck and eradicates the host’s personality. Humans are now an endangered species, with almost all of Earth’s population having been converted except a few small clusters of rebels. One of these dissidents, Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan), is captured by a ‘Seeker’ (Diane Kruger) when attempting to distract the aliens from finding her brother.

Melanie becomes the host for an alien named Wanderer and the two struggle for control of her mind. When the Seeker threatens to

remove Wanderer from Melanie’s body, she escapes and goes in search of the rebels, who are led by her uncle, Jeb (William Hurt); when she finds them, however, she is not given a friendly welcome. Also starring Max Irons and Frances Fisher. Directed by Andrew Niccol.

(Sci-fi drama, 125 mins.)

Our rating:

Iron Man 3 Brash but brilliant industrialist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), a.k.a. Iron Man, is up against The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), a terrorist whose reach knows no bounds. When the ruthless supervillain destroys his world, Stark vows revenge, using his arsenal of gadgets and remote-controlled suits – but he soon

finds out that things aren’t entirely as they seem. Also starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce and Rebecca Hall. Directed by Shane Black. In 3D. (Comic-book action comedy, 130 mins.)

Our rating:

Olympus Has Fallen When the White House (Secret Service Code: ‘Olympus’) is captured by a North Korean terrorist mastermind (Rick Yune) and the President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge

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15 IRON MAN 3 DIRECTED BY Shane Black STARRING Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley US 2013 130 mins

Putting the Iron in irony R

obert Downey Jr’s done it before. Not the superhero thing; I don’t really care about that, to be honest. I mean yes, some people grew up reading Marvel comics and that’s really fascinating, and they get super-thrilled about their childhood heroes appearing on the big screen and camp out in front of the cinema and so on – but what I’m talking about here is the voice-over. Not Iron Man per se, but Iron Man (played, of course, by Mr. Downey) opening Iron Man 3 with a self-aware, fourth-wall-breaking voice-over: “We create our own demons. Who said that? What does that even mean? … Wait, I’m gonna start again”.

Downey’s done it before, in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang eight years ago, when his unreliable narrator got tangled up in his own narration: “Oh shit. I skipped something. Damn it.

This whole robot bit. I made a big deal, then I totally forgot. This is bad narrating – like my dad telling a joke”. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was a flop, presumably because the mass audience felt alienated by its smartaleck tone – but Iron Man 3 is a guaranteed smash-hit, because Iron Man (a.k.a. millionaire Tony Stark) fights crime and is obsessed with hightech gadgets like any red-blooded male, so his wise-guy condescension is forgivable. And of course there’s something else – because Iron Man

is part of a gang, The Avengers, and gang dynamics come into play here: just like every gang needs its psycho (in this case Hulk), every gang needs its brainy geek who’s always talking fast and inventing stuff.

Iron Man 3 tries to have it both ways, and succeeds triumphantly.

At one point our hero vows revenge, like any good hero – but then he undercuts himself (“That’s what you wanted, right?”) like any good postmodern man. Stark is both arrogant and insecure (he’s prone to anxiety attacks), and the fi lm takes care to balance every fist-pumping moment with a pratfall: “I’m the best!” he yells, having successfully remote-

to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster. Also starring Dylan McDermott and Morgan Freeman. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. (Action, 120 mins.)

Our rating:

Broken City Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg), a New York cop, is accused of having murdered a suspect in cold blood. Mayor Hostetler (Russell Crowe) considers Billy a hero but police chief Carl Fairbanks (Jeffrey Wright) isn’t so sure.

Billy is exonerated, but forced to resign from the force. Seven years later, Billy is working as a private detective when Mayor Hostetler calls him to a meeting. He needs someone

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controlled his Iron Man suit – then falls on his face a moment later. This strategy is even more obvious with The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), the fi lm’s mysterious supervillain, who styles himself on Osama bin Laden, loudly condemning America in messianic videos (“Some people call me a terrorist...”) but turns out … well, I won’t spoil it, except to say I never expected a superhero threequel to be hugely more sophisticated on the West’s need for a “custom-made terror threat” than the much-ballyhooed Zero Dark Thirty.

The fi lm’s secret weapon is writer-director Shane Black, the man

Iron Man 3 is a smart blockbuster that tries to have it both ways, and succeeds triumphantly

At one point our hero vows revenge, like any good hero – but then he undercuts himself (‘That’s what you wanted, right?’) like any good postmodern man behind (yes!) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and one of the best-paid writers in Hollywood. The script is consistently smarter than it needs to be; I heard groans from the audience when Stark teams up with a precocious kid sidekick – and no-one could’ve blamed Black and Co. for tossing in a sop to the prepubescent audience, but in fact the scenes with the youngster (with Stark resolutely resisting the kid’s attempts to bond) are some of the funniest in the movie. Even Gwyneth Paltrow,

to track his wife Cathleen (Catherine ZetaJones), whom he suspects of infidelity. Currently in the middle of a tight mayoral race with challenger Jack Valliant (Barry Pepper), Hostetler can’t afford for this story reaching the papers, so he offers the princely sum of $50,000 if Billy can get him what he wants.

Unfortunately, things are not as they seem.

Directed by Allen Hughes. (Crime drama, 109 mins.)

Our rating:

Thunk (Clark Duke), daughter Eep (Emma Stone) and Gran (Cloris Leachman) – but one day their cave is destroyed by an earthquake, forcing them to embark on the journey of a lifetime. Travelling across a spectacular landscape, they meet a young man named Guy (Ryan Reynolds) and discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures. Directed by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders.

(Kids’ cartoon, 98 mins.)

Our rating:

The Croods

Silver Linings Playbook

The cave-dwelling Croods are a prehistoric family who live largely in the dark. The family consists of father Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), mother Ugga (Catherine Keener), son

Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything – his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother Dolores (Jacki Weaver) and father Pat Snr (Rob-

in the mostly thankless role of Pepper Potts, gets a moment to savour, when she caps a spectacular action scene with “Oh my god. That was really violent”.

The action scenes are fi ne, by the way, with an all-out assault on Stark’s home leading the way in wholesale destruction. The Iron Man fi lms have always aimed for a balance between action and comedy, with Part 2 tipping too far in the latter direction (not that I minded, personally) – and the threequel is even funnier but Black also pumps up the action, adding a fi ne villain in mad scientist Guy Pearce. “Subtlety has had its day,” opines Pearce at one point, citing Thor (another member of The Avengers) as evidence – and there’s clearly an in-joke there, someone (Downey? Black?) wondering why they should bother with verbal dexterity when the world is wowed by a Viking lug with a big hammer, but in fact subtlety is alive and kicking. Iron Man 3, the rare blockbuster you can watch without making excuses, is subtle when it wants to be, and dazzling when it wants to be, and full of stuff blowing up when it needs to be. And of course there’s Downey, the superhero as stand-up comedian, summoning his Iron Man suit with a flourish – but the suit, flying through the air, gets caught on a bit of metal and shatters embarrassingly, and he just says “Whatever”.

I’d trade the entirety of Transformers, G.I. Joe and Lord of the Rings for that “Whatever”.

ert De Niro) after spending eight months in a mental health facility. All Pat’s parents want is for him to get back on his feet – but Pat is obsessed with reuniting with his estranged wife Nikki, even though she’s the reason he went off the rails in the first place. When he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own, things get complicated. Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with Nikki, but only if he’ll do something very important for her in return. As their deal plays out, an unexpected bond begins to form between them, and silver linings appear in both their lives. Directed by David O. Russell. (Drama with comedy elements, 122 mins.)

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Stolen Will Montgomery (Nicolas Cage) is a master thief who gets double-crossed in a heist gone awry and sent to prison for eight years.

Upon his release he’s ready to leave his criminal past behind and try to rebuild a relationship with his estranged daughter Allison – but the FBI and his old cohorts believe that he’s hidden the $10 million loot from the heist, so his old partner Vincent (Josh Lucas) kidnaps Allison and demands the entire $10 million as ransom. Montgomery only has one day to get the ransom – but, much to the disbelief of the FBI, he doesn’t actually have the money. Instead, he teams up with his old partner in crime, the sexy and smart Riley (Malin Akerman), to pull off one more heist and get his daughter back alive before it’s too late. Also starring Danny Huston. Directed by Simon West.

(Action thriller, 96 mins.)

Our rating: N/A

Sammy’s Great Escape

Stolen

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

Cassandra’s Dream Ian (Ewan McGregor) and Terry (Colin Farrell) are brothers, two men bound not only by blood but by friendship. They also both need money. Ian dreams of moving to California with his girlfriend (Hayley Atwell) and starting a business, and Terry is saddled by evergrowing gambling debts. Enter their wealthy, successful uncle, Howard (Tom Wilkinson). He promises them whatever they need if they’ll do one “little favour” for him. A former colleague has information that could ruin Howard, and he needs to be “eliminated”. Thus do Ian and Terry agree to become hitmen. Also starring Sally Hawkins. Directed by Woody Allen. (Dramatic thriller, 108 mins.)

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What’sonwhere NICOSIA Stolen (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30pm (tonight only), 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Evil Dead (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35pm (tonight only), 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Host (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5.25pm (tonight only), 7.45 and 10.15pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 5.25, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Iron Man 3 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 2D) at 5pm (tonight only), 7.45 and 10.30pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in 2D) at 5, 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 2.15pm. Tel: 77778383 Olympus Has Fallen (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.45 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Croods (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 5.30pm (tonight only); K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English) at 5.30pm (tonight only); K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

Evil Dead

Cassandra’s Dream ‘Ston Dromo’ Coffee Shop (Genethliou Mitella 34), Monday at 8.30pm, presented by the Limassol Cine Club.

Tel: 99-477333

LARNACA

Silver Linings Playbook (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.45 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Spanish Film Festival Cine Studio, from tomorrow at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

Iron Man 3 (12) Rio 1 (in 2D) at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm, and (in 3D) at 10.10pm; Rio 2 (in 3D), weekends only at 5pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 2D) at 5pm (tonight only), 7.45 and 10.30pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Olympus Has Fallen (18) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; LIMASSOL K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.45 and Stolen (12) 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Rio 3 at 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; The Croods (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30pm Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only (tonight only), 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: at 5.15pm; Rio 4 (in Greek, in 2D), week7777-8383 ends only at 5.15pm; Rio 5 (in English, Evil Dead (18) in 2D), weekends only at 5.15pm. Tel: Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 8 and 10.15pm.

Greek) at 5.30pm (tonight only); K-CineTel: 7777-8383 plex (Screen 5) (in English) at 5.30pm The Host (12) (tonight only). Tel: 7777-8383 Rio 2 at 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: Silver Linings Playbook (12) 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) Rio 6 at 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm (tonight only), 7.45 and at 5.30pm. Tel: 25-871410 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Stolen (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30pm (tonight only), 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Evil Dead (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35pm (tonight only), 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Host (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5.25pm (tonight only), 7.45 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Iron Man 3 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 2D) at 5pm (tonight only), 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Olympus Has Fallen (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Croods (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 5.30pm (tonight only); K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English) at 5.30pm (tonight only). Tel: 7777-8383 Silver Linings Playbook (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.45 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

PAPHOS Stolen (12) Rio 5 at 5.15pm; Rio 7 at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Croods

Evil Dead (18) Rio 3 at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Host (12) Rio 4 at 5pm; Rio 6 at 7.30 and 9.45pm.

Tel: 26-207000 Iron Man 3 (12) Rio 1 (in 3D) at 5, 7.30 and 9.50pm; Rio 4 (in 2D) at 7.30 and 9.50pm. Tel: 26-207000 Olympus Has Fallen (18) Rio 5 at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Broken City (15) Rio 2 at 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Croods (K) Rio 6 (in English, in 3D) at 5.15pm, weekends also at 3.15pm; Rio 7 (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.15pm, weekends also at 3.15pm. Tel: 26-207000 Silver Linings Playbook (12) Rio 2 at 7.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30 and 5.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

SUNDAY MAIL• May 12, 2013

17 International Museum Day at the Folk Art Museum On the premises of the Archbishop Makarios III Palace, May 18 from 9am – 9pm. Entrance, activities, workshops and events are all free of charge, though places on the workshops are limited and should be booked in advance. Donations are accepted for con-

servation of artefacts. Guided tours: English: 10:00, 12:00, 17:00, 20:00, Greek: 12:30, 15:30, 18:30, 19:30. Further guided tours are available to groups booking in advance. For further information and booking Tel: 22 432578, www.cypriotstudies.org, cypriotstudies@gmail.com

A night - and day - at the museum With International Museum Day almost upon us it is time to take a closer look at our history says ALIX NORMAN

W

ith such a wealth of history, it’s no wonder that Cyprus has far more than its fair share of museums and antiquities and with International Museum Day almost upon us, we’re really spoilt for choice. A worldwide event, International Museum Day was established in 1977 to encourage understanding of the role of museums in the development of society, and increase awareness of our cultural heritage. In 2012, a total of 32,000 museums from 129 countries on five continents took part, and this coming Saturday sees a plethora of special events on this year’s theme: Museums (Memory and Creativity) = Social Change.

On this day, and in the week leading up to it, the Cyprus National Committee of the International Council of Museums has announced that there will be free entrance to a number of museums, as well as scores of special events. Among the delights on offer, The Cyprus Museum will see a reception and an evening of live jazz in the gardens for the exhibiton anThrOPOS – Faces of Cyprus Through the Ages. The AG Leventis Gallery has organised a special presentation and tour of its works entitled A Journey to 18th Century Venice, while the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation will be presenting two different educational programmes, both aimed at children.

Exhibition

But the most exciting events are happening at one of Cyprus’ most fascinating historical establishments, The Folk Art Museum which, under the auspices of The Society of Cypriot Studies, is housed in a glorious 15th century monastery on the premises of the Archbishop Makarios III Palace.

The wealth of artefacts includes fine examples of traditional folk art, from embroidery to metalwork, pottery to woodcarving, clothing to weaving, and much, much more.

Eleni Christou is Museum Director, and her team of staff - all volunteers and members of The Society of Cypriot Studies - have been preparing the events of Museum Day for months, setting up activities and calling in experts to showcase traditional Cypriot crafts. “With this year’s theme in mind, we’re creating a living museum, a place where both children and adults can have fun and be inspired by our artisans to make their own examples of folk art,” she says. The entire event – and entrance to the museum – is free of charge, and the museum will be open from 9am to 9pm, with guided tours in both English and Greek running throughout the day on Saturday. “We’re trying to offer lots of activities for children: a Storytelling Event of time-honoured Cypriot tales related by well known actors Pambos Charalambous, Constantinos Tsiolis and Skevi Papamiltiadous, traditional Cypriot games such

as Zizeros, and an exhibition of artwork from school groups who have visited the museum during the academic year. And there will also be a number of workshops and demonstrations,” she adds.

Most notable among these is the shadow puppet workshop

and show, based on the muchloved Karagiozis character, and run by esteemed exponents of the art Christodoulos Paphios and Lena Spanou. “The children will be able to make their own marionettes and then participate in the shadow theatre show

What’sonlistings Exhibitions Nicosia district

A Matter of Choice Solo art exhibition by Lefteris Olymprios. Opens May 14, 7.30pm until May 30. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street.

Monday-Friday: 10.30pm12.45pm and 5pm-8pm.

Saturday: 10.30pm12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286

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Karagiozis goes to Eurovision and The engagements of Karagiozis,” Elena reveals. A crochet workshop will be led by Kyriaki Kosta in which participants are invited to bring their own work and avail themselves of expert advice, while Andreas Fasoulidis, Rolandos Loucaides and Katerina Athienitou will be hosting an interactive handicraft workshop, allowing visitors to participate in traditional crafts such as pottery, lace making and the art of the loom.

There will also be a musical demonstration by Charalambos Charalambous, who will be showing visitors how to make and play the traditional flute, or pithkiavli, while renowned artisan Antonitsa Constantinou will present hand-made and painted pottery from the village of Kaminaria. And if all the excitement is overwhelming, you can enjoy a quiet sit down in the cafe and indulge in a cup of Cypriot coffee, a cool glass of rosewater and some traditional delicacies – made on the spot - such as satzi pies.

If you’ve ever wondered how to instil a sense of history in your progeny, join the International Museum Day celebrations at the Folk Art Museum, where family fun goes hand in hand with cultural appreciation.

Magic of the Paint Brush Painting exhibition by husband and wife team. Opens May 13, 7pm until May 17. Gallery of the Goethe-Institut Cyprus, 21 Markou Drakou (UN buffer zone next to Ledra Palace Hotel).

2pm-7pm. Tel: 22-674608 A Matter of Choice Solo art exhibition by Lefteris Olymprios. Opens May 14, 7.30pm until May 30. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street. Monday-Friday: 10.30pm12.45pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm- 12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286 The Playroom Solo art exhibition by Elina Sophocleous. Opens May 17, 7.30pm until June 7. Argo Gallery, 64E D. Akrita Avenue.

Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 22-754009. www.argogallery.org Cluster A generative audiovisual performance by Kurt Hentschlager. Until May 31. The Office, 32 Kleanthis Christofides Street. Tel: 99-848495 The Real Truth Solo painting exhibition by Anna Varelli. Until May 31. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street. MondayFriday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm.

Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22766655

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. TuesdaySaturday: 10am-3pm and 5pm-11pm.

Sunday: 10am-4pm. 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 The World of Cyprus Exhibition of monumental work consisting of 11 panels by famous Cypriot artist Adamantios Diamantis, which return home after over 30 years of absence.

Until October 6. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia. Tuesday-Sunday: 10am4.30pm. Wednesday: 10am-10pm. Tel: 22-661475 Cyprus Icons and Mosaics Makarios III Foundation, Archbishopric, old Nicosia. Monday-Friday 9am4.30pm 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/Fax: 22-348451/99-658694

Cyprus Yesterday and Today Permanent exhibition. Diachroniki Gallery Idalion, 32 Makarios Ave., Dhali.

Open Monday-Saturday 11am-5pm. Tel: 22-525691

Larnaca district Bread and Roses An exhibition of art by graduating students of the Cyprus College of Art 2013.

Opens May 16, 6.30pm until May 25.

Cornaro Institute, 23 Mehmet Ali Street.

Open daily: 10am-5 pm. Tel: 24-25 4042 Water Stories Solo painting exhibition by Ero Farmaka. Until May 20. Kypriaki Gallery Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm and 4.30 pm-8pm. Sunday: 11am-2pm and 4pm- 7pm. Tel: 24621109 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: 24657745

Limassol district Woman in Art Solo painting exhibition by Giorgos Kotsonis. Opens May 14, 7.30pm until May 31. Peter’s Gallery, 31 Ioanni Polemi Street. 10am-1pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 99679242

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18 WHAT’S ON Nightlife Nicosia district Leonidas Balafas Winner of popular Greek talent show performs live with a programme that flirts with blues, reggae, jazz, rock and funk sounds. May 16. Diachroniki Music Stage 2 Yianni Koromia Street, Kaimakli. 10pm. €10.

Tel: 99-7834550 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 band ‘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

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: 99- 853333 Scorpios Platinum With various theme nights from Wednesday-Sunday. Stasinou 3, Engomi. Wednesday and Thursday 11pm- 3am, and Friday and Saturday 11pm-4am. Tel: 99-545690 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: 99935777 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

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 Monday-Sunday. Horseshoe Pub, Larnaca-Dhekelia road, opposite Palm Beach Hotel. Tel: 24-646111

Limassol district Rock Aid – minus One Charity gig with popular local band in aid of Cypriot families in need. May 17. Tepee Rock Bar, Ampelakion Street, Yermasoyia. 10.30pm. €10 (Proceeds will be donated to Red Cross Cyprus). Tel: 25-328222/97785919 Leonidas Balafas Winner of popular Greek talent show performs live with a programme that flirts with blues, reggae, jazz, rock and funk sounds. May 18. Ravens, Saripolou & Sokratous 4. 10pm. €10. Tel: 99-614100/99-588055 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 Cuba Tropical Local band playing live Cuban-Latin sounds every Sunday. Wet Beach Bar, Amathountos Avenue. 9pm11.30pm. Tel: 25-320006

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 every Saturday night. Half note Music Bar, cnr Saripolis and Socratous st. Tel: 25-377050 Woodman’s Pub Traditional English pub, serving an excellent 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

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 10am-2am. 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 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

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: 26-939616 Paphiessa Hotel Thursday: Dave Roberts sings hits, Paphiessa Hotel, Kato Paphos. Tel: 99-185952

now the star is virtually unrecognisable, sporting a far more mature and alternative look, including a bushy beard.

He returns to Cyprus this week with three shows in Nicosia, Paralimni and Limassol, in a programme that flirts with blues, reggae, jazz, rock and funk sounds. Balafas and his band will perform songs from Balafas’ albums as well as unreleased songs and music by other artists.

Leonidas Balafas Winner of popular Greek talent show performs live with a programme that flirts with blues, reggae, jazz, rock and funk sounds. 10pm. €10 May 16. Diachroniki Music Stage, Nicosia. Tel: 99-783455 May 17: Koursaros Rock Bar, Pernera, Paralimni. Tel: 99852419 May 18: Ravens, Saripolou & Sokratous 4, Limassol. Tel: 99614100/99-588055

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: 22-430121/99-617820 Orpheas Piano Bar With live jazz and piano on various nights. Orpheas Piano Bar, 24 Athinas St, old Nicosia. Free entrance.

Tel: 22-439311/99-697259

Square Bistro Saturdays: David East entertains on the guitar. 8 pm.

Square Bistro, Tala Square.

Tel: 26-930408/99-966139

Famagusta district

Larnaca district Club Deep Mayday Fridays: with DJ Ruda, hosted by Marshall. €10 incl. 1 free drink. Super Saturdays: with DJs Dekzta and Ruda, hosted by Marshall. €10 incl. 1 free drink.

Every Wednesday night, student night: Pure Vibes with DJs Cos and Dekzta, hosted by Marshall. Free entrance. Phinoikoudes Promenade. 12-4.30am. Tel: 97-843001 Cosmopolitan Lounge Bar Every Friday night: English & Greek music from 112am. Cocktail night with cocktails created and designed by Cyprus’ No.1 mixologist, Marios Zeniou.

Music provided by DJ Tommy Gee. Every Saturday night: Live music & DJs from 11-late. Cocktails created by top mixologist, Marios Zeniou. Every Sunday night: Classic lounge bar grooves with DJ Harry Borg playing the best deep house grooves from 11pm. Free entry. Strictly over 21s. Phinoikoudes Promenade. Tel: 97-843001 Times Bar ‘Manic Sundays’ with Manic Mike playing progressive/ electro. 73 Athens Avenue, Finikoudes Promenade.

Tel: 24-625966 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

Harleys Café Bar Happy hour 10am-6pm. Every Tuesday, pub games night. Every Thursday, quiz night. Special theme nights once a fortnight. Near Esso station, Amathus Area. Tel: 25-328533 Electronic music at Barfly Quality house, techno and minimal beats with guest DJ. Every other Friday. Barfly, 1 Elenis Paleologinas St. 10pm until late. www.myspace.com/pmdj Mandaloun With Lebanese food and DJs every Friday and Saturday night 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

by Bejay Browne

Paphos district

Greece has talent – see for yourself Leonidas Balafas, possibly one of the most talented artists to ever perform on a Greek music talent show, will play live on Thursday at Diachroniki Music Stage in Nicosia.

Over a decade ago music superstardom seemed an unattainable dream. Chances of being plucked from obscurity and signed to a major label were pretty slim, but with rise of reality talent shows in the UK and America, which went on to spawn spin-offs across the globe, that dream became a reality.

These talent shows offered up the opportunity to audition in front of industry insiders and a spotlight that was designed to discover talents hidden all over the world. One such talent is Balafas, born in 1981, in Athens. From the age of ten he was singing on air in radio station studios.

He studied music and in 2005-2006 took part in musical TV-shows All Star Fame and Fame Story 4 on Ant1 channel, where he took the first place in both shows.

His unique style and sound have captivated listeners across Greece since he won the competitions. Today he still writes songs and performs across Greece and Cyprus. He looked baby-faced and clean-shaven a mere few years ago, but

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Leonidas Balafas Winner of popular Greek talent show performs live with a programme that flirts with blues, reggae, jazz, rock and funk sounds. May 17: Koursaros Rock Bar, Pernera, Paralimni. 10pm. €10. Tel: 99-852419 The Live Lounge Venue Napa Live’s spiritual home continues for 2013 with an exciting roster of top bands and acts. From 8pm every night of the week. Live music on stage from 10.30pm each night. The Live Lounge Venue, Katalymata St, next to Red Square bar opposite Castle Club. www.liveloungevenue.com 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

Enjoy the view and the price Alea café lounge bar, Paphos The economic crisis gripping Cyprus has done little to dent the popularity of a superb new seafront venture in Paphos.

A breathtaking location, value for money and good service all combine to make Alea café lounge bar an absolute must to visit.

The venture opened on March 1 this year and was previously the site of the Seagull restaurant, which graced a prime spot facing the seafront in Kato Paphos for 15 years.

Alea is something special and has been refitted using the services of Mush.room studios, whose designs feature materials that are re-used, reclaimed and rebuilt. Many of the ideas incorporated here are art in themselves. Natural materials including, wood, rope and stone give a real beachfront feel.

Breakfast is served in the morning and the menu also offers salads, around 20 light dishes and a few others. Those behind it wanted to make a venue that would attract as wide a crowd as possible, somewhere where people could relax and feel comfortable and enjoy the fantastic view.

And they have done just that. All ages and nationalities have already become hooked on the venue which is so popular that it’s impossible to book a table.

Next to the sea, the place has created a whole new feel.

On Friday and Saturday nights from about 9.30pm local DJs turn the venue into a lounge bar with choice musical selections (there is a strict no Greek music policy). Events planned for the future may include wine tastings and live music - such as Latin nights.

Both the inside and outside spaces are interesting and enticing and the longer spent looking around the space, the more the plethora of details are noticeable. A featured wall of corks behind the bar was glued on individually by hand.

Wine shelves are made from palettes and wooden boxes and custom made lamps are made from recycled Chivas bottles.

There is also a wonderful drift wood wall.

Not only is Alea taking care of the planet – it’s taking care of its’ customers too. Prices are reasonable - a bottled beer is €2.50, a pint of draft beer is €3 and coffees are around €2.50.

The staff are polite and friendly and the menu selection is good and food tasty and well presented.

Alea café lounge bar Where: Poseidonos Avenue, Paphos When: seven days a week from 9am- 2am and serves food all day until 11pm.

Contact: 26 950489

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19 What’sonlistings Within Narratives Solo art exhibition by Stelios Kallinikou.

Until June 15. Penindaplin Gallery, 49 Ellados. Open daily: Monday-Friday: 4pm8pm. Saturday: 12-4pm. Tel: 25-340727 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: 99108710 Katie Sabry Studio Permanent exhibition of paintings in oils, watercolours and pastels. Mosaics Workshop, 9 Georgiou Malekidi St, nr Rialto Theatre. Tel: 99-571139. 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. Monday-Friday 8am-1pm. Tel: 25745777 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 Art Craft Show Original and handmade crafts for sale.

May 12. Tala Amphitheatre, Constantinos Leventis Park, Agios Neofytos Avenue, Tala. 8am-6pm. Tel: 99-611892 A Letter to Cyprus An open-call exhibition, wherein artists were asked to send a letter as art work which is addressed to Cyprus. Opens May 18, 8pm until June 1. Chiaki Kamikawa Contemporary Art, 10 Solonos Street. Tuesday- Friday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-6pm. Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 99-311225 Judith Constantinou Permanent exhibition of watercolours.

The Studio, Stephanie Village, Tala. Tel: 26-652760 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: 26-962597/ 99-316485 Stone Sculptures Permanent exhibition by Andreas Constantinou. Polis Chrysochous, near central square. Call artist for viewing.

Tel: 26-321227/99-585543 Michael Gorman Figurative paintings and prints. 20 Theodorou Kolokotroni, Peyia. Open daily. Tel: 99-952376/99-006832/26621424 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 other works by the 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, 35 Evagorou St, Dherynia. Closed Sundays. MondayFriday 7.30am-4.30pm and Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm. Tel: 23-740860

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Music Nicosia district Alexis Descharmes Recital with modern French violoncellist. The programme includes contemporary music with a special emphasis on Cypriot composers. May 15. Artos Foundation. 64 Ayion Omoloyiton Avenue. 8.30pm. Free. Tel: 22-459333/22445455. www.ifchypre.org The Flying of the Swans The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra collaborates with world famous Finnish conductor Esa Heikkilä and distinguished Cypriot pianist Nicolas Costantinou.

May 16. Strovolos Municipal Theatre.

8.30pm. €12/7.Tel: 22-463144/22-313010. www.cyso.org.cy

Limassol district The Flying of the Swans The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra collaborates with world famous Finnish conductor Esa Heikkilä and distinguished Cypriot pianist Nicolas Costantinou.

May 15. Rialto Theatre. 8.30pm. €12/7.

Tel: 77-777745 Hot Nuts Rock’n’Roll the Chas & Dave way. May 19. Chasers Seafront. 7pm. €10 inc. BBQ. Dinner. Reservations - Tel: 99-284118/99832538. www.andrewoliver9.co.uk

Paphos district Music for Flute, Clarinet and Piano Classical music recital. May 13. Markideion Theatre. 8.30pm. €7/5. Tel: 99355358/97-658018, georgeclarinet@ gmail.com Hot Nuts Rock’n’Roll the Chas & Dave way.

May 12: Old Kamaroudi Tavern Konia Paphos. 3pm. €10. Tel: 99-832538. Lunch available in restaurant. Reservations - Tel: 99-857851. www.andrewoliver9. co.uk May 18: King Solomon Tavern Coral Bay Paphos. 1pm. €20 inc. lunch. Reservations - Tel: 99-577247/99-826919. www.andrewoliver9.co.uk

Theatre & Dance Nicosia district A Steady Rain The theatre group D-tale presents twocharacter melodrama by Keith Huff.

Until May 16. WhereHaus 612, 5 Michael Kousoulide, Pallouriotissa Industrial Area. On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.30pm. €12/15. Tel: 99-535625 The Dispute The Main Stage of THOC presents tragic comedy by Pierre de Marivaux. Until May 17. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6pm. In Greek. €12/10. Tel: 77-772717 Dear Mr. Strindberg The Theatre Group Solo for Three present play based on the work of August Strindberg Miss Julie. May 17 until May 28. Melina Merkouri Hall, Athina Avenue. Every Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday at 8.30pm. €10/5. The net proceeds from the performances will be given to charity. In Greek. Tel: 22-797650 Kai Mi Heirotera Theatro Lexi presents comedy by Giorgos Tsiakkas which satirizes Europe and Cyprus today. Until May 18. Latsia Municipal Theatre, 57 Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue. Wednesday through Friday at 8.30pm. €15. In Greek. Tel: 22-878688 The Essence of the Inseparable An improvisational physical theatre piece by the Transcendental Theatre Workshop team with extracts from N. Kazanzakis’ Askitiki. May 19. ARTos Foundation. 6pm and 8pm. €3. Tel: 99832370 www.illusionofseparateness. org artforchange@cytanet.com.cy Centuries Away from Alaska Dionysos Theatre presents play by Akis Dimou, directed by Tonia Misiali. Until May 26. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street. On Fridays and Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. In Greek. €15. Tel: 99621845/22-818999 Gethsemane A play about British public life by David Hare. Until May 31. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou. On specific days at 8.30pm and on Sundays at 6pm. In Greek. €12/6. Tel: 77-772717/22864300

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THEATRE

What is reality?

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness…”

With that famous Albert Einstein quote in mind, Theatro Transcendental, the theatre company that focuses on conveying philosophical theories, has come up with a new multidisciplinary project, The Illusion of Separateness, which premieres this month with two theatre productions.

The Illusion of Separateness project will encompass many events and productions, exploring the theory that human perception of life relative to linear time is not a true representation of what reality actually is.

The first theatrical piece will be undertaken by the company’s Transcendental Theatre Workshop group. It’s based on Nikos Kazantzakis’ Askitiki, a work that deeply explores the theory of the Illusion of Separateness, which has also provided much of the inspiration for the overall project. The group of adults performing the piece entitled The Essence of the Inseparable have incorporated aspects of their own lives and experiences, in line with the philosophies presented

by Kazantzakis.

Along with The Essence of the Inseparable, the company has put together a team of professional Sovrakaless Play based on the book by Terrence McNally and the film The Full Monty. Until June 9. WhereHaus 612, 5 Michael Kousoulide, Pallouriotissa Industrial Area.

On Specific days at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 70-000612

Larnaca district Playing Doctor Theatro Skala presents the contemporary American comedy by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Until May 26.

Skala Theatre, 15 Kyriakou Matsi Street.

On Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 24-652800

Paphos district Stage One Theatre Group Charity Performances Two one act plays performed for charity.

The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard and The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

May 17-18. Stage One Theatre, Emba.

7.30pm. Proceeds will go towards Solidarity Paphos. Tel: 99-967737 or boxoffice@stageonehteatre.com.

Other Events Nicosia district Microchip Day Discounted microchipping for pets and dogs available for adoption. May 15.

Angel Paws Pet Spa, 35 Armenias. 11am7pm. €20 for microchip and bath. All proceeds will be donated to the Nicosia Dog Shelter. Tel: 22-252995 Taxidi 2013 A forum where the Cypriot traveller can obtain valuable and comprehensive information on tourist destinations and travel packages. May 17-19. Hellenic Pavilion, the Multiple Use Hall of the Cyprus State Fairs Authority and the adjacent Pavilion 4. May 17-18: 4pm-10pm. May 19: 2pm-10pm. €5 / Free for children under 12. Tel: 22-203600 Israel Open Night A series of events within the framework of the 65th anniversary of the Independence of the State of Israel. May 18.

THOC, 9 Gregori Afxentiou Street. Free.

Tel: 77-772717. www.isrealopennight. com Day & Night of the Museums Tours, exhibitions, workshops and traditional Cypriot games. May 18. Cyprus Folk Art Museum

artists to explore the theory through the window of love in their latest physical theatre piece, Love Lies. Written by Korina Kontaxaki, the script received an Honours Award in 2011 from THOC, who are also supporting its staging.

The play traces the journey of two souls, moving in and out of lives in an effort to learn how to love each other. Possession, desire, boredom, compromise, insecurities, jealousy, all of the things that cloud and complicate love come into play. But how can we rid ourselves of these chains? The answer is all in the theory of the project, and the play makes a first step towards portraying this theory.

Essentially, the project will serve as a kind of ‘umbrella’ for any artists that may wish to shelter their work under its ever-growing wings, with these two initial theatre productions acting as starting points.

The Essence of the Inseparable An improvisational physical theatre piece by the Transcendental Theatre Workshop team with extracts from Nikos Kazanzakis’ Askitiki. May 19.

ARTos Foundation, 64 Ayios Omologites, Nicosia.

6pm and 8pm. €3. Minimal dialogue in Greek.

Tel: 99-832370 www.illusionofseparateness.org, artforchange@cytanet.com.cy

A Journey to 18th Century Venice, through the Collections of the A. G. Leventis Gallery Special presentation-tour. May 18. AG Leventis Gallery, 40 Gladstone Street.

10.30-12 & 3.30pm-4.30pm. Limited spaces available. Attendance applications on tel. 22668838 St Paul’s May Fayre There will be stalls, a raffle, games and refreshments and lots of entertainment May 18. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Byron Avenue. 4pm-7.00pm. This year proceeds are going to the Pregnancy Care Centre.

Tel: 22-44 5221 Society of Cypriot Studies Archbishop Kyprianos Square, Next to St John Cathedral. Tours English: 10am, 12, 5pm, 8pm. Greek: 12.30,3.30pm,6.30pm,7.30pm.

Contributions for conservation accepted.

Booking in advance contact. Tel: 22432578, cypriotstudies@gmail.com International Museum Day at the Cyprus Museum Tours, exhibition and live music. May 18.

Cyprus Museum, 1 Museum Street. 9am11pm. Tel: 22-865854. antiquitiesdept@ da.mcw.gove.cy. www.mcw.gov.cy/da 6th Annual Exhibition of Cacti and other Succulents Admire rare cacti and succulents as well as plants suitable for growing in Cypriot gardens, sales of plants and books and photography exhibition. May 19. Exhibition Hall in the caves at the Akropolis Park. 10am-7pm. Tel: 99-614686 Berlin – Alexanderplatz Remastered Screening of 14-episode mini-series by Rainer Warner Fassbinder. May 8 until June 6. Hall of the Goethe-Institut Cyprus. Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm. In German with Greek subtitles. Free. Tel: 22-674606 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: 96693462. 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 12-15. 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: 99434353, 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. 48 Rik Avenue, Angandjia. 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 Offered by the Dante Alighieri Society and the Italian Embassy. Monday and Wednesday 6.30pm-8pm. Tel: 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: 22-818999/99-621845 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 10am- midday 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 multinational 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: 99-666011. www.cansforkids.org Cyprus Go Association Meetings every Saturday to learn the game and improve skills. Oktana Café, 2 Aristidou St. 5pm. Tel: 99-476253. 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: 99-620992 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 strategy and memory game. 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: 22-511521/25-341525 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: 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: 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

Larnaca district Cyprus Sub Aqua Club Divers with their own equipment can join this BSAC dive club for fun shore and boat diving around the island. Social meetings and training sessions held regularly in Larnaca. Qualified divers from other dive affiliations can undertake cross-over training to the BSAC system on joining. Tel: 97-767200

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OPEN NIGHT

Understand the culture of Israel

Limassol district 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: 22-511521/25-341525 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: 25-634487/25-634487 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, 1717. 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 25-634487/99304237 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: 25775922. 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.: C3A gmail (c3a.limassol@gmail.com) C3A, PO Box 51922, 3509 Limassol. Find out more: 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: 25340021 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: 25362756 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: 96-323962. 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

There’s a unique opportunity to experience Israeli culture in the heart of capital this coming weekend.

On Saturday, from afternoon till late in the evening, at the New Theatre Building of THOC, a series of cultural events and artistic happenings will take place marking Israel’s 65th anniversary of independence.

Local audiences will experience some of Israel’s best works of art, including theatre, a children’s puppet show, films and a photograph exhibition.

The evening begins with some light-hearted fun for the whole family with a pantomime by the Galilee Multicultural Theatre. The company focuses on a visual theatre wherein the actors play with objects, puppets and their body using almost no words, thus making it accessible to everyone.

Next up, is Mein Jerusalem, a theatre performance in English. The play follows the professional and personal highlights of a fictional German photographer, Sabina Sauber, on her journey towards finding a sense of belonging, following her desire to experience the here and now.

Alternatively you can catch film screenings of Footnote, 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 RAF Akrotiri Voluntary Band The band plays a large repertoire of classical music at military dinners, Episkopi Fete and charity fund raisers. Meetings every Monday: 7.30pm. Padre’s Centre at RAF Akrotiri. Tel: 99-925524 The Royal Military Police Association The Cyprus branch seeks new members. First Friday of every month. The RMP Corporals Mess, WSBA Episkopi.

2pm. Tel: 26-642120/99-453867 Cyprus Donkey Sanctuary Visitor centre with shop, refreshments, hillside walk and picnic area. Friends of the Cyprus Donkey, Vouni. Daily 10am4pm. Tel: 25-945488 Ocean Bar Restaurant Every Thursday: Bingo Night, 8pm. Tel: 96-381509. Every Friday: Multi Media Quiz with many prizes to be won, 8.30pm. Tel: 99-032876. Ocean Bar Restaurant, 10 Christina Court, Onicilliou St, Ayios Tychonas

the Israeli Academy Award nominee for 2011 which follows the rivalry between a father and son. For something somewhat unheard of in Israeli culture, brace yourself for Rabies, Israel’s first-ever horror flick, about a woman with a dark secret, who is trapped in an underground trap by a psychotic serial killer, deep within an Israeli forest.

Lastly, from Saturday until May 26, visitors can explore the exhibition, titled From the Beginning, by Israeli photographer Shai Ginott, which consists of a very moving and impressive selection of graphically layered photography evoking passages from the bible and images from modern Israel. Admission to all events is free but reservations are necessary.

Israel Open Night A series of events within the framework of the 65th anniversary of the Independence of the State of Israel. May 18.

THOC, 9 Gregori Afxentiou Street, Nicosia. Free. Tel: 77772717. www.isrealopennight. com

Paphos district Paws Quiz Night Paws Dog Shelter fundraising event with quiz and meal. May 13. Karlina Restaurant, Tombs of the Kings Road.

6.45pm. €13 includes main course. Tel: 97-645543 The Living in Paphos Expo A free weekly show with Local Businesses, exhibitors, market stalls, car boot, charities and attractions for all- with daytime and evening live shows. every Wednesday thereafter. La Fontaine, on the Tombs of the Kings road, between Pentaras Tavern and St. George Hotel.

2pm. Free. Tel: 99-008577. livinginpaphos@gmail.com. http://www.facebook.com/livingin.paphos.1 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 classes 12.30pm. Beginners. Tel: 99-475564/99533704. Intermediate: 99-744635

Exhilarating evening with French cellist An advocate of new music, brilliant young French cellist Alexis Descharmes will be in Cyprus to perform in a free recital at the ARTos Foundation on Wednesday. As the first cellist of the Opéra National de Paris, Descharmes has performed on more than 20 award-winning recordings – in both solo and group performances – and appeared at festivals in no less than 30 countries. During his concert in Cyprus, Descharmes will perform contemporary music derived from current composers (Henri Dutilleux, Zoltan Kodaly, Philippe Hurel, Kaija Saariaho) and will place special emphasis on

Cypriot composers such as Christina Athinodorou, Yiorgos Christophi and Faidros Kavallaris Alexis Descharmes Recital with modern French violoncellist. The programme includes contemporary music with a special emphasis on Cypriot composers. May 15. Artos Foundation.

64 Ayion Omoloyiton Avenue. 8.30pm. Free. Tel: 22-459333/22-445455. www.ifchypre.org

MUSIC

Transformative Tarot Course Fun & educational, meet other likeminded people. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 7.30-9.30pm. contact: seekersofthetarot@yahoo.com Kara – Mind & Body Centre Gain a certificate in Tarot Reading. An 18-week 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, 24-532479/99-665330 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 5can 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: 24-363752. 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: 24-628401/99-597094/99925315 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 24-424899 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: 24654322 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

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 starting up 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: 99- 177479 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: 99-971150/99-519504.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 well as visiting members of other Lions Clubs. Tel: 26622810/97-635883 Alzheimer Self Help and Support Group Offers dementia patients and their carers the opportunity to meet others with this condition, share feelings and exchange experiences.

Latin Parish Hall, Coastal Rd. Chlorakas.

Every first Wednesday of the month at 10am. Tel: 26-621530/96-767164

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 The Group meets the first Monday of the month from 2 – 4 pm at the Cyprus Samaritans Centre, Chlorakas. For more information please contact Sally on 99312662 or Rita on 99-175510 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, self-esteem, 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: 99407526/26-271640 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: 99-867662.

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 Basic Dog Training and Grooming Fridays. 3pm. Kallepia. Tel: 26643079/99-105557

Famagusta district 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• May 12, 2013

FASHION 21 Annie Chin, ASOS magazine staffer

Max factor

Adam Slewson, project manager

These shoes aren’t made just for running marathons. Even after 25 years, the Nike Air Max trainer is still the hippest in town, says KAREN DACRE

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he year was 1987. Margaret Thatcher was beginning her third term in office. Ronald Reagan was in the hot seat in the White House and Michael Jackson was beginning his legendary BAD tour. Meanwhile, in a studio in Portland, Oregon, Tinker Hatfield and Mark Parker were putting the fi nishing touches to a design that would become one of the most significant ir vision of the late 20th century. Their d it too was the Nike Air Max. And would defi ne an era. e air Distinguished by a visible

Ange Hughes, fashion co-ordinator at FHM

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Marco Braga, art director

bubble in the sole and inspired by the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Air Max was Hatfield’s way of turning Nike’s sports technology inside out for the world to see. But few - its designers included - could ever have pre-empted the meteoric journey this transparent trainer project was about to embark on. The Air Max’s greatest successes, after all, were not to be gained on a sports field, as Hatfield and Parker intended, but on the feet of a generation who would make the trainer style its signature.

From hip-hop stars of the past three decades to trainer-obsessed teenagers and then every other urban dweller in every major metropolis in the world, the Nike Air Max’s reach is planet encompassing.

Nowadays, though, and while it remains a fi rm favourite with purists, it is not just Hatfield and Parker’s original Air Max 1 concept that sets hearts and feet alight but a host of variations. The Air Max 90 - a shoe that grew in popularity alongside the British rave scene - remains a favourite with thirtysomethings who grow misty eyed with nostalgia in its presence. Other popular interpretations include the Air Max 95. Recognisable by its extra air pockets, and infamous for being the shoe of choice for criminals – a title bestowed on it

by British police force, which in 2007 noted its popularity on crimes scenes - the Air Max 95 has shaken off a bad rep to become one of the most cov-

Style icon: the Air Max 90

e eted styles around nd at the m moment. uced hysteAir Max-induced rria certainly shows ws no signs o act, 25 years of faltering. In fact, a after its launch the trainer iis more popularr than ever.

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a ship, the sales assistants rst-h have a fi rst-hand insight into th this resurgence in popularity. “You see Air Max everywhere now,” notes Will Smith, who consi considers the 18 his all Air Max 180 favou time favourite.

His colleague Kirean Kenlock’s loyalties, however, lie with the original Air Max 1: “It’s such a an iconic say Mark shoe,” he says.

Reid, an Air Max enthusiast who whose most recent Nike p purchase was a limited edition vintag 90s in pair of vintage orange and bla black, puts o the capital’s obsession traine down with the trainers to a need to fulfi l a fant childhood fantasy.

“For most of us as kids Air Max were extortionate exto and out of our rreach. We grew up fantasisi fantasising about owning a pair. It’s little wonder an entir entire generation can’t get e enough of them now.”

22 BEAUTY

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NY’s Met Museum celebrates punk’s influence on fashion

By Patricia Reaney With their black leather, studded jackets, ripped jeans, bondage trousers and messages of rebellion and anarchy, punks from the 1970s probably never envisioned that a major museum would be celebrating their influence on fashion 40 years later.

But the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is doing just that with a new exhibition, Punk: Chaos to Couture, that opened on Thursday and runs until August 14.

It includes 100 punk styles and ranges from the mid-70s at Vivienne Westwood’s and Malcolm McLaren’s London boutique and images of The Sex Pistols to examples of punk’s impact on haute couture and designers such as Alexander McQueen, Helmut Lang, Miuccia

Prada and John Galliano.

Films and music from the era and a re-creation of the graffiticovered toilet at New York’s CBGB punk rock club, where Blondie, the Ramones and Talking Heads played, add to the gritty authenticity of the exhibit.

“Punk was all about celebrating the individual, celebrating creativity and not being afraid - to be brave in your self-presentation and to be brave in your fashion statement,” Andrew Bolton, the curator of the exhibit, said.

“Punk was all about challenging the status quo,” he added. “I think all those elements very much impacted fashion.”

Thomas P Campbell, the director and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, described

punk as “a tale of two cities, New York and London.”

The exhibit focuses on punk’s concept of do-it-yourself and its impact on high fashion and ready-towear. No other cultural movement has had a similar impact on fashion, according to Bolton, who added that designers engage with punk on different level.

Shirts emblazoned with “God Save the Queen,” “Anarchy in the UK” and “Anarchist Punk Gang The 1% ers” from Westwood’s 1970s Seditionaries boutique are testament to punk’s political message and desire to shock and provoke.

Torn clothing and garments incorporating chicken bones, tin studs, metal chains, bottle tops, horsehair, safety pins and other types of hardware show punk’s do-

it-yourself ethos and its themes of deconstruction and destruction.

“I think it is rather stunning.

There are a lot of collector’s items,” British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, nicknamed the “princess of punk,” said about the show.

Punk’s influence on Italian designer Gianni Versace is shown in his gowns with silver and gold safety pins and a black knit and leather dress embroidered with gold metal studs.

Other examples include Alexander McQueen’s coatdress made of black synthetic material, imitating trash bags, and a coat of bubble wrap, Helmut Lang’s jacket of silver and blue patent leather with foil and metal bottle caps and Rei Kawakubo’s blouse and skirt of black polyester and silk satin and taffeta.

SUNDAY MAIL• May 12, 2013

HEALTH 23

Plantoftheweek

BY ALEXANDER MCCOWAN

If you can’t beat it, then don’t panic - there are lots of ways you can turn your uccess, says stress into success, H BUTTER SUSANNAH

Plant known as Devil’s Juice used in Cyprus as rat poison Name: Sunspurge (Euphorbia helioscopia) Otherwise known as: Devil’s juice, Madwoman’s milk

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he day hasn’t started yet and I’m a l r e a d y stressed. I’ve got an impossibly long to-do list and a knot in my stomach in anticipation of the jobs I know my bosses are concocting for me in their morning meeting.

Back when I was feeling calm over the weekend I promised I’d cook dinner for eight people this evening, one of whom I’m desperate to impress. Added to that is the pressure of trying not to let it show. “I’m not stressed,” I bark at my colleague when she asks if I need help with anything.

But according to a recent study by the University of California at Berkeley, this feeling can actually be beneficial. “Some amounts of stress are good,” says Professor Daniela Kaufer, who headed up the research. “They push you to the level of optimal behaviour and cognitive performance.”

The team found that significant but brief stressful events caused stem cells in rats’ brains to proliferate into new nerve cells, which once matured improved the rats’ mental performance. “I believe this is relevant to humans as well. We do know from post-mortem analysis that human brains have proliferating cells in the same areas as rodent brains,” adds Kaufer.

It’s also important to bear in mind that there are two types of stress. The fi rst, chronic stress, is - there’s no other way to put it bad for you. Stress suffered fairly relentlessly over a prolonged period of time is associated with an increase in blood pressure, forgetfulness and a weakening of the immune system. It’s also the number one cause of absence from work in the UK. However, the second type, acute stress, can actually be beneficial.

Acute stress occurs when you are about to perform a particular task or know you have to do something well. Such as a job interview, say.

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“It happens when we are worried about making a mistake but the right kind inspires and provokes,” explains Mark Vernon, a philosopher and author of Love: All That Matters. “But it’s often during the most intense times that you know when you’re most alive.”

“We all need some pressure in life,” says Phillip Hodson, a fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. “Stress is there to make sure you do your best in a challenging situation.”

“Stress at work can lead to discovering new skills,” adds Vernon.

So with that in mind, here’s how to turn your stress into success.

Channel your anxiety positively Simply try to stop stressing about stress - and change your attitude towards it. “Remember you’re just experiencing a feeling and it

‘Stress is there to make sure you do your best in a challenging situation’ will pass. In fact it can be a good feeling. From a physiological point of view, when people are excited it’s indistinguishable from stress,” explains psychologist Rob Yeung, who recommends learning to reframe your reaction to stressful situations. “The main thing that will help you react positively is how you think about it.

“Reframe the situation you’re in and try to fi nd something positive in it. That blunts the stress response, as your heart rate goes up and your body releases lots of hormones. It’s similar to when athletes push themselves.”

Your posture also makes a big difference to stress levels as it af-

Habitat: An annual member of the Euphorbiaceae family growing up to 50cm in cultivated or open country land, having soft, hairless, erect stems bearing oval-shaped leaves on branching tops that support small yellow/green flowers which have basal bracts that mimic the flowers but are lighter in colour. All parts are poisonous.

What does it do: All spurges are toxic and some can produce fatalities in grazing animals and humans; the plant was known to the ancients and used as a topical application to warts and corns, as a purge and an anthelmintic (worm repellent). North African tribes applied the white juice exuded by the plant to arrow and spear heads. Arab beggars would rub the leaves on their skin to induce running ulcers. In Ireland the freshly cut stems were thrown into water-courses to stupefy fish, there is no evidence of harm arising from eating them.

fects testosterone and cortisol.

“Stand tall and confidently, as this will decrease the feeling you can’t cope,” says Yeung. “It always helps channel the stress for the better.”

Focus now, flop later “When under intense pressure you’re concentrating extremely hard,” says Ben Willmott, head of public policy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. However, while this may feel stressful at the time, remember it is actually rewarding in the long term: it’s only through experiencing intense periods that can we enjoy downtime and learn to switch off and relax.

“Being happy all the time would be fl at and boring,” Vernon adds.

Often, stress can be daunting because it’s an umbrella term for having lots to do and this can feel unmanageable. Simply calling it the “s” word can be unhelpful. The experts recommend focusing on the task at hand and helping yourself through it by simply making a list, prioritising the tasks on it and then getting on with them. Then once you’re fi nished, remember to switch off – and relax.

Make stress a motivator If we had no sense of urgency there would be no reason to get out of bed. Stress is, surprisingly, a powerful motivator. In fact, trying to avoid pressure “goes against human nature”, says Todd Buchholz, a former economic adviser to the White House. “We don’t flourish when we’re sitting around drinking beer and dreaming of holidays.”

So, like top athletes, reframe your feelings of stress and use them to push towards the result you want. That knot of urgent anxiety in your stomach could well be the key to success.

At one time it was used to treat dropsy, ear and eye complaints, but this practice was discontinued as the cure proved worse than the affliction. Its main use until mid nineteenth century was as a vesicant, an agent applied externally to induce blistering to absorb fluids from joints in cases of housemaid’s knee, gout and swollen ankles. It was claimed to be most effective in treating cases of pleurisy and severe backache.

Spotted spurge (E. Maculata) was used by the ‘eclectics’, early American settler physicians, to treat cholera, dysentery and diarrhea.

In Spain and Brazil the juice from E. Parviflora is applied to syphilitic ulcers, while in India E. Ligularia is held to be sacred to Munsa, the goddess of serpents, and if the juice from the root is mixed with black pepper it will cure snake bite.

Sunspurge is very common in Cyprus and is known as ‘galochorton’; care must be taken in handling it; small children sometimes make posies of it and can suffer severe irritation.

The juice from the plant was mixed with bread in some villages and put down as rat poison.

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24 BOOKS

Book teaches children ABCs of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc invests in dozens of businesses, and a new book tries to explain it all to young readers, from A to Z. Two Omaha residents, author Nancy Rips and illustrator Tom Kerr, have teamed up on My First Berkshire ABC to teach children about one of the world’s best-known companies, and a little about the local billionaire behind it.

“You need something to bring home to your kids and grandkids to explain Berkshire,” Rips, who has also written three books about Jewish holidays, said in a joint interview with Kerr.

Most pages show companies that Berkshire owns or invests in.

G, for example, is for Geico, and features the car insurer’s talking gecko. And W is for Wells Fargo, and features the bank’s familiar stagecoach.

“Part of what Warren talks about is investing in things that you know,” Kerr said. “Virtually everything in here is something that somebody can relate to and touch and understand.”

Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger is shown under Q, stamping boxes of “quality” merchandise.

Rips and Kerr have not heard from Buffett on whether he likes the book.

Buffett’s assistant Carrie Sova had no comment on that question.

Kerr depicted Buffett just four times, including on the cover holding his usual Cherry Coke.

“This book is not all about Warren Buffett,” Kerr said. “I picked my spots. He’s so synonymous with Dairy Queen that I wanted him there, and obviously on the cover with CocaCola.”

“Cherry Coke,” Rips interjected.

“Yep,” Kerr said. “She had me change that.”

Will the Maasai soon be toting smartphones?

Fishing in the Congo and designers in Botswana - welcome to the digital future

By Richard Godwin There was a post on Buzzfeed recently that collected predictions once made about the internet. It’s worth Googling. “The truth is, no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works,” asserted one expert in 1995.

Others declared that “George Orwell’s world will never be seen again”, the internet would “catastrophically collapse”, and no one would ever take a portable computer fishing.

If these soothsayers were all proved wrong, it is at least partly thanks to Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, data baron and oracle all in one. As he and his co-author Jared Cohen point out in their guide to the digital future, it is not only high-flyers who take portable computers fishing; Congolese women do so, too. That way, they can assess demand at the marketplace.

Google’s unhappy experiences of Chinese censorship have inspired Schmidt and Cohen to fear the worst:

The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business

By Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

virtual asylum-seekers (people seeking refuge in a “free” web space), virtual kidnappings (data stolen and held to ransom), even virtual honour killings and lethal tweet mobs. In Saudi Arabia last year, a journalist who posted an imaginary conversation with the Prophet Mohammed found himself the subject of a malign Facebook group...

He now awaits beheading.

In other contexts, Schmidt and Cohen (it may be simpler to fuse their identities, Brangelina-style, as Schmohen) allow themselves to dream. The illiterate Maasai cattle herder crowdsourcing the location of nearby predators with his voice activated smartphone, and the Malawian villagers rounding on their witch doctor after a quick peruse of Wikipedia, may sound like fantasies of virtual imperialism, but we are assured that the digital emancipation of Africa is not far away.

“It could be that the world’s best graphic designers come from Botswana, and the world just doesn’t know it yet.”

No one ever invents anything to make the world a worse place, even

the designers of drones and robotic soldiers (coming soon to a battlefield near you). Still, the more optimistic Schmohen are, the more I worry. In a section on citizenship they tell us that “real-time monitoring systems” will allow citizens to “rate” police officers, much as we do hotels on TripAdvisor. But think of the implications. Will we also hold up our smartphones to our doctors and teachers? Will managers sack any operative with a subfour-star satisfaction rating? Throw in Google Glass, the company’s new spectacle based computer, and it begins to sound very much liked a crowd sourced Big Brother.

That’s the alarming thing. Google is hardly a disinterested party in the future. It has far more power than Schmohen seem to admit, and yet they expect us to trust it to do the right thing. On the one hand they provide amazing services to billions, for free.

On the other, if Google was sincere about helping the world, I can’t help thinking it would have done something useful with its £32 billion cash pile accruing, untaxed, in Bermuda.

Secret structures that underpin stories

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By Janet Davey

Ian McEwan is getting better and better. It’s as if he’s gone to the gym and exercised his storytelling muscles what we have here is a superbly fit specimen, supple and powerful, a story with a six-pack. Our heroine is Serena Frome (rhymes with plume); she’s a bishop’s daughter from East Anglia. She’s very attractive. She likes books and wants to study literature, but she’s good at maths, and her mum pretty much forces her to go to Cambridge to do maths. At Cambridge she reads Solzhenitsyn, has an affair with a don, is groomed by MI5... and now we’re into a Cold War thriller - supremely tense, intellectually sharp, and honed as hell.

I’d never read Janet Davey before. Now I want to read all her books. This is the story of Anita Mostyn, “Mossy”, a young woman who works in a Mayfair art gallery. Davey is a subtle and delicate writer, and this is an excellent study of modern alienation. Anita doesn’t quite fit in, and Davey traces this all the way back to her childhood, so we feel we know exactly what it’s like to be her, and why she makes the decisions she makes - the ill-advised trip to Bulgaria, the doomed affair with a married man. There’s a very sad event in her past. Davey handles flashbacks beautifully.

Analysing a joke is like dissecting a frog: it’s not that much fun for anyone, and the frog dies. In Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey into Story John Yorke, a leading TV producer, runs the risk of killing his own frog although it is a terrifyingly clever analysis of how stories work.

This is not a how-to book for screenwriters but a philosophical inquiry, with a particular emphasis on structure. Why do so many stories follow a similar three- or five-act structure, with even their constituent parts echoing the same arcs of thesis antithesis synthesis, or journey arrival return?

Why do writers such as David Hare, Charlie Kaufmann and Frank Cottrell Boyce, who affect to despise the three-act structure, produce dramas that seem perfectly to embody it? Why does an apparently seven-act story, such as Raiders

of the Lost Ark, seem to follow the same rules? And should we, looking at the vital signs of our frog, really care? The answer is probably eventually.

Packed with intelligent argument, this is a short book that feels long. Yorke’s sphere of reference is vast, from Socrates to Shakespeare to The Wire to Holby City. He can talk about The Godfather and the Muppets in the same breath, and show how The Waltons and Shameless are essentially the same story.

The first half of this fivepart work (see what he did there?) strikes me as a cogent analysis of the essential dynamics of fiction, although I confess I found it hard to retain all the information Yorke supplies. He does suggest, though, that the “midpoint” is often the crux of any drama, and it proves so too with Into the Woods.

Once Yorke gets past pure

structure onto character and dialogue, and starts to write more about television and less about film and the older narrative forms, the book becomes pacier.

Yorke’s cerebrations lead him to conclusions that the average reader probably already understands, emotionally if not intellectually. The creation and consumption of stories is about empathy. “Stories about mothers, fathers, burgeoning sexuality and the passing of life from one generation to the next will always resonate,” Yorke writes.

Certain structures will also recur because that is the way we make sense of the chaos of the world. Abiding by tried and tested dramatic structure isn’t “writing by numbers”, and trying to shake it off is like Marcel Duchamp drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa: “However radical the work, it is radical in relation to the primal shape.”

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25 Triumphant: Margaret Thatcher and Cecil Parkinson at the Tory party conference in 1981

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Margaret Thatcher The Authorised Biography Volume One: Not for Turning

BY SALLY BROMPTON

ARIES Difficult decisions will come easier to you after Mercury moves into the communications area of your chart on Wednesday. If you have to say something unpleasant you March 21 - April 20 will find a way to wrap it up in sugar coating. But avoid too many layers or the point may be missed.

By Charles Moore

TAURUS Mercury, planet of the mind, moves out of your birth sign this week and into that area of your chart that rules financial affairs. The most likely result is that you’ll adopt a far more practical attitude to money matters and be less inclined to waste time on things that don’t pay. But that April 21 - May 21 doesn’t mean you can’t listen to your instincts too: they understand something that your rational mind would reject.

GEMINI

The Tory who came out of her shell

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hen Margaret Thatcher died, Britain broke satisfyingly into factions.

Both clashing armies agreed that the lady with the handbag had been personally responsible, if not for everything, then for a prodigious number of things in Britain, 1979-90. If the country had become more aggressively greedy in the 1980s, if brash young men in red braces made squillions on their screens after the Big Bang, while northern cloggies starved and pits closed, or if British manufacturing no longer felt able to compete against cheaper imports, that was all Maggie’s fault.

And on the other hand, if Brits as a nation decided they’d had enough of insanely lax trade union legislation, and if all started to enjoy a higher standard of living than at any period in history, that was also thanks to their great Leader, and to her alone.

Neither faction seemed to notice that France, Germany, the Scandinavian countries and America all went through similar transformations during the same period, and Britain would probably have done so regardless of who was Prime Minister.

Or would it? What was needed, after the polarised broadcasts and journalistic debates, was a great magisterial book which weighed the Lady’s achievements, which was sympathetic to her personally as well as politically, but which also felt able to see her as something more than just a politician.

Charles Moore, though more Rightwing than she was, and more sophisticated in his personal judgments, is that man and, luckily, the fi rst volume of his book was already complete as the gun carriage trundled up Ludgate Hill.

Luckily for us, Moore has a very pronounced sense of the absurd, and without writing open satire, he often makes us laugh aloud. From the Any Questions? archives he has dredged up a wonderful exchange between Mrs Thatcher and Malcolm Muggeridge in 1968. The questioner asked if the panellists minded being imitated. Muggeridge replied that all people are “intrinsically ridiculous”. Mrs Thatcher

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AN WILSON is impressed with the work that has gone into the latest biography of Britain’s Iron Lady replied that Muggeridge had appeared to take himself very seriously over the dinner before the programme. Muggeridge retorted: “You don’t imagine you’re a serious person.” Mrs Thatcher: “Well I do. You may not.”

Moore at one point brilliantly refers to her “glimmering of self-awareness”.

This was when she was saying to Lynda Lee Potter in an interview: “The strange thing is, people do resent it when you know the answers.” Moore’s Mrs Thatcher (and it adds to the comedy, and the dignity, of her figure that this is how he constantly refers to her) steps ready formed, like Botticelli’s Venus out of her Cytherian sea-shell. She is recognisable in the Grantham schoolgirl, the Oxford undergraduate and the young aspirant Tory candidate.

He evokes the grocer’s shop with its highly polished counter, and the Methodist chapel, with novelistic vividness.

The same bossy, overdrawn figure is as apparent in the 18-year-old doing supply teaching at a school in Grantham as in the Leader of the Conservative Party. Here is the 18-year-old supply teacher at the school in Grantham, taking the children swimming: “We don’t go in with them during the lessons but stay on the bank and try to teach them by yelling at them what they are doing wrong.” (Her Cabinet would have known exactly how those children felt.

And here she is, a year or two before she became Prime Minister, at the Conservative Philosophy Group. Dr Edward Norman, a Right-wing clergyman from Cambridge, had just spoken and she intervened. “I agree with Dr Norman: we must defend Christian values with the ATOM BOMB.”

Some readers will think Moore has been too kind to his heroine, but in this volume - which takes readers as far as the victory in the Falklands - there is quite a lot to be kind about.

The odds were conquered, but so often not by her willpower as by the Fates.

Almost the most extraordinary scoop in the book is the detail that she was very nearly not selected at all as Tory candidate for Finchley. The committee choosing a candidate to replace Sir John Crowder in fact voted in favour of selecting a “one-legged brigadier” with a Military Cross. Bertie Blatch, the Conservative chairman, told his son, who told Moore: “I thought - he’s got a silver spoon in his mouth. He’ll get another seat. So I ‘lost’ two of his votes and gave them to her.”

What gives this book the edge over all its rivals is not just Moore’s deep knowledge of, and affection for, his subject. It is the sheer amount of work he has done. There is not a single political figure of note in the story (except Heseltine?) whom he has not interviewed personally. (Her judgment of Heseltine given to an American in London in 1973 was that he had “everything it took in politics except brains”.)

Moore dug the Heseltine quote out of an archive in Washington. He has been to every available archive. He has read family records and listened with an attentive ear to those who knew her best politically. The number of interviews is simply staggering.

Yet, although huge, the book dances along. The best chapter is the last about the Falklands War - but the analyses of Thatcher and Heath, Thatcher and Ireland, and Thatcher as a disappointing Education Secretary are all masterly. It is very easy to see why a substantial minority of people in Britain really hated Mrs Thatcher. What they abominate are often those very qualities that Moore most loves. But he also, surely, confronts even her enemies with her remarkable qualities as a human being. That is why this book is so outstandingly good. Even when the political controversies described are dead, the greatness of the Lady and, yes, the “intrinsic ridiculousness” remain.

Your mind and emotions should work in unison this week.

Whether you arrive at conclusions through logic or intuition the results will be the same. Don’t be surprised if some of May 22 - June 21 those conclusions are at odds with traditional thinking. The old must always give way to the new.

CANCER The deeper you go into a problem the more complicated it will seem to get. Few things in life are as simple as they first appear, and that applies as much to your mind as to anything. The deeper you think about something this week, June 22 - July 22 the more you will find out about yourself.

LEO Read between the lines by all means but make sure what you see there is real and not an invention of your imagination. Just because one individual has let you down does not mean everyone is going to let you down. Suspicion always July 23 - Aug 23 breeds suspicion; only trust can breed trust.

VIRGO

Aug 24 - Sep 23

You won’t take kindly to disagreement this week - and why should you when you know your ideas are so much better than anyone else’s? The thing to remember is there will always be someone who refuses to see sense. The best way to deal with them is to ignore them.

LIBRA

Sept 24 -Oct 23

Different people see things in different ways as you tend to recognise better than most, and with analytical Mercury moving into one of the more open areas of your chart you will find it even easier to understand opposing viewpoints – even if you don’t agree with them all.

SCORPIO Your feelings towards a certain person will fluctuate wildly early this week as romantic Venus squares up to deceptive Neptune. Analytical Mercury’s change of signs midweek will Oct 24 - Nov 22 help you to see things more objectively and restore balance to an emotive situation.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov 23 - Dec 21

Change is positive and will make you a happier, more successful human being. Keep repeating this mantra and it will eventually lodge itself in your subconscious and become part of your nature. If you cling to the past, you will become one of yesterday’s people.

CAPRICORN

Dec 22 - Jan 20

If you need help from those with more experience than you – and your solar chart suggests that you do – then now is the time to ask for it. Approached in the right way others will be only too glad to enlighten you with their wisdom.

How you use it is up to you.

AQUARIUS

Jan 21 - Feb 19

With so many positive aspects in your chart you no doubt feel you can take on the world and win. To a certain extent that’s true but there are still some things you would be wise to avoid. Know your limits or the approaching Uranus-Pluto clash could bring a nasty surprise.

PISCES You may feel vaguely uneasy this week, as if you have forgotten something important but can’t for the life of you remember what it is. Like a dream that fades on waking it Feb 20 - March 20 will come back to you if you don’t chase it too hard. You’ll be relieved to find it wasn’t that important.

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1 Unqualified person on peninsula in Africa (7) 5 Office for man of letters (4) 7 He is behind the man taking delivery (12) 9 It is intended to lure one into the club (4) 10 No right tailoring another design (8) 12 Australian archaeologist (6) 13 Take place by chance (6) 16 What might be left in the fire after the 5th of the month (8) 18 Not a square-dance presumably (4) 20 Highlight of a building? (6-6) 21 The last word in the New Testament (4) 22 Lots break into the lady’s gun-case (7)

1 Living by the rule and not committing an offence (3-7) 2 Support the musical accompaniment (7) 3 Was sorry part was untrue, dreadfully (4) 4 Demanding silver cover inside (6) 5 Parental disorder before birth (8) 6 The way a swimmer produces a hard alloy (5) 8 Blue weed, a bloomer getting underneath the grain (10) 11 He left manuscript with fellow steersman (8) 14 Applause for archbishop in area in front of stage (7) 15 Scarcity of tangled thread (6) 17 Number on heath getting up, making a revving sound (5) 19 Over which one is said to be in decline (4)

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Father Joseph Coleman Priest who gives Greek Orthodox services in English Where do you live and with whom?

Episkopeio, my wife and four children

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Bennigan’s/ Steak

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Anything with liver in it.

What did you have for breakfast?

Coffee

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The Story of Luke

Tom Woods, we share interests

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Poseidon Ave P.O.Box 60325 , CY 8102 Paphos Tel: +357 26965000 Fax: +357 26965100 E-mail: alexanderres@kanikahotels.com

This long-established and award-winning hotel has just completed a major programme of renovations and upgrades. With its unique seafront location, its new enriched HB plus concept and its spectacular entertainment accompanied by upgraded accommodation and stunning new outdoor leisure facilities this hotel is determined to maintain its reputation as one of the best and most alluring hotels in Cyprus. Located on one of the few sandy beaches available in Pafos, which is also awarded with an ‘EU Blue Flag’; 50m from the nearest shops and other amenities; 150m from the resort centre and night life; Walking distance to Paphos old harbour. A new luxury infinity pool with rippling waterfalls and whirlpools; a swim-up bar (Infinity Pool Bar) with a large in-water seating area; New adults-only Serenity Pool; Infinity Pool Bar with all-new wooden deck overlooking the sea, and cushioned bamboo sofas and chairs; New wooden sunbathing decks; Sun bed allocation system to ensure your own sun bed and parasols during your stay; Health Club & Spa; Large fully equipped gym; Indoor pool with whirlpool overlooking Paphos old harbour; HB & FB plus with the choice of 4 restaurants including drinks with meals; Spectacular new outdoor entertainment venue hosted by Hotel-run professional entertainment & animation team; Large lobby & terrace with bamboo style seating and live piano music 4 times a week; Alexander’s main bar with daily entertainment and upgraded wine selection; New large Kids Club. Choice of 4 restaurants; Roxanne’s Restaurant with live show cooking and buffet style theme nights; Garibaldi serves a rich 4 course set menu of Italian cuisine (adults-only); Kiku serves à la carte Japanese cuisine; Limanaki Tavern serves traditional local Meze. Accommodation: All guest rooms have been completely rebuilt and upgraded with a series of new luxury facilities and amenities. These are described below: Deluxe Sea View Rooms; Deluxe Rooms Inland View, Garden Superior Cabanas, Royal Penthouse Suite.The magical outdoor scenery offers uninterrupted, breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea, the Pafos fishing harbour and the Medieval Castle. The elevated location of the Wedding Venue includes a scenic terrace for the actual wedding ceremony; a romantic bridge over a small man-made lake with waterfall leading to the private and exclusive terrace, which is perfect for hosting an intimate wedding celebration.

To win, answer the following question: Question:How many restuarants has the hotel?

SUNDAY MAIL•May 12, 2013

T V FRIDAY 17/05 May 12, 2013• SUNDAY MAIL

CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

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

CYBC 2 08.00 16.30 17.00

18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

Entehnos Local cultural show.

16.00 18.00 18.15

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies

20.00 21.00

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

19.20

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

20.00 21.15

22.30

News Patates 8

Greek FILM: Manto Mavrogenous Historical drama, starring Jenny Karezi.

1971.

23.30 23.45

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

07.50 08.40 09.30 10.25 11.15

Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Megastructures

NRG Zone Ce Jour Là, Tout A Changé

News Repeats 23.30

12.15 13.00 13.20 14.00 14.50 15.45

Top Gear Seventeenth season.

Episode 5: The trio find second-hand bargains for the price of Britain’s cheapest brand new car, the Nissan Pixo. James May is in Nevada to test the toughness of the Range Rover Evoque.

Also, the McLaren MP4-12C is compared with its deadliest supercar rival, the Ferrari 458, and Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel is the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car.

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

22.00

06.50 07.00

A reenactment of the last day of King Henri IV of France before his murder by the fanatical catholic Ravaillac.

Historical miniseries, starring Arnaud Bedouët. 2009.

Live cookery show.

18.45

Kids’ TV Euromaxx Kati Psinetai (rpt)

Discovery documentary series looking at the making of the greatest structures and machines ever created.

Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

15.30

ANTENNA

16.40 17.30 17.40

Me Agapi Ellas To Megaleio Sou (rpt) Vodka Portokali (rpt) Fila To Vatraho Sou (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Tis Agapis Mahairia (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) Tha Vreis To Daskalo Sou (rpt) Eleftheros Ki Oraios (rpt) Oneiropagida (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Yia Tin Agapi Sou (rpt)

MEGA 06.00 07.00 08.00 08.10

Greek competitive cooking reality show, open to amateur and home chefs.

09.00 10.00 11.40 14.00 16.00 18.00 18.30

21.30 22.20 00.00 00.05 00.30 01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Niosse Me News Allantopoleio Grigoriou Spring Wipeout Laikes Paraskeves News Sports News Vradi Me Ton Petro Kostopoulo (rpt) To Kleidi Tou Paradeisou (rpt) To Paihnidi Tis Signomis (rpt) News (rpt) Deal (rpt)

Repeats

Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson Yia Sena News Dr Cook Greek cookery show.

19.30 20.20 21.20

Sto Para Pente News Klemmena Oneira

22.20 23.10

Piso Sto Spiti FILM: Memory Keeper’s Daughter

06.50 07.40

08.50

09.40 10.30 11.10 12.00 15.20 18.00 18.05 18.45

A nurse decides to raise a child with Down’s syndrome who was abandoned at birth as her own.

Drama, starring Emily Watson and Dermot Mulroney. 2008.

00.30 00.20

News Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles The series picks up two years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor hiding from the government.

02.00 04.00

PLUS TV

Anna Paola (rpt) Spiti Apo Tin Arhi (rpt)

06.45 07.20

House make-over show.

08.30

Efialtis Stin Kouzina (rpt)

09.00

A chef tries to turn around Greek restaurants in crisis.

10.00

Vasiliki (rpt) Mila Mou (rpt) Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Eleni News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola

10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00

19.40 20.20 21.15 22.20

Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Oikogeneiakes Istories Stin Igeia Mas

02.45 04.10

News Epistrofi (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

Fotis - Maria Live Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life.

21.15 22.00

Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: Yes Men A guy challenges himself to say “yes” to everything for an entire year. Comedy, loosely based on the autobiographical book

by Danny Wallace, starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel.

2008.

Variety show, with wellknown guests pretending to have a good time for the benefit of You At Home.

01.10 01.15 02.00

Classic Cartoons Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) Ayio Eihame (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti News Ayio Eihame Greek comedy series.

17.50 19.50

Latin American telenovela.

Greek drama series.

With News at 18.00.

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.25

Retire News (rpt) Max Adventures Master Chef (rpt)

SIGMA

23.30

Nistikoi Praktores (rpt)

00.00 00.50 01.20

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

CAPITAL 08.30 09.00 09.35 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.20 14.15 15.20 16.05 16.55 17.30

With News at 18.30.

19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story Eye-opening fact-based drama, chronicling the harrowing experiences of a woman who falls foul of fraudsters - and ends up thousands of dollars in debt. Kimberly Williams stars. 2004.

22.45

FILM: U Turn A gambler gets stuck in a town populated by unusual characters, where he is robbed of his ill-gotten gains and becomes romantically entangled. Thriller, with Sean Penn. 1997.

Cookery show.

01.05

Yia Sena (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Magikos Kosmos Kalitera En Ginetai Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Sto Mati Tou Kiklona Milagros Kids’ TV Best Off Live@4 (rpt) Kalitera En Ginetai Top Models Akti Oneiron Sto Mati Tou Kiklona

FILM: The Good Shephard Espionage drama, starring Matt Damon.

2006.

Cowboys & Aliens (Novacinema1, 13.00)

01:15 Silk 02:05 The Weakest Link 02:50 EastEnders 03:20 Doctors 03:50 The World of Stonehenge 04:40 Watson & Oliver 05:15 Getting On 05:45 My Family 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Penelope K, By The Way 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Teletubbies 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Penelope K, By The Way 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Teletubbies 09:10 Balamory 09:30 My Family 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 The World of Stonehenge 13:05 Hustle 13:55 My Family 14:25 Full Circle With Michael Palin 15:15 Keeping Up Appearances 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 The Weakest Link 17:30 The World of Stonehenge 18:25 Doctor Who 19:10 Walk on the Wild Side 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Casualty 21:00 My Family 21:30 2 Point 4 Children 22:00 The World of Stonehenge 22:50 Lead Balloon 23:20 Watson & Oliver 23:50 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:35 Bedlam

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Inside West Coast Customs 08:40 Chasing Classic Cars 09:30 Mega Beasts 10:15 Extreme Engineering 11:05 Deadliest Catch

11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 Alps From Above 13:05 Prehistoric 13:50 Chasing Classic Cars 14:35 Ultimate Journeys 15:25 Mega Beasts 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 Unchained Reaction 17:50 Meteorite Men 18:40 Chasing Classic Cars 19:30 Ultimate Journeys 20:20 Extreme Engineering 21:10 Mega Beasts 22:00 Unchained Reaction 22:50 Meteorite Men 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Extreme Engineering 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 Unchained Reaction 02:50 Meteorite Men 03:40 Chasing Classic Cars 04:05 Chasing Classic Cars 04:30 Mega Beasts 05:20 Ultimate Journeys 06:10 Extreme Engineering

09:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 10:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 11:30 Fia World Touring Car Championship: Fia Wtcc Mag 12:00 Rally: Fia European Rally Championship 13:00 Fitness: The Box 13:15 Athletics: Greene Light 13:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 14:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 15:30 Table Tennis: World Championship 17:30 Cycling: Tour Of Norway 19:00 Football: Uefa European Under 17 Championship Slovakia 21:00 Rally: Fia European Rally Championship 22:00 Table Ten-

nis: World Championship 23:15 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 00:15 Cycling: Tour Of California 02:00 Cycling: Tour Of Italy

05:30 How I Met Your Mother 06:15 Criminal Minds 07:00 Breakout Kings 07:45 The Simpsons 18 08:10 Bob’s Burgers 08:35 Rules Of Engagement 09:25 How I Met Your Mother 10:15 Criminal Minds 11:00 Breakout Kings 11:45 The Simpsons 18 12:10 Bob’s Burgers 12:35 Rules Of Engagement 13:25 How I Met Your Mother 14:15 White Collar 15:00 Breakout Kings 15:45 The Simpsons 18 16:10 Bob’s Burgers 16:35 Rules Of Engagement 17:25 How I Met Your Mother 18:15 Criminal Minds 19:00 Breakout Kings 19:50 The Simpsons 18 20:15 Bob’s Burgers 20:40 Rules Of Engagement 21:30 White Collar 23:10 Criminal Minds 23:55 American Horror Story 2: Asylum 00:40 Wilfred 01:05 The Cleveland Show 01:30 The League 2 01:55 Traffic Light 02:20 Criminal Minds 03:05 Breakout Kings 03:50 The Simpsons 18 04:15 Bob’s Burgers 04:40 Lost

07:30 Hole, The (2009) 09:15 I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell 11:15 Black Sunday 14:00 Cairo

Time 16:00 Facing Ali 18:00 Expendables, The (2010) 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Love & Dance 23:00 Lucky One, The 00:50 Hustler Tv 02:30 Takers 04:30 Sleepy Hollow 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 17:00 Makeover: Hunt Dog Edition 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 Nba Action 19:00 La Liga World 19:30 Liga Bbva 2012-13 21:30 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 23:30 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 La Liga Show 2012-13 00:30 2012 World’s Strongest Man 01:00 Barclays Premier League Review 02:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 03:00 2012 World’s Strongest Man 03:30 Jeep World Of Adventure Sports 04:30 Planet Speed 05:00 Nba 2012-13

07:15 Harry’s Law Ii 08:00 Big Bang Theory 08:30 Southland 09:15 C.S.I. Miami 10:00 Friends 10:25 PriVIleged 11:10 Top Boy 12:05 Luck 13:00 Gossip Girl 13:45 Harry’s Law Ii 14:35 Southland 15:20 C.S.I. Miami 16:05 Friends 16:30 Pan Am 17:20 Necessary Roughness 19:00 Gossip Girl 19:45 Harry’s Law Ii 20:30 Two And A Half Men 21:00 Ncis:

18:55 Water For Elephants 21:00 Poker Face 22:50 Unfaithful 00:55 Mao’s Last Dancer 04:35 Paradisos

Los Angeles 22:30 The Closer :15 Fringe 00:05 Hot Tub Time Machine 02:00 Piranha 03:50 Friends 04:15 Pan Am 05:00 Necessary Roughness 06:30 Gossip Girl

Girl 12:25 Hollywood Buzz 13:00 Cowboys & Aliens 15:00 First Daughter 16:50 Cine News 17:10 The Lorax 18:45 John Carter 21:00 Ncis X 22:00 Confucius 00:10 Dirty Girl 01:40 Damsels In Distress 03:20 Magic Mike

08:00 Double Jeopardy 10:00 Overnight Delivery 11:30 Action Zone 12:00 Sea Gypsies 14:00 Hot Tub Time Machine 16:00 Kings Of Mykonos 18:00 The Neverending Story: The Next Chapter19:30 Action Zone 20:00 I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell 22:00 Lucky One 00:05 Daring!

Tv 04:05 Right Stuff

05:45 The Game 07:55 The Way 10:05 Cine News 10:20 The End Of The Affair 14:10 Oi Apenantoi 16:05 This Means War 17:45 Action Zone 18:20 22:00 Melancholia 00:20 Contraband 02:10 Transporter 2 03:40 Uranya

05:00 A Gang Story 06:40 Serendipity 08:15 Mad On Novacinema 08:50 Shallow Hal 10:45 Chalet

18:40 A Perfect World 21:00 Certain Prey 22:35 Cine News Bloody Fridays 23:00 The Tomb 00:35 Cine News 01:30 Ma Femme Se Fait Baisser 02:45 Point Blank 04:10 Transit

14:00 European Tour Volvo World Match Play Championship LIVE 18:00 Car Warriors 2 Le Mans 19:00 Australian V8 Supercars Perth 360, Barbagallo Raceway, Western Australia 21:00 Pinks All Out Concord 22:00 Pinks 22:30 European Tour Volvo World Match Play Championship

06:00 MTV Morning 12:00 MTV Daily Hits 18:00 MTV Out Loud 24:00 MTV After Hours

06:00 Mildred Pierce 07:55 Adventures of Robin Hood 09:35 Operation Crossbow 11:30 Edge of the City 13:00 Period Of Adjustment 15:00 Dr: Jekyll And Mr: Hyde 16:50 Lust For Life 18:50 Destination Tokyo 21:00 It! 22:35 Flareup 00:10 It! 01:45 Flareup 03:20 Grand Prix

By Preston Wilder

Love & Dance (LTV, 21.00) Could be anything with that title - but it’s actually the story of Chen, a young kid who’s “trying to balance his life as the child of a beautiful Russian woman and a rough Israeli man”. Mum is cultured, elegant, fragile; Dad is gruff, almost abusive; Chen tries to hold the family together - and finds an unexpected weapon in a newfound passion for ballroom dancing, at which point the film seems to disappear into a black hole of terminal cuteness (admittedly, I haven’t seen it). “Now he’s found the girl of his dreams ... and he will have to dance his way into her heart,” purrs Mr. Trailer Man as the trailer shows the winsome kid practising with a broomstick. Recommended if you like winsome kids,

love and dance, which I guess includes most people.

In Hebrew, with Greek subtitles; made in 2006.

Melancholia (Novacinema2, 22.00) Glad to see someone’s paying attention: it’s a weeklong ‘Tribute to Cannes’ on Nova2, tying in with the film festival which kicked off on Wednesday - though I don’t know if Melancholia is the best choice for a Cannes celebration given the scandal it caused two years ago, when its maverick director Lars Von Trier joked that he “sympathised” with Hitler and was promptly banned from the festival. Von Trier is a provocateur - and apparently a depressive, which is why he made both this film and his previous film Antichrist,

Melancholia

depression being the problem plaguing the character played by Kirsten Dunst (another real-life sufferer, who sought treatment for depression in 2008). She’s just gotten married, the first half detailing her wedding reception in the country home belonging to her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and obnoxious brotherin-law (Kiefer Sutherland) - then we fast-forward days or weeks later, with Kirsten now severely depressed and a rogue planet called Melancholia seemingly on collision course with Earth. The second half sounds more intriguing but in fact the first half is better because Kirsten’s character is more to the fore, doing her best not to sink into despair. Cannes she do it?

Depressives know the answer is ‘no’. Made in 2011.

SundayMail Everything Must Go Will Ferrell in amiable semi comedy where it all goes wrong

Melancholia Depression plagues lead role played by Kirsten Dunst

Monday, LTV, 9pm

Friday, NovaCinema2, 10pm

M AY 12 ďšş18

The Lucky One Zac Efron as an Iraqi Marine who once home tracks down girl in a photo he believes saved his life Sunday, LTV, 9pm

Complete guide to what’s on the small screen this week, including our selections and satellite choices

T V MONDAY 13/05 May 12, 2013• SUNDAY MAIL

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

CYBC 2 08.00

17.00

Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV.

12.00 15.30 16.00 18.00 18.15 18.45

Apo Mera Se Mera Entehnos Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka

18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

20.00 21.00

Moiraia Fengaria

News Vimata Stin Ammo Local period drama, based on true events.

22.00

22.45

Kodikos Evropi Local investigative show.

23.30 23.45

News Repeats

23.30

06.30 06.50 07.00 07.50 08.40 09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00 14.50 15.45 16.40 17.30 17.40

Repeats

Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Ellas To Magaleio Sou (rpt) Vodka Portokali (rpt) Fila To Vatraho Sou (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Tis Agapis Mahairia (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri (rpt) Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) Tha Vreis To Daskalo Sou (rpt) Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt) Oneiropagida (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Yia Tin Agapi Sou (rpt) With News at 18.00.

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.25 21.30 22.20

Brothers & Sisters (rpt) Fourth season of US drama series. ‘Love All’. Sarah and Luc have differing opinions when it comes to looking after Cooper, while Kevin and Sarah demonstrate a secret sporting talent and Justin reveals his true feelings for Rebecca.

Friends (rpt) Sixth season of hugely popular 90s sitcom about the lives and loves of six young New Yorkers.

22.30

NRG Zone FILM: Beverly Hills Cop Maverick cop travels from Detroit to Los Angeles to track down an old friend’s killers, but gets more than he bargained for when he battles a seemingly untouchable crime lord. Smash-hit action comedy, starring Eddie Murphy. 1984

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

20.00 21.15

Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Megastructures Discovery documentary series looking at the making of the greatest structures and machines ever created.

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

19.20

Kati Psinetai (rpt) Greek version of show where amateur chefs each stage a dinner party to find who will be crowned the winning host.

Kaftes Piperies (rpt) Istories Tou Horkou (rpt)

Kids’ TV Bob the Builder, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Barney and Friends, etc.

Cookery show.

11.30

ANTENNA

Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Niose Me News Allantopoleio Grigoriou Vals Me 12 Theous Grey’s Anatomy Sixth season of US medical drama. ‘Hook, Line and Sinner’.

23.10

MEGA 06.00 07.00 08.00 08.10 09.00 10.00

11.40 14.00

Retiré News Max Adventures Master Chef (rpt) Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou

06.50 07.40

Lifestyle programme, hosted by real-life couple Giorgos Liagas and Faye Skorda.

09.40 10.30 11.10

Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson

12.00

Local talk-show, with viewers phoning in to report instances of abuse or corruption.

16.00 18.00 18.30 19.30 20.20 21.20 22.20 23.10

SIGMA

Yia Sena News Erastis Ditikon Proastion (rpt) Sto Para Pente News Klemmena Oneira Me Ta Pantelonia Kato The Vampire Diaries

08.50

A chef tries to turn around Greek restaurants in crisis.

15.20 18.00 18.05 18.45

01.00 01.40 04.30

News Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles ’Til Death Yia Sena (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Vasiliki (rpt) Mila Mou (rpt) Epta Ouranoi Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati (rpt) Eleni News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama? (rpt) Anna Paola Latin American telenovela.

19.40 20.20 21.15 22.20

Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) News Aspra Balonia Fones New local show, giving a voice to young people.

First season of fantasy horror series.

00.00 00.20

Anna Paola (rpt) Spiti Apo Tin Arhi (rpt) Efialtis Stin Kouzina (rpt)

23.10 00.15 00.20 01.00 01.45 04.10

Dekati Entoli (rpt) News Epistrofi (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino Mesimeri Kai Kati (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

PLUS TV 07.20 08.30 09.00 10.00 10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30

Martha Speaks, Casper the Friendly Ghost, King, etc.

17.15 17.50 19.40 21.15 22.00

22.45

01.40

To Kleidi tou Paradeisou (rpt) Late Programmes

23.30

Live parady show.

02.30

00.15 01.10 02.00

10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.25 14.45 15.30 16.05 16.55 17.30

Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Sto Mati tou Kyklona (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Best Off Live@ 4 (rpt) Kallitera En Ginetai Top Models Akti Oneiron Sto Mati tou Kyklona With News at 18.10.

19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

News Sports Time Capital Sports FILM: Imagining Argentina A theatre director starts experiencing harrowing visions after his wife is kidnapped in Argentina in the 1970s.

Offbeat thriller, starring Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson.

2003

23.00

Supernatural Sixth season of sci-fi series. ‘Frontierland’.

The brothers travel to the 19th century to collect the ashes of a phoenix - but, when Castiel is injured in a present-day fight, doubts are cast over whether Sam and Dean can be retrieved.

Greek sports show.

News Radio Arvila

Ayio Eihame Fotis - Maria Live Mila Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Human Target First season. ‘Embassy Row’. Chance goes undercover at a Russian Embassy reception, hunting for the killer of a friend who’s been poisoned, and encounters a feisty FBI agent.

Replay

00.25 00.30

Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina Mila (rpt) Ayio Eihame (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV

CAPITAL

FILM: People I Know A publicist trying to cover up a scandal thinks he may have witnessed a murder during a drug-fuelled haze, but struggles to remember it. Thriller, starring Al Pacino.

2002

00.45

FILM: Crash Point Zero A plane transporting an ancient doomsday weapon is hijacked by terrorists. Action adventure. 2001

02.20

FILM: Relentless Thriller. 1989

Friends With Kids (Novacinema2, 18.15)

01:20 Only Fools and Horses 01:50 Lark Rise To Candleford 02:40 Watson & Oliver 03:15 The Weakest Link 04:00 One Foot In The Grave 04:35 Only Fools and Horses 05:05 Lark Rise To Candleford 05:55 Watson & Oliver 06:30 As Time Goes By 07:00 Penelope K, By The Way 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Teletubbies 07:55 Fimbles 08:15 Penelope K, By The Way 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Teletubbies 09:10 Fimbles 09:30 My Family 10:00 Lead Balloon 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 Walk on the Wild Side 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Casualty 13:05 The World of Stonehenge 13:55 My Family 14:25 Full Circle With Michael Palin 15:15 Lead Balloon 15:45 Walk on the Wild Side 16:15 Doctors 16:40 Casualty 17:30 Incredible Journeys With Steve Leonard 18:20 The World of Stonehenge 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:15 The Weakest Link 21:00 My Family 21:30 The Green Green Grass 22:00 Waking The Dead 22:50 Ideal 23:20 Paradox 00:15 Lark Rise To Candleford

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Pyros 08:40 Rattlesnake Republic 09:30 Mega Beasts 10:15 The

Reinventors 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 Sons Of Guns 13:05 Prophets Of Science Fiction 13:50 Chasing Classic Cars 14:35 Ultimate Journeys 15:25 Mega Beasts 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 Crisis Control 17:50 Extreme Engineering 18:40 Chasing Classic Cars 19:30 Ultimate Journeys 20:20 Extreme Engineering 21:10 Mega Beasts 22:00 Crisis Control 22:50 Extreme Engineering 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Extreme Engineering 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 Crisis Control 02:50 Extreme Engineering 03:40 Chasing Classic Cars 04:30 Mega Beasts 05:20 Ultimate Journeys 06:10 Extreme Engineering

09:30 Motorsports: Motorsports Weekend Magazine 09:45 Fitness: The Box 10:00 All Sports: Watts 10:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 11:30 Superbike: World Championship Monza 13:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 14:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 15:30 Canoeing: Sprint World Cup 16:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 17:30 Football: Uefa European Under 17 Championship Slovakia 18:30 Football: Eurogoals 19:15 All

Sell Hard 20:00 Lucky One 22:00 Beautiful (2009) 00:05 Daring! Tv 04:05 Just Go With It 06:15 Oh, God! You Devil

Sports: Watts 20:00 All Sports: Gwars All Sports: Gwars 21:00 Fight Sport: Total Ko 22:00 Pro Wrestling: This Week On World Wrestling Entertainment 22:30 Pro Wrestling: Vintage Collection 23:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 01:45 Football: Eurogoals

05:30 How I Met Your Mother 06:15 Criminal Minds 07:00 The Glades 3 07:45 The Simpsons 08:10 Bob’s Burgers 08:35 Rules Of Engagement 09:25 How I Met Your Mother 10:15 Criminal Minds 11:00 The Glades 11:45 The Simpsons 12:10 Bob’s Burgers 12:35 Rules Of Engagement 13:25 How I Met Your Mother 14:15 Criminal Minds 8 15:00 Breakout Kings 15:45 The Simpsons 16:10 Bob’s Burgers 16:35 Rules Of Engagement 17:25 How I Met Your Mother 18:15 Criminal Minds 19:00 Breakout Kings 19:50 The Simpsons 20:15 Bob’s Burgers 20:40 Rules Of Engagement 21:30 Criminal Minds 8 22:20 Elementary 23:10 Criminal Minds 00:00 American Horror Story 2: Asylum 00:45 Criminal Minds 8 01:30 The League 2 01:55 Traffic Light 02:20 Criminal Minds 03:05 Breakout Kings 03:50 The Simpsons 04:15 Bob’s Burgers 04:40 Lost

07:30 Dangerous Liaisons 09:30 London Boulevard 11:30 Fair Game 13:30 Tootsie 15:30 Action Zone 16:00 Akeelah And The Bee 18:00 Underbelly Files - Tell Them Lucifer Was Here 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Everything Must Go 23:00 Machete 00:45 Hustler Tv 02:30 Remember Me 04:30 Country Strong 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 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 Jeep World Of Adventure Sports 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League Review 04:00 Planet Speed 04:30 Makeover: Hunt Dog Edition 05:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 Friends 07:45 Necessary Roughness 09:30 Big Bang Theory 10:00 2 Broke Girls 10:50 Southland 11:35 C.S.I. Miami 12:30 Pan Am 13:15 Gossip Girl 14:00 Necessary Roughness 15:30 Big Bang Theory 16:00 Two And A Half Men 16:30 2 Broke Girls 17:20 Ncis: Los Angeles 19:00 Gossip Girl 19:45 One Tree Hill 20:30 Two And A Half Men 21:00 C.S.I. New York 22:30 The Closer :15 Fringe 00:05 Mirror Has Two Faces, The 02:10 Overnight Delivery 03:45 Two And A Half Men 04:10 2 Broke Girls 05:00 Ncis: Los Angeles 06:30 Gossip Girl

08:15 10:00 Don’t!

14:00 Mercy

Sympathy For Delicious Not With My Wife, You 12:15 Chain Of Fools Knight’s Tale, A 16:30 18:15 Goods: Live Hard,

05:20 The Stone Angel 07:15 Cine News 07:50 Lower Learning 09:25 Penelope 11:10 Hollywood Buzz 11:45 This Means War 13:25 The New Protocol 15:00 Jane Eyre 17:05 Cine News 17:55 Deadly Hope 19:35 Films & Stars 20:10 The Big Year 22:00 Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 23:40 The Following 00:30 Men Vs Women 04:05 Cine News

05:30 Drive 07:10 Ena Tragoudi Den Ftanei 09:10 Cine News 09:55 Transformers 3 12:30 What A Way To Go 14:25 Men In Black 3 16:15 Suddenly, Last Summer 18:15 Friends With Kids 20:10 I Am Legend 22:00 No Reservations 23:50 The Devil’s Own 01:45 The Hunting Party 03:30 This Must Be The Place

19:05 Ghost Rider 21:00 The Woman In Black 22:40 Ncis 23:30 The Darkest Hour 01:00 Housewives Of Amber Lane

19:05 Shirley Valentine 21:00 Michael 22:55 Trust 00:45 The Woman Who Dreamed Of A Man

16:30 NHL: Playoffs Date & Time Tentative 19:00 PRE GAME(E) 19:50 COCA COLA CUP 2012-13: APOLLON VS AEK (E) 21:50 POST GAME (E) 21:45 Golden Boy Classic Fights Saul Alvarez V Mathew Hatton 23:00 Golden Boy Classic Fights Oscar De La Hoya Vs Shane Mosley 00:00 Sports Unlimited 01:00 Golf Central International LIVE

06:00 MTV Morning 12:00 MTV Daily Hits 18:00 MTV Out Loud 24:00 MTV After Hours

06:00 Some Came Running 08:15 Gun Glory 09:45 Secret Partner 11:15 Splendor In The Grass 13:15 Sunday in New York 15:00 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 17:30 Law And Jake Wade 19:00 Never So Few 21:00 Point Blank 22:35 Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid 00:30 Point Blank 02:00 Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid 03:55 Now, Voyager

By Preston Wilder the film has a spare, chilled-out vibe that’s very likeable. Meanwhile, Will Ferrell is back playing Ron Burgundy, making Anchorman 2 which is due out at the end of this year - and if you don’t think that news is the best news ever, I will fight you. Made in 2010.

Everything Must Go (LTV, 21.00) “I’m kind of a big deal,” said Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy - and Ferrell was a big deal, being ubiquitous for a while in the mid-00s, but then he mellowed (or just got older) and branched out into low-key semicomedies like this amiable piece, based on a story by Raymond Carver. Will is having a bad day: he loses his job, then comes home to find that his wife has left him and thrown all his stuff out - so he just says the hell with it, leaves his possessions where they are and sits on the front lawn drinking beer, pretending to be holding a yard sale so the cops won’t arrest him.

What follows is a bit banal - he makes friends with a neighbourhood kid, sorts out his priorities, etc - but

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Novacinema1, 22.00)

Everything Must Go

“There’s good and bad in all of us,” drawls Nicolas Cage in the trailer for this fantasy sequel - and there’s also good and bad in Nicolas Cage’s filmography, ranging from modern classics to out-and-out fiascos.

Cage is actually at his Cage-est in bad films, staring down the idiocy with palpable ferocity and applying

his knack for hysterical Cage moments - like when he talks about “the guy who blew me up ... with grenades” in Ghost Rider 2 while tipping back a bottle of pills at the same time, or the weird over-emphasis on the boy’s name when he says the Devil “wants ...

Danny so bad”. The Devil (Ciaran Hinds) does indeed want Danny pretty bad, Danny being a young boy who must be protected at all costs, lest he turn into the Antichrist - but Johnny Blaze (that’s Cage) is more concerned with protecting people from his alter ego, the deadly Ghost Rider. Not as much fun as it sounds, the only relief from crushing predictability being an animated interlude showing Satan’s human forms through the ages. And Cage, of course. Made in 2012.

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CYBC 1 08.00

Moiraia Fengaria (rpt)

CYBC 2 08.00

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

13.00 14.00 14.30

16.30

News Patates Antinahtes (rpt)

18.30

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Ego Ki Esi

22.00

Local Sketch News Eurovision Song Contest - Special Eurovision Song Contest - Final 58th annual Eurovision Song Contest, live from Malmö, Sweden, following Loreen’s win in the 2012 Contest with the song ‘Euphoria’.

This is the fifth time that Sweden will host the Contest, the last time being in 2000.

01.00

Repeats

News In English New In Turkish NRG Zone Weekend X-Factor USA American version of the talent contest, in which solo singers and groups compete to win a recording contract by impressing judges Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul and LA Reid.

Local comedy series.

19.30 20.00 21.30

Futuris Latest news about the leading scientific and technological research projects in Europe.

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

19.00

Parev FILM: Off Limits A conniving fight manager lands in the Army and humours a boxer whose aunt owns a nightclub. Comedy, starring Bob Hope and Mickey Rooney. 1953.

Vimmata Stin Ammo (rpt) Two episodes of local period drama, based on true events.

18.00 18.15

16.10 17.00

Edoxe Ti Vouli Kai To Dimo News Me Kali Parea Vivian Kanari hosts new show featuring a mix of news, information and live music.

Kids’ TV Shown till 12.30, then repeated till midafternoon.

Local drama series.

10.30

ANTENNA

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Proini Enimerosi Dada Yia Oles Tis Douleies (rpt) To Pio Glyko Mou Psema (rpt) Men Kai Den (rpt) Deixe Mou Ton Filo Sou (rpt) Steps (rpt) Max Adventures Santa Yiolanta (rpt) Poso Glyka Me Skotoneis (rpt) Ta Mahairota (rpt) Laikes Paraskeves (rpt) Your Face Sounds Familiar (rpt)

MEGA 06.00 07.00 09.40 09.50 10.20 11.00

A computer geek finds himself in charge of the government’s most sensitive data.

12.00 13.00 15.00 17.00

Niose Me (rpt) With News at 18.00.

19.30 20.20 21.20 23.00

Vals Me 12 Theous News Exairetika Afieromeno Fallen Sci-fi series focusing on 18-year-old Aaron Corbett who struggles to come to terms with his newly discovered identity - that he’s halfange.

Lost Sixth and final season.

‘Ab Aeterno’. The mysteries behind Richard Alpert’s arrival to the island, his immortality, and his alliance with Jacob are revealed-plus more details about the purpose of the island and the relationship between Jacob and the smoke monster.

00.45 00.50 01.00

News In English & Turkish (rpt) Euronews

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01.40 02.40

News Sports News Vradi Me Ton Petro Kotsopoulo Lefkos Oikos (rpt) Oi Dromoi Tis Polis (rpt) News To Soi Mou Mesa (rpt)

Oi Vasiliades (rpt) Pername Kala (rpt) Mousiko Kouti Live (rpt) Epta Thanasimes Petheres (rpt)

05.40 06.15 07.35 08.30 10.00

14.00 15.45 17.00

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Me Ta Pantelonia Kato (rpt) Greek comedy series.

20.20 21.30 22.20 00.30

News Anonymous Mousiko Kouti- Live Kapse To Senario Greek edition of the improvised comedy show, in which guests create spontaneous routines and sketches based on suggestions from the studio audience.

01.40 02.20 04.20 05.00 05.20 05.50

Epafi (rpt) Eheis Meson (rpt) Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes (rpt) Patir, Yios Kai Pnevma (rpt) Oi Afthairetoi Ah Eleni (rpt)

07.50 11.35

Weekend variety show, informative and entertaining.

13.40 14.20

Aspra Balonia (rpt) The Cooking (rpt) Annita SoS

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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

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Kouzina Me Apopsi Greek FILM: Pou Pas Horis Agapi Telemarketing Greek FILM: Mazi Sou Yia Panta Christopher Columbus Portraita News FILM: Stepmom A photographer falls for a man with two children, but struggles to accept her role as a stepmother. Tearjerking family drama, starring Julia Roberts, Ed Harris and Susan Sarandon. 1998.

18.10 19.10 20.05 21.00

Remington Steele Pacific Blue O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Slap Her, She’s French A high school beauty queen seems to have it all - until a French exchange student comes to stay, and sets about trying to steal her life. Comedy thriller, starring Piper Perabo. 2002.

Cold Case (rpt) Third season. ‘Death Penalty Final Appeal’.

A corrupt policeman commits suicide, raising questions that lead Rush and the team to reopen a case which Jeffries worked on several years earlier.

Las Vegas (rpt)

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Mes Stin Kali Hara (rpt)

En Iordani Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: Noble Things Jimmy Wayne Collins returns to Texas to face the demons he left behind. Drama, starring Brett Moses. 2008.

Drama series focusing on a security team at a large casino.

23.45 23.50

Kids’ TV Exelixeis Sti Showbiz LTV Sports News (rpt) Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Diet Please (rpt) Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Mila (rpt) I Kouzina Me Ton Dina (rpt) Greek FILM: Ta Kamakia

CAPITAL

Drama.

20.15 21.15

News Al Tsantiri News (rpt) A highly successful live satirical comedy show that features Lakis Lazopoulos giving ‘his version’ of the news.

23.00

PLUS TV

Oi Adiafthoroi (rpt) Zoi Podilato (rpt) Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mes Stin Kala Hara

With News at 18.00.

19.00

Long-running Greek comedy series about annoying mother-inlaws. With News at 18.00.

Greek talent show.

16.50

Retire (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt) Max Adventures Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Chuck

SIGMA

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FILM: Hush A doctor moves back to his home town with his wife and child in tow, but an old flame will go to any lengths to get him back. Thriller, starring Tori Spelling.

2005.

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats 00.30

FILM: Derailed Adventure, with JeanClaude Van Damme.

2002.

The Woman in Black (Novacinema3, 19.20)

01:15 Doctor Who 02:05 The Weakest Link 02:50 Walk on the Wild Side 03:15 Doctors 03:45 Casualty 04:35 The World of Stonehenge 05:30 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Penelope K, By The Way 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Teletubbies 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Penelope K,

By The Way 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Teletubbies 09:10 Balamory 09:30 The Weakest Link 10:15 My Family 10:45 Walk on the Wild Side 11:15 Doctor Who 12:00 Incredible Journeys With Steve Leonard 12:50 2 Point 4 Children 13:20 My Family 13:50 After You’ve Gone 14:20 Walk on the Wild Side 14:50 Casualty 15:40 EastEnders 17:40 Walk on the Wild Side 18:10 My Family 18:40 Tribal Wives 19:30 The Weakest Link 20:15 Doctor Who 21:00 Being Erica 21:45 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 22:30 Bedlam 23:15 Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle 23:45 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 00:15 Getting On 00:45 Doctor Who

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Alps From Above 08:40 Prehistoric 09:30 Mega Beasts 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 Unchained Reaction 13:05 Meteorite Men 13:50 Chasing Classic Cars 14:40 Extreme Engineering 16:15 Mythbusters 17:00 Pyros

17:50 Rattlesnake Republic 18:40 Chasing Classic Cars 19:30 Alps From Above 20:20 Crisis Control 21:10 Inside West Coast Customs 22:00 Pyros 22:50 Rattlesnake Republic 23:40 Unchained Reaction 00:30 Alps From Above 01:15 Pyros 02:05 Rattlesnake Republic 02:50 Ultimate Journeys

09:30 Fitness: The Box 09:45 Cycling: Tour Of California 10:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 11:30 Canoeing: Sprint World Cup 13:00 Rally: Fia European Rally Championship 14:00 Cycling: Tour Of California 14:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 15:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 18:30 Canoeing: Sprint World Cup 19:00 Rally: Fia European Rally Championship 20:00 Equestrian: Global Champions Tour Germany 21:15 Equestrian: Horse Racing Time 21:30 Fight Sport: Superkombat 00:15 Cycling: Tour Of California 02:00 Cycling: Tour Of Italy

05:30 How I Met Your Mother 06:45 Rules Of Engagement 07:35 The Simpsons 08:00 Bob’s Burgers 08:50 How I Met Your Mother 09:40 Breakout Kings 11:10 Criminal Minds 13:35 Beauty And The Beast 14:25 Touch 15:10 Elementary 15:55 The

Simpsons 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 20:05 White Collar 21:45 Homeland 22:40 Wilfred 23:05 The Cleveland Show 23:30 Episodes 2 00:00 Da Vinci’s Demons 01:00 The League 2 03:05 Breakout Kings 03:55 Lost

07:30 Call Of The Wild 09:00 Action Zone 09:30 B-Girl 11:00 Hollywood Buzz 11:30 Hideaways, The 13:30 Whistleblower, The 15:30 Pre-Game 16:30 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 18:30 Stand

By Me 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Tin Cup 23:15 Fair Game 01:05 Hustler Tv 02:40 Due Date 04:20 Alive 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 13:40 Max Adventures 14:05 Barclays Premier League Preview 14:35 2012 Pga Tour Highlights 15:30 Ironman 16:30 Makeover: Hunt Dog Edition 17:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 19:00 Nba 2012-13 21:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 23:00 Planet Speed 23:30 2012 World’s Strongest Man 00:00 Jeep World Of Adventure Sports 01:15 Liga Bbva 2012-13 05:00 Volvo Ocean Race 06:00 Jeep World Of Adventure Sports

07:15 Harry’s Law Ii 08:00 Two

And A Half Men 08:30 Ncis: Los Angeles 10:00 Friends 10:30 Pan Am 11:15 Necessary Roughness 12:50 Gossip Girl 13:40 Harry’s Law Ii 14:30 Ncis: Los Angeles 16:00 Two And A Half Men 16:30 One Tree Hill 17:15 C.S.I. New York 19:00 Gossip Girl 19:45 PriVIleged 20:30 Friends 21:00 Alcatraz 21:55 Luck 22:50 The Closer :35 Fringe 00:20 Rudo Y Cursi 02:15 Roommate, The 03:50 Two And A Half Men 04:15 One Tree Hill 05:00 C.S.I. New York 06:30 Gossip Girl

08:00 Double Jeopardy 10:00 Overnight Delivery 11:30 Action Zone 12:00 Sea Gypsies 14:00 Hot Tub Time Machine 16:00 Kings Of Mykonos 18:00 The Neverending Story: The Next Chapter19:30 Action Zone 20:00 I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell 22:00 Lucky One 00:05 Daring! Tv 04:05 Right Stuff

05:10 Wanderlust 06:50 Mrs. Doubtfire 08:55 Cine News 09:30 The Beach 11:30 A Thousand Words 13:05 The Three Musketeers 15:00 Ncis X 16:40 Cine News 17:15 The Stone Angel 22:00 Rites Of Passage 01:35 The Following 02:25 30 Minutes Or Less 03:50 Hara Kiri: Death Of A Samurai

10:00 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Charlotte Motor Speedway 13:00 European Tour Volvo World Match Play Championship LIVE 16:10 PRE GAME(Z) LIVE 16:30 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: APOLLON VS AEL (Z) LIVE 18:30 POST GAME (Z) LIVE 19:00 America’s Game: 1980 Oakland Raiders 20:00 NHL: Playoffs Date & Time Tentative 22:30 MLB On FOX: Cincinnati Reds At Philadelphia Phillies LIVE

05:20 The Hunting Party 07:05 Cine News 08:00 No Reservations 09:45 Jane Eyre 11:45 Do No Harm 13:20 The Muppets 15:05 Mad On Novacinema 15:45 Affair In Trinidad 17:30 Men In Black 3 19:20 Transformers 3 Transformers: Dark Of The Moon :00 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 00:05 Margin Call 01:55 Friends With Kids 03:40 Cine News 04:15 How I Spent My Summer Vacation

05:40 Ghost Rider 07:30 Robinson Crusoe 09:00 Super 8 10:55 Cine News 11:40 Sacrifice 13:20 X-Men:

First Class 15:35 Captain America: The First Avenger 17:45 Encounter With Danger 19:20 The Woman In Black 21:00 Love To Kill 22:35 Cine News 23:00 The Brave One 01:05 Cine News 01:30 Sex Me I’m Famous! 03:25 Tenderness

06:25 Sabrina 08:20 Cine News 08:45 Shirley Valentine 10:35 Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The Word 12:05 Cine News 12:45 Think Like A Man 14:50 Bounce 16:40 Hugo 18:50 We Bought A Zoo «Pop Corn» 21:00 Footloose 23:00 Larry Crowne 00:40 Beginners 02:25 The Woman Who Dreamed Of A Man 04:00 The Rose Tattoo

06:00 MTV Morning 12:00 MTV Daily Hits 18:00 MTV Out Loud 24:00 MTV After Hours

06:00 Destination Tokyo 08:09 Lust For Life 10:10 Unsinkable Molly Brown 12:15 Grand Prix 15:00 Party Girl 16:40 High Sierra 19:00 Night Of The Iguana 21:00 Sunshine Boys 22:55 Arrangement 01:05 Sunshine Boys 03:05 Night Of The Iguana 05:05 TCM Presents Under the Influence: Quentin Tarantino 05:35 TCM Presents Under the Influence: Sydney Pollack

By Preston Wilder

Tin Cup (LTV, 21.00) Kevin Costner and golf: two things which some people view as a bit of a joke - but those people are missing out, because Tin Cup is fabulous. Kev is a golfer, but not just any golfer: he’s Roy ‘Tin Cup’ McAvoy, whose natural talent for the game is equalled only by his stubborn individualism. That’s why he’s reduced to giving golf lessons while his smooth corporate rival (Don Johnson) is winning major tournaments - but things change when his latest student (Rene Russo) falls for Roy, and encourages him to get his act together. Costner is superb here, a model of effortless authority; he makes the film his own, but writer-director Ron Shelton adds zesty, memorable dialogue and

never takes his eye off the main theme, which isn’t actually golf but a Portrait of an Artist - playing not for money, or even fame, but just for himself. Line to Quote: “Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you’re no good at them”. Made in 1996.

Rites of Passage (Novacinema1, 22.00) Whatever happened to Christian Slater? What about Wes Bentley, who was famous for five minutes as the boy in American Beauty? These are good questions, but not necessarily questions you want to spend your Saturday night exploring - yet Saturday now seems to be the dumping ground for trashy items like this

Rites of Passage

straight-to-DVD thriller, presumably because most viewers are out on the town anyway (yeah, but what about the few who are stuck at home and looking for a good film to watch?). A bunch of college students go on a weekend field trip to an isolated ranch, the ostensible point being to recreate a Native American rites-of-passage ceremony - but in fact it soon degenerates into drinking and partying, then degenerates even more when a drug dealer (Mr. Slater) turns up seeking revenge. A mix of terror and dark, profane comedy, good enough if you like drug-addled humour and pretty young things without (m)any clothes on, maybe not so good if you want to do something constructive with your Saturday. Made in 2012.

T V SUNDAY 12/05 SUNDAY MAIL• May 12, 2013

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

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Kypros Eva Taxidi Eimaste Edo Local talk-show aimed at youth.

14.00 14.30

News Me Kali Parea Local talk-show, hosted by Vivian Kanari.

16.30

Tete-A-Tete (rpt) Tasos Tryfonos interviews Greek celebrities from the showbiz world.

17.30

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Aminesthai Peri Patris News Patates Antinahtes

23.05

Ego Ki Esi Local comedy show.

19.30

Me To Zori Pantreia (rpt) Part 2 of local sketch.

20.00 21.30

News Pame Paradosiaka Yet another local veriaty show.

22.30 23.30 23.45

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To Kafe Tis Haras News Your Face Sounds Familiar Greek talent competition where a group of well known personalities take on a new identity as an iconic music performer. But the catch is they could well find themselves transformed into someone older, younger or the opposite sex.

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Tete-A-Tete News Repeats

Men Kai Den (rpt) Deixe Mou To Filo Sou (rpt) Steps (rpt) Max Adventures Santa Yiolanta (rpt) Poso Glyka Me Skotoneis (rpt) Tihi Vouno (rpt) Exairetika Afieromeno (rpt) Yia Tin Agapi Sou (rpt) Tha Vreis To Daskalo Sou (rpt) Niose Me (rpt)

MEGA 07.00 09.40 09.50 10.20 11.00 11.50 13.00 14.00 15.00

News Sports News Oikogeneia Tis Simforas (rpt) Vradi Me Ton Petro Kostopoulo Lefkes Oikos Oi Dromoi Tis Polis (rpt) News To Soi Mou Mesa (rpt)

Church Service Max Andventures Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes Klemmena Oneira Chuck Oi Vassiliades (rpt) Oi Kipouroi Tou Mega Piso Sto Spiti (rpt) FILM: Spider-Man A clumsy teenager develops superhuman powers after a bite from a genetically engineered spider, and uses his new talents to fight evil. Comic-book adventure, starring Tobey Maguire.

With News at 18.00.

Lost Sixth season. ‘Recon’.

Locke sends Sawyer on a recon mission to the other island, where he runs into Charles Widmore and his submarine crew. In Los Angeles, Sawyer works as a police officer obsessed with finding the conman who destroyed his family.

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

19.00

GP3 (rpt) News In English News In Turkish Tete-A-Tete (rpt) NRG Zone Weekend X-Factor USA (rpt) American version of the talent contest, in which solo singers and groups compete to win a recording contract by impressing the four judges.

Military and defence programme.

18.00 18.15

Kid’s TV GP3 More Kids’ TV Album Show Motor Sports The Human Miracle Documentary series exploring the many achievements of the human body. Today looking at how babies discover and learn about the world. Part 1 of 2.

I Ypaithros Farming programme.

13.00 13.30

ANTENNA

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Anonymous News Mousiko Kouti - Live FILM: Panic Room A mother and daughter become trapped in a specially constructed sealed room when burglars break into their home and refuse to leave. Thriller, with Jodie Foster. 2002.

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News FILM: Rock IV Rocky steps into the ring once more for a Cold War clash against a seemingly invincible Russian boxer. Drama, starring Sylvester Stallone. 1985

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) Mila (rpt) Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: Moondance Alexander A spirited teen finds her life taking an unexpected turn thanks to the appearance of a pinto pony.

Comedy drama, starring Don Johnson.

2007.

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.

The Gathering

Eheis Meson (rpt) Mia Stigma, Dio Zoes (rpt) Patir, Yios Kai Pnevma (rpt) Oi Afthairetoi (rpt) Ah Eleni (rpt)

Mes Tin Kali Hara (rpt) Barbie: Diamond Castle (rpt) Efta Ouranoi Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) The CooKING

PLUS TV

Cookery show with Alexandros Papandreou, the titular King.

Mini-series about a surgeon who believes a secret group of witches kidnapped his wife.

02.20 04.20

Oi Adiafthoroi (rpt) Zoi Podilato (rpt) Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) UEFA Champions League Magazine A review of the latest matches in Europe’s premier club competition, plus a look ahead to forthcoming fixtures.

Epta Thanasimes Petheres (rpt) With News at 18.00.

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SIGMA

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FILM: Unforgiven

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Remington Steele Pacific Blue O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Black Widow A female FBI agent becomes obsessed with a woman suspected of murdering a succession of wealthy husbands for the inheritance. Thriller, starring Debra Winger. 1987.

FILM: Battle Beyond The Stars

LTV Sports News News Repeats

Kouzina Me Apopsi (rpt) Greek FILM: Exileosi Telemarketing Kouzina Me Apopsi (rpt) Kipotehnia Star Stories Christopher Columbus FILM: Trial By Fire Unfairly blamed for the death of her captain, a female firefighter attempts to restore her reputation by joining one of the most elite firefighting groups in the country. Drama, starring Brooke Burns.

2008.

A retired Old West gunslinger reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. Oscar-winning Western, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. 1992.

A planet comes under threat from a conquering warlord, so a young hero sets out to find mercenaries to defend it. Sci-fi adventure, starring Richard Thomas. 1980.

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FILM: Lethal Seduction A reporter tries to expose a crooked lawyer, but becomes infatuated with her. Comedy drama, starring Melanie Griffith and Esai Morales. 2005.

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FILM: In Enemy Hands World War II drama, starring Til Schweiger.

2004.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (LTV, 23.00)

01:30 As Time Goes By 02:00 Being Erica 02:45 My Family 03:15 The Weakest Link 04:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 04:45 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 05:15 As Time Goes By 05:45 My Family 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Penelope K, By The Way 07:10 Gigglebiz 07:25 Teletubbies 07:50 Fimbles 08:10 Penelope K, By The Way 08:25 Gigglebiz 08:40 Teletubbies 09:05 Fimbles 09:25 The Weakest Link 10:10 My Family 10:40 One Foot In The Grave 11:15 Keeping Up Appearances 11:45 Only Fools and Horses 12:20 2 Point 4 Children 12:50 Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive 13:15 Lead Balloon 13:45 Lark Rise To Candleford 14:40 One Foot In The Grave 15:10 The Weakest Link 16:00 Doctors 18:20 Doctor Who 19:10 Only Fools and Horses 19:40 Walk on the Wild Side 20:10 Lark Rise To Candleford 21:00 As Time Goes By 21:30 Watson & Oliver 22:00 Silk 22:50 Waking The Dead 23:40 Spooks 00:30 Being Erica

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chained Reaction 08:40 Meteorite Men 09:30 The Reinventors 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 Pyros 13:05 Rattlesnake Republic 13:50 Chasing Classic Cars 14:40 Clash Of The Dinosaurs 15:25 Mega Beasts 16:15 Deadliest Catch 17:00 Sons Of Guns 17:50 Prophets Of Science Fiction 18:40 Chasing Classic Cars 20:20 Rattlesnake Republic 21:10 Alps From Above 22:00 Sons Of Guns 22:50 Prophets Of Science Fiction 23:40 Inside West Coast Customs 00:30 Northwest Wild 01:15 Sons Of Guns 02:05 Prophets Of Science Fiction 02:50 The Aviators 04:05 Chasing Classic Cars

09:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 10:00 Gp3: Series Spain 11:00 Canoeing: Sprint World Cup 12:00 All Sports: Watts 13:00 Superbike: World Championship Monza 14:00 Motorsports : Dempsey Races Le Mans 14:15 Superbike: World Championship Monza 15:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 18:30 Canoeing: Sprint World Cup 19:00 All Sports : Breaking Weapon Freestyle 20:00 All Sports: Gwars All Sports: Gwars 21:00 Boxing: Wbo World Championship Germany 23:00 Superbike: World Championship Monza 00:45 Motorsports: Motorsports Weekend Magazine 24:00 Cycling: Tour Of California 02:00 Motorsports: Motorsports Weekend Magazine 02:15 All Sports: Watts

05:30 Lost 07:45 The Simpsons 09:00 Bob’s Burgers 10:15 Rules Of Engagement 13:35 Criminal Minds 8 14:25 White Collar 15:55 The Glades 16:40 Breakout Kings 17:25 Criminal Minds 19:00 The Cleveland Show 19:25 The Simpsons 19:50 Beauty And The Beast

20:40 Touch 21:30 Elementary 22:20 Da Vinci’s Demons 23:20 Sons Of Anarchy 4 00:10 Falling Skies 04:10 Wilfred 04:35 The Cleveland Show 05:00 Episodes 2

07:30 Sammy’s Adventures: The Secret Passage 09:05 Action Zone 09:30 All Roads Lead Home 11:45 Felicity: An American Girl Adventure 13:30 Bodyguard, The 16:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 18:00 Mercy 19:30 Action Zone 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 The Lucky One 23:00 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 01:35 Hustler Tv 03:00 Normal Life 04:45 Guitar, The 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 13:15 Legion Of Super Heroes 13:40 Max Adventures 14:05 2013 Fia Erc: Azores 14:35 Planet Speed 15:00 Makeover: Hunt Dog Edition 15:30 Pre-Game 16:30 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 18:30 Liga Bbva 2012-13 20:15 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 Bar-

clays Premier League 2012-13 05:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13

Story 03:05 Cine News 03:40 Damsels In Distress

Getting By 00:20 Les Emotifs Anonymes 01:40 Sabrina

07:15 Big Bang Theory 07:45 Two And A Half Men 08:40 Friends 09:05 2 Broke Girls 10:00 One Tree Hill 10:45 C.S.I. New York 11:35 C.S.I. Miami 12:30 Ncis: Los Angeles 13:15 Luck 14:15 Necessary Roughness 15:00 Mentalist Iv, The 00:05 Walk On The Moon, A 02:00 Youth In Revolt 03:30 Closer, The VII

05:30 Contraband 07:20 Cine News 08:10 Take Shelter 10:10 The Harder They Fall 12:00 Cine News 12:25 Oi Apenantoi 14:15 The Client 16:20 The Bourne Identity 20:05 Margin Call 22:00 I Don’t Know How She Does It 23:40 Catch. 44 01:20 Cine News 02:10 The Raven 04:00 Transporter 2

19:00 NHL: Playoffs Date & Time Tentative LIVE 21:30 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Musco Twilight 23:30 Big Ten Women’s Golf Big Ten Championship At French Lick 00:30 Cbig 12 Baseball Oklahoma St. V Oklahoma LIVE

08:15 Pina 10:15 Bachelor 12:00 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 14:30 Up In The Air 16:30 Carnage 18:00 Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood 20:00 Safe Passage 22:00 Trucker 23:35 Action Zone 00:05 Daring! Tv 04:05 Green Hornet 06:15 Unknown (2011)

05:55 Walk The Line 08:10 Cine News 08:45 There’s Something About Mary 10:45 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 12:50 Hugo 15:00 Person Of Interest C.O.D. 15:50 Cine News 19:10 Tower Heist 21:00 Person Of Interest 23:50 The Lorax 01:25 A Gang

06:15 Inspector Gadget 07:35 One For The Money 09:15 Gran Torino 11:15 The Conspirator 13:20 Captain America: The First Avenger 15:30 Super 8 17:25 Love To Kill 19:05 In Time 21:00 X-Men: First Class 23:15 The Old Gods And The New 00:20 K15 Hide And Seek 02:00 Aletta X 03:45 Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star

05:00 Unfaithful 07:05 Moneyball 09:15 War Of The Buttons 11:05 Music Of The Heart 13:10 Bounce 15:00 Mao’s Last Dancer 17:00 Born Yesterday 18:50 Think Like A Man 21:00 Beginners 22:50 The Art Of

06:00 MTV Morning 12:00 MTV Daily Hits 18:00 MTV Out Loud 24:00 MTV After Hours

06:00 Barretts Of Wimpole Street 07:45 Star Is Born 10:50 Dark Victory 12:35 Ice Station Zebra 15:00 Gun Glory 16:30 Some Came Running 18:45 It Happened At The World’s Fair 20:25 TCM Presents Under the Influence: Richard Gere 21:00 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 22:50 Hanging Tree 00:40 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 02:25 Hanging Tree 04:10 It Happened At The World’s Fair

By Preston Wilder

The Lucky One (LTV, 21.00) Zac Efron is a Marine serving in Iraq. He finds a photo of a girl in the rubble. He doesn’t know who she is, but it says “Keep safe” on the back - so he keeps it as a good-luck charm, and credits the photo for saving his life when his unit is attacked. Then he goes back home and tracks the girl down; her name is Beth, she’s a single mother, and she runs a dog shelter in Louisiana. Zac visits the shelter and Beth (Taylor Schilling) assumes - for no reason whatsoever - that he’s looking for a job; ‘Are you here about the ad?’ she asks - at which point our hero should’ve smiled shyly, looked her up and down with his strong-but-gentle eyes and shown her the damn photo. The End. Alas, he gets a job

at the shelter instead, gradually getting closer to Beth and her rather annoying young son - and long before we get to the mushy stuff (“You should be kissed every day, every hour, every minute!”) it’s clear that young Zac, a soft-spoken, dog-loving, sensitively damaged Marine who plays both chess and piano, is really just a fantasy figure for all the lonely ladies in the audience.

From a book by Nicholas Sparks; made in 2012.

Beginners (Novacinema4, 21.00) A film about Identity, hence the repeated process of ‘naming the world’ (“This is what the sky looked like in 2003”, etc) and our hero’s earnest speech to his Jack Russell Terrier pointing out that his (the terrier’s)

Beginners

identity has been totally manufactured. Then there’s sexual identity, as explored by Christopher Plummer who, at the end of his life - having lost his wife of 44 years - finally admits to being gay, somewhat to the consternation of his son (Ewan McGregor). Sounds a bit too quirky, especially once we add that the dog talks (with subtitles) - but in fact this is a near-perfect film, a small masterpiece, very artfully done with a light lilting rhythm and a soulful, melancholy tone it doesn’t try to ram down your throat. Plummer won a much-deserved Oscar but in fact the whole cast is terrific, from Melanie Laurent (as Ewan’s unpredictable girlfriend) to Cosmo the dog, fount of many a wise observation: “Are we married yet?”. Made in 2011.

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NRG Zone A Touch of Frost Fourteenth season ‘Dead End’. Jack investigates the abduction of a bus driver and his conductor and an unrelated murder of a children’s entertainer, but is frustrated when he finds himself working alongside an old colleague who got him suspended after making a complaint about his handling of a past case. Long-running crime drama, with David Jason as the irascible copper.

Second season of local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

19.20

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Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Live local cookery show.

Kids’ TV Euromaxx

Show where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.

Live cookery show.

Popular local comedy series, which is the longest-running weekly show on Cyprus television.

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Greek competitive cooking reality show, open to amateur and home chefs.

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Spiti Apo Tin Arhi (rpt)

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House make-over show.

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Efialtis Stin Kouzina (rpt)

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A chef tries to turn around Greek restaurants in crisis.

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Kids’ TV Kalitera En Ginetai (rpt) Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Epi Topou (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Telemarketing Kalitera En Ginetai Top Models Latin American telenovela.

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Akti Oneiron Sto Mati Tou Kiklona (rpt)

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News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: The Descent

With News at 18.10.

21.00

Horror, starring Shauna Macdonald. 2005. See Pick Of The Day.

22.45

FILM: Glass House: The Good Mother An orphaned brother and sister are fostered by a seemingly kind couple, but their new mother shows a disturbingly dark side.

Thriller sequel, starring Angie Harmon. 2006.

Cold Case (rpt) Third season.

‘Beautiful Little Fool’.

Rush investigates the murder of a woman in 1929, her oldest case to date, when the victim’s great-granddaughter discovers the crime was never solved.

23.30

Yia Sena (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) Ayio Eihame (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti News Ayio Eihame Fotis - Maria Live Mila Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Fringe Third season. ‘Os’. The team traces a gang of thieves that can inexplicably break the laws of gravity, and the investigation leads to a scientist whose studies have backfired.

Meanwhile, Walter resolves to delay the damage he has done to the fabric of the universe.

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.

A writer is accused of plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for “justice. Thriller, starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro. 2004.

With News at 18.00.

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Retire News (rpt) Max Adventures Master Chef (rpt)

SIGMA

00.30

FILM: Whacked!

Two brothers, one a hired killer and the other a CIA assassin, must protect a crime witness.Action comedy, starring Patrick Muldoon. 2002.

Mirror Mirror (LTV, 18.00)

01:05 Getting On 01:35 My Family 02:05 The Weakest Link 02:50 EastEnders 03:20 Doctors 03:50 Silk 04:40 Doctor Who Confidential 04:55 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 05:40 My Family 06:10 The Weakest Link 07:00 Penelope K, By The Way 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Teletubbies 07:55 Balamory 08:15 Penelope K, By The Way 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Teletubbies 09:10 Balamory 09:30 My Family 10:00 After You’ve Gone 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Hustle 13:05 Silk 13:55 My Family 14:25 Full Circle With Michael Palin 15:15 After You’ve Gone 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 The Weakest Link 17:30 Hustle 18:20 Silk 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:15 The Weakest Link 21:00 My Family 21:30 Keeping Up Appearances 22:00 Spooks 22:50 Getting On 23:20 Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive 23:50 Watson & Oliver 00:20 The World of Stonehenge

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Rattlesnake Republic 08:40 Northwest Wild 09:30 Mega

Beasts 10:15 Extreme Engineering 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 Inside West Coast Customs 13:05 Chasing Classic Cars 14:35 Ultimate Journeys 15:25 Mega Beasts 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 Alps From Above 17:50 Prehistoric 18:40 Chasing Classic Cars 19:30 Ultimate Journeys 20:20 Extreme Engineering 21:10 Mega Beasts 22:00 Alps From Above 22:50 Prehistoric 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Extreme Engineering 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 Alps From Above 02:50 Prehistoric 03:40 Chasing Classic Cars 04:30 Mega Beasts 05:20 Ultimate Journeys 06:10 Extreme Engineering

09:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 10:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 11:30 Tennis: Get Ready For Roland Garros 11:45 Table Tennis: World Championship 13:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 14:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 15:30 Table Tennis: World Championship 17:00 Cycling: Tour Of Norway 18:30 Table Tennis: World Championship 20:00 Fight Sport: Fight Club 23:15 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 00:15 Cycling: Tour Of Cali-

fornia 02:00 Cycling: Tour Of Italy

05:30 How I Met Your Mother 06:15 Criminal Minds 07:00 Breakout Kings 07:45 The Simpsons 08:10 Bob’s Burgers 08:35 Rules Of Engagement 09:25 How I Met Your Mother 10:15 Criminal Minds 11:00 Breakout Kings 11:45 The Simpsons 18 12:10 Bob’s Burgers 12:35 Rules Of Engagement 13:25 How I Met Your Mother 14:15 Touch 15:00 Breakout Kings 15:45 The Simpsons 18 16:10 Bob’s Burgers 16:35 Rules Of Engagement 17:25 How I Met Your Mother 18:15 Criminal Minds 19:00 Breakout Kings 19:50 The Simpsons 18 20:15 Bob’s Burgers 20:40 Rules Of Engagement 21:30 Touch 22:20 Beauty And The Beast 23:10 Criminal Minds 00:00 White Collar 00:45 Touch 01:30 The League 2 01:55 Traffic Light 02:20 Criminal Minds 03:05 Breakout Kings 03:50 The Simpsons 18 04:15 Bob’s Burgers 04:40 Lost

07:30 Officer And A Gentleman, An 09:45 Other Guys, The

11:45 Prey, The 13:45 Piece Of The Action, A 16:00 Nowhere Boy 18:00 Mirror Mirror 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 I Am Slave 22:30 Action Zone 23:00 St. Elmo’s Fire 00:50 Hustler Tv 02:20 Un Prophete 04:55 Two Tickets To Paradise 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 19:00 Barclays Premier League Review 20:00 Inside Line 20:30 La Liga World 21:00 Barclays Premier League World 21:30 La Liga Show 2012-13 22:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 00:00 Planet Speed 00:30 2013 Wtcc 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 05:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13

07:15 One Tree Hill 08:00 Two And A Half Men 08:30 C.S.I. New York 10:00 2 Broke Girls 10:45 Two And A Half Men 11:15 Ncis: Los Angeles 12:45 Gossip Girl 13:30 One Tree Hill 14:15 C.S.I. New York 16:00 Friends 16:25 PriVIleged 17:10 Top Boy 18:05 Luck 19:00 Gossip Girl 19:45 Harry’s Law Ii 20:30 Big Bang Theory 21:00

In Hell 22:00 Lucky One 00:05 Daring! Tv 04:05 Right Stuff

05:00 Turn Me On, Dammit!

06:15 O Annivas Pro Ton Pilon 08:00 Cine News 08:55 The Story Of Us 10:35 Beastly 12:05 Action Zone 12:40 The Amazing Spider Man 17:00 Cine News 17:35 Albert Nobbs 19:40 Mad On Novacinema 20:15 The Double 22:00 I Love You Too 23:55 Meeting Evil 01:30 The Bleeding House 03:00 The Grey

Southland 21:45 C.S.I. Miami 22:30 The Closer :15 Fringe 00:05 Rain People, The 01:45 Flirting With Flamenco 03:30 Friends 03:55 PriVIleged 04:40 Top Boy 05:35 Luck 06:30 Gossip Girl

08:00 Double Jeopardy 10:00 Overnight Delivery 11:30 Action Zone 12:00 Sea Gypsies 14:00 Hot Tub Time Machine 16:00 Kings Of Mykonos 18:00 The Neverending Story: The Next Chapter19:30 Action Zone 20:00 I Hope They Serve Beer

06:20 Cine News 07:10 Like Crazy 08:40 Dead Poet’s Society 10:50 Cine News 11:25 Twilight Saga, The: Breaking Dawn – P.1 13:25 The Illusionist 15:15 Hollywood 1on1 15:50 Runaway Jury 18:00 My Super Ex-Girlfriend 19:45 Glory 22:00 Miss Bala 00:00 A Happy Event 01:55 Chasing Amy 03:50 Oi Tempelides Tis Eforis Koiladas

19:05 The Chamber 23:20 The Following The End Is Near 00:10 Cine News 01:00 Aleska

& Angelika Pornochic 21

18:20 Hemingway & Gellhorn 21:00 The Vow 22:50 Shirley Valentine 00:45 Blue Crush 2

14:00 European Tour Volvo World Match Play Championship LIVE 18:00 Pinks All Out Concord 19:00 Sports Unlimited 20:00 MLB Player Poll 20:30 MLB: New York Mets At St. Louis Cardinals LIVE

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06:00 North By Northwest 08:15 Hook 09:50 Lost In A Harem 11:20 Dial M For Murder 13:10 Mildred Pierce 15:00 Adventures of Robin Hood 16:45 Mr: Skeffington 19:00 Operation Crossbow 21:00 Champ 23:05 Mister Buddwing 00:50 Champ 02:55 Mister Buddwing 04:40 Edge of the City

By Preston Wilder

The Descent (Capital, 21.00) ‘The Decent’ claims the typo on Capital’s schedule, but this isn’t just a decent horror flick; it’s a cult classic, named as one of the ‘25 Best Horror Films of the Aughts’ by the influential folks at online magazine Slant. “Soullessness and emptiness manifest physically in the form of screaming night crawlers in [director] Neil Marshall’s The Descent, the ultimate prison movie devoid of any trap door for escape,” says the mag, ranking the film at No. 7 - a slightly pretentious way of saying that it’s frighteningly tense, starting out with six female friends going on a caving trip. Deep in the bowels of an unknown cave system, tensions between the women start to emerge - but the real

horror comes from the ‘crawlers’, weird albino humanoid creatures who appear out of nowhere. The shift to monster movie is where the film loses much of its power for me (or did, when I saw it seven years ago), but I’m clearly in the minority - and it’s certainly never dull, with shock moments galore plus not one but two ‘It Was Just a Dream’ twists. Made in 2005.

I Love You Too (Novacinema1, 22.00) Peter Dinklage has a brilliant career, especially for a dwarf (sorry, ‘small person’): not only does he play Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, he also gets invited to Australia to co-star in local comedies like this

I Love You Too

little number. “You are without a doubt the worst boyfriend in the world,” says the wise Mr. Dinklage, chiding our hero Jim (Brendan Cowell) who loves Alice (Yvonne Strahovski) but is too afraid of commitment to actually say so - though Jim is a beacon of maturity next to his buddy Blake, whose solution when Alice finally leaves in disgust is to hire a hooker. “A grown-up comedy about a guy who’s trying to grow up,” chortles the trailer - and it looks like a pleasant rom-com, once you get past the thick Aussie accents and tedious insistence on men behaving badly. “The only time those Aussie actors seemed decent was when they were sharing the scene with Dinklage,” scoffs an unpatriotic local at the Internet Movie Database. Made in 2010.

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Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Niose Me News Allantopoleio Grigoriou FILM: The Big Bounce A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer’s mischevious, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score. Comedy thriller, starring Owen Wilson.

2004.

Brothers & Sisters (rpt) Fourth season of drama series. ‘Lights Out’. Sarah prepares for the closure of Ojai Foods, while Rebecca and Holly search for new jobs, despite Justin having something else in mind for his wife. Robert goes to a political dinner on Kitty’s behalf, and the family gathers together to say goodbye to the business.

Thids season of local period drama, based on true events.

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NRG Zone FILM: Marathon Man Thriller, with Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier. 1976. See Pick Of The Day.

Local period drama, based on true events.

20.00 21.15

Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Megastructures Discovery documentary series looking at the making of the greatest structures and machines ever created.

Paizoume Kypriaka Second season of local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

Kati Psinetai (rpt) Show where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.

Local cultural show.

16.00 18.00 18.15

Kids’ TV Euromaxx DW-TV’s magazine show, bringing you the latest on lifestyle and entertainment in Europe.

Live cookery show.

Popular local comedy series, which is the longest-running weekly show on Cyprus television.

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Greek competitive cooking reality show, open to amateur and home chefs.

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Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson Yia Sena News Erastis Ditikon Proastion (rpt) Sto Para Pente News Klemmena Oneira Greek drama series.

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Vampire Diaries A high school girl is torn between two vampire brothers. First season.

00.00 00.20

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01.00 01.40 03.40

Anna Paola (rpt) Spiti Apo Tin Arhi (rpt) Efialtis Stin Kouzina (rpt) A chef tries to turn around Greek restaurants in crisis.

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Vasiliki (rpt) Aspra Balonia (rpt) Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Eleni News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola

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Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) Ayio Eihame

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Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV Ayio Eihame Fotis - Maria Live

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Greek comedy series.

Entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, health, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

Latin American telenovela.

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Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Aspra Balonia (rpt) Al Tsantiri News A highly successful live satirical comedy show that features Lakis Lazopoulos giving ‘his version’ of the news.

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06. 40 Kids’ TV 09.00 Kalitera En Ginetai (rpt) 09.30 Akti Oneiran (rpt) 10.00 Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras 11.00 Kouzina Me Apopsi 11.30 Sto Mati Tou Kiklona (rpt) 12.30 Milagros 13.25 Kids’ TV 14.25 Telemarketing 15.35 Kalitera En Ginetai 16.10 Top Models 17.30 Sto Mati Tou Kiklona With News at 18.10.

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Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: Battle In Seattle What starts as a peaceful protest escalates into a full scale riot when thousands of activists arrive in Seattle to protest the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference of 1999. Action drama, starring André Benjamin and Jennifer Carpenter 2007.

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Ta Kopelia LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

News Sports News Igeia & Zoi (rpt) FILM: Swept Away A snooty socialite is stranded on a Mediterranean island with a communist sailor. Drama directed

by Guy Ritchie, starring Madonna. 2002.

Popular tear-jerking talk-show following women’s issues, with showbiz guests.

News Epistrofi (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

‘Till Death Yia Sena (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Mila

CAPITAL

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FILM: Love Stinks A television writer falls for a beautiful woman at his friend’s wedding, but her demands for commitment soon have him running the other way. Comedy, starring French Stewart. 1999.

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FILM: Nine Lives A former special forces agent finds himself in trouble when a case of mistaken identity leaves him at the mercy of ruthless crooks.

Thriller, starring Wesley Snipes. 2004.

Remember Me (LTV3, 20.00)

01:05 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 01:40 The Weakest Link 02:25 Ideal 03:00 My Family 03:25 The Green Green Grass 03:55 EastEnders 04:25 Doctors 04:55 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 05:25 Ideal 05:55 My Family 06:25 The Green Green Grass 07:00 Penelope K, By The Way 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Teletubbies 07:55 Fimbles 08:15 Penelope K, By The Way 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Teletubbies 09:10 Fimbles 09:30 My Family 10:00 The Green Green Grass 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Lark Rise To Candleford 13:05 Waking The Dead 13:55 My Family 14:25 Full Circle With Michael Palin 15:15 The Green Green Grass 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 The Weakest Link 17:30 Lark Rise To Candleford 18:20 Waking The Dead 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:15 The Weakest Link 21:00 My Family 21:30 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 22:00 Lark Rise To Candleford 22:50 As Time Goes By 23:20 Rev. 23:50 Silk 00:40 After You’ve Gone

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Sons Of Guns 08:40 Prophets Of Science Fiction 09:30 Mega Beasts 10:15 Extreme Engineering 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 Crisis Control 13:05 Extreme Engineering 13:50 Chasing Classic Cars 14:35 Ultimate Journeys 15:25 Mega Beasts 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 Rattlesnake Republic 17:50 Northwest Wild 18:40 Chasing Classic Cars 19:30 Ultimate Journeys 20:20 Extreme Engineering 21:10 Mega Beasts 22:00 Rattlesnake Republic 22:50 Northwest Wild 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Extreme Engineering 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 Rattlesnake Republic 02:50 Northwest Wild 03:40 Chasing Classic Cars 04:30 Mega Beasts 05:20 Ultimate Journeys 06:10 Extreme Engineering

09:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 10:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 11:30 Football: Eurogoals 12:15 All Sports: Watts 13:15 Equestrian: Horse Racing Time 13:30 Cycling: Tour Of Cali-

fornia 14:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 15:30 Football: Eurogoals 16:15 Football: Uefa European Under 17 Championship Slovakia 18:45 All Sports: Watts 19:15 Football: Uefa European Under 17 Championship Slovakia 23:15 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 00:15 Cycling: Tour Of California 01:45 Car Racing: Porsche Supercup Spain 02:15 All Sports: Watts

05:30 How I Met Your Mother 06:15 Criminal Minds 07:00 The Glades 07:45 The Simpsons 08:10 Bob’s Burgers 08:35 Rules Of Engagement 09:25 How I Met Your Mother 10:15 Criminal Minds 11:00 Breakout Kings 11:45 The Simpsons 12:10 Bob’s Burgers 12:35 Rules Of Engagement 13:25 How I Met Your Mother 14:15 Beauty And The Beast 15:00 Breakout Kings 15:45 The Simpsons 16:10 Bob’s Burgers 16:35 Rules Of Engagement 17:25 How I Met Your Mother 18:15 Criminal Minds 19:00 Breakout Kings 19:50 The Simpsons 18 20:15 Bob’s Burgers 20:40 Rules Of Engagement 21:30 Beauty And The Beast 22:20 Touch 23:10 Criminal Minds 00:00 Sons Of Anarchy 4 00:50 Beauty And

Crimes 08:55 Micki & Maude 10:50 $5 A Day 12:30 Cine News 13:20 Flicka 3: Best Friends 15:00 America’s Sweethearts 16:50 Cine News 17:35 Real Steel 19:50 Hollywood 1 On1 20:25 Opal Dream 22:00 Game Of Thrones 23:00 In Darkness 01:25 21 Jump Street 03:15 Farewell, My Queen 04:55 Straw Dogs

The Beast 01:35 The League 2 02:00 Traffic Light 02:25 Criminal Minds 03:10 Breakout Kings 03:55 The Simpsons 18 04:20 Bob’s Burgers 04:45 Lost

07:30 Friends With Money 09:00 Private Benjamin 10:50 American, The 12:40 Black Beauty 14:15 Bruc 16:00 St. Trinian’s Ii: The Legend Of Fritton’s Gold 17:50 What Women Want 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Case 39 23:00 My Best Friend’s Wedding 00:50 Hustler Tv 03:00 Underbelly Files - The Man Who Got Away 04:45 Easy A 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 17:00 Nba Action 17:30 Barclays Premier League World 18:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 20:00 2013 Wtcc 20:30 Planet Speed 21:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 Jeep World Of Adventure Sports 01:15 Liga Bbva 201213 03:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 05:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

08:00 Burlesque 10:00 Action

Zone 10:30 Sleepless In Seattle 12:30 London Boulevard 14:30 Hot Coffee 16:00 Action Zone 16:30 City Of Angels 18:30 Dance Flick 20:00 Above The Law 22:00 Everything Must Go 23:35 Action Zone 00:05 Daring! Tv 03:35 Action Zone 04:05 Jackie Chan’s First Strike 05:45 Walk On The Moon, A

08:00 Serious Man, A 10:00 Homeless: The Motel Kids Of Orange County 11:15 Love Wrecked 13:00 True Stories 14:30 Dennis The Menace 16:15 I Love You, Man 18:15 Live Wire 20:00 Remember Me 22:00 Ghost Writer 00:15 Daring! Tv 04:05 Twilight Saga: Eclipse 06:30 Traveler

05:05 Miss Bala 07:00 High

05:30 Cine News 06:05 Fun With Dick And Jane 07:40 Cine News 08:10 War Horse 10:35 Manhattan Murder Mystery 12:25 Good Morning Vietnam 14:30 Hollywood Buzz 15:10 Anonymous 17:25 The Bone Collector 19:30 Kingdom Of Heaven 22:00 Kill Bill: Vol.1 K15 23:50 The Jackal 01:55 Straight Story 03:30 Cine News 04:20 Do No Harm

19:15 Nok Aout 21:00 Heaven 23:35 Killer Elite 01:30 Bimbo Club 3 X

18:15 There Will Be Blood 21:00 22:55 Gainsbourg: A

Heroic Life 01:00 Passion Play

18:00 PRE GAME(E) 18:20 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: APOLLON VS AGIA NAPA (E) 20:20 POST GAME (E) 20:45 STIGMIOTIPA KYPRIAKOU PODOSFEROU 21:00 MLB: Texas Rangers At Oakland Athletics 00:00 Big Ten Men’s Golf Big Ten Championships 01:00 Golf Central International LIVE

06:00 MTV Morning 12:00 MTV Daily Hits 18:00 MTV Out Loud 24:00 MTV After Hours

06:00 Sunday in New York 07:45 Splendor In The Grass 09:45 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 12:10 Law And Jake Wade 13:35 Little Caesar 15:00 Anna Karenina 16:30 Where Eagles Dare 19:05 Seventh Cross 21:00 Heaven With a Gun 22:40 Patch Of Blue 00:25 Heaven With a Gun 02:10 Westworld 03:40 Patch Of Blue

By Preston Wilder

Marathon Man (CyBC2, 21.00) “Is it safe?” That’s a good question to ask when contemplating a Pick of the Day on CyBC, or indeed any of the free channels - they tend to drop films at the last moment without warning - though it’s also a question asked by Nazi dentist Laurence Olivier as he’s torturing our hero (Dustin Hoffman). Dustin’s clearly in a tight spot, because if there’s anything worse than being tortured by a Nazi it’s being tortured by a Nazi who’s also a dentist - and the worst of it is that Dusty has no clue what’s supposed to be “safe”, his secretagent brother (now deceased) being the one with the inside knowledge. The result is a flashy, highly enjoyable 70s thriller that won Olivier an Oscar nomination

Marathon Man

(his Nazi, Dr. Szell, was No. 34 on the American Film Institute’s list of 50 greatest movie villains, just below Count Dracula); “From this movie I learnt that cloves alleviate toothache,” notes a fan on YouTube, “for which information I am sincerely grateful”. Made in 1976.

Eurovision Song Contest SemiFinal (CyBC1, 22.00) Haven’t Picked two CyBC Picks on the same day for years and years, so take a bow, state channel - and some may feel it’s wrong that we’re Picking tonight’s Eurovision semi-final as opposed to the contest itself (which takes place on Saturday), but experience has shown that it could be your only chance to see De-

spina Olympiou singing ‘An Me Thimase’: Cyprus have only qualified to the big Final twice in the past seven years (though admittedly both those occasions were in the past three years, so maybe we’re getting the hang of it). In my humble and un-expert opinion we don’t stand much of a chance with ‘An Me Thimase’, a romantic dirge which would be at home on Greek radio but doesn’t exactly scream Eurovision - then again it’s a well-known ‘fact’ that the contest runs on politics rather than music, so maybe the sympathy vote for our recent problems will carry us to an unexpected victory. Can we possibly beat Latvia’s PeR which stands for ‘Please explain the Rhythm’ - singing ‘Here We Go’, however? Live from Malmo in Sweden.

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Apo Mera Se Mera Entehnos

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Local cultural show.

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Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Live local cookery show.

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Moiraia Fengaria Local period drama, based on true events.

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News Vimata Stin Ammo

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News In English News In Turkish Megastructures

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Vodka Portokali (rpt) Fila To Vatraho Sou (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Tis Agapis Mahairia (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) The Vreis To Daskalo Sou (rpt) Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt) Oneiropagida (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Yia Tin Agapi Sou With News at 18.00.

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NRG Zone UEFA Europa League

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Retire News (rpt) Max Adventures Master Chef (rpt) Greek competitive cooking reality show, open to amateur and home chefs.

09.00 10.00 11.40 14.00 16.00 18.00 18.30 19.30 20.20 21.20

Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson Yia Sena News Erastis Ditikon Proastion (rpt) Sto Para Pente News Klemmena Oneira

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Oi Vasiliades Greek comedy series.

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Vampire Diaries A high school girl is torn between two vampire brothers. First season.

Oikonomahies News Sports News Ola Bahalo Fetos To Kleidi Tou Paradeisou (rpt) To Paihnidi Tis Signomis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

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News Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Set after the events in Terminator 2 Sarah Connor and her son John, trying to stay under-the-radar from the government as they plot to destroy the computer network Skynet in hopes of preventing Armageddon.

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PLUS TV

Anna Paola (rpt) Spiti Apo Tin Arhi (rpt)

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House make-over show.

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Efialtis Stin Kouzina (rpt)

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A chef tries to turn around Greek restaurants in crisis.

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Vasiliki (rpt) Aspra Balonia (rpt) Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Eleni News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola Latin American telenovela.

Greek drama series.

Aiyia Fuxia(rpt) Niose Me News Allantopoleio Grigoriou Vals Me 12 Theous Grey’s Anatomy Medical drama, starring Ellen Pompeo as a surgeon, struggling with a series of private and professional crises.

UEFA Europa League Live coverage of final at the Amsterdam Arena between Portuguese team Benfica and English team Chelsea.

The winners will play against the winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup.

Friends

I Kypros Konta Sas News Repeats

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Pre-game analysis.

American comedy about the lives and loves of six New Yorkers.

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Kato Apo Ton Idio Ourano

Discovery documentary series looking at the making of the greatest structures and machines ever created.

Thids season of local period drama, based on true events.

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Kati Psinetai (rpt)

Local topical show.

Paizoume Kypriaka Second season of local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

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Euromaxx

Greek version of show where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.

Popular local comedy series, which is the longest-running weekly show on Cyprus television.

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DW-TV’s magazine show, bringing you the latest on lifestyle and entertainment in Europe.

Kaftes Piperies (rpt) Istories Tou Horkou (rpt)

Kids’ TV Shown till 12.30, then repeated till midafternoon.

Live cookery show.

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Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Aspra Balonia 60 Lepta

Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition.

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Dekati Entoli (rpt) News Epistrofi (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

‘Till Death Yia Sena (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

Mila (rpt) Ayio Eihame (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti News Ayio Eihame Fotis - Maria Live Mila Exelixeis Sti Showbiz The Closer Sixth season. ‘Old Money’. Lt Flynn is attacked after his AA meeting and calls Sharon Raydor for help - but when he is falsely charged with tampering with the witness statements, Brenda has to step in.

Local investigative show.

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Classic Cartoons Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt)

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FILM: Zelda

CAPITAL 09.00 09.30 10.00 11.00 11.30 12.30 13.25 14.15 15.00 16.05 17.00 17.30

Kalitera En Ginetai Akti Oneiron (rpt) Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Ygeia & Zoi (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Best Off Live@4 (rpt) Kalitera En Ginetai Top Models Akti Oneiron Sto Mati Tou Kiklona With News at 18.00.

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News Sports News Epi Topou FILM: Hidden Agenda Political thriller, starring Brian Cox. 1990. See Pick Of The Day

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FILM: Year Of The Dragon A highly decorated New York cop sets out to rid corrupt Chinatown of its deeprooted drug cartels.

Michael Cimino’s tough crime thriller, starring Mickey Rourke. 1985.

Biopic of the exuberant wife of literary genius F Scott Fitzgerald, following the ups and downs of their torrid relationship during the 1920s. Starring Natasha Richardson.

1993.

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LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

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FILM: Watchtower A ruthless killer who adopts the identity of his unfortunate victims moves to a new town and quickly ingratiates himself with the residents. Thriller, starring Tom Berenger. 2001.

FILM: Criminal Law Thriller, starring Gary Oldman and Kevin Bacon. 1988.

Take Shelter (Novacinema2, 22.00)

01:10 The Weakest Link 01:55 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 02:25 As Time Goes By 02:55 EastEnders 03:25 Doctors 03:55 Lark Rise To Candleford 04:45 Rev. 05:15 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 05:45 My Family 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Penelope K, By The Way 07:10 Me Too! 07:30 Teletubbies 07:55 Fimbles 08:15 Penelope K, By The Way 08:25 Me Too! 08:45 Teletubbies 09:10 Fimbles 09:30 My Family 10:00 Rev. 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Silk 13:05 Lark Rise To Candleford 13:55 My Family 14:25 Full Circle With Michael Palin 15:15 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 The Weakest Link 17:30 Silk 18:20 Lark Rise To Candleford 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:15 The Weakest Link 21:00 My Family 21:30 After You’ve Gone 22:00 Silk 22:50 One Foot In The Grave 23:30 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:15 Spooks

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Cri-

sis Control 08:40 Extreme Engineering 09:30 Mega Beasts 10:15 Extreme Engineering 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 Rattlesnake Republic 13:05 Northwest Wild 13:50 Chasing Classic Cars 14:35 Ultimate Journeys 15:25 Mega Beasts 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 Inside West Coast Customs 17:50 Chasing Classic Cars 19:30 Ultimate Journeys 20:20 Extreme Engineering 21:10 Mega Beasts 22:00 Inside West Coast Customs 22:50 Chasing Classic Cars 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Extreme Engineering 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 Inside West Coast Customs 02:50 Chasing Classic Cars 04:30 Mega Beasts 05:20 Ultimate Journeys 06:10 Extreme Engineering

09:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 10:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 11:30 Table Tennis: World Championship 13:30 Cycling: Tour Of California 14:30 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 15:30 Table Tennis: World Championship 16:30 Cycling: Tour Of Norway 18:30 Tennis: Get Ready For Roland Gar-

ros 18:45 All Sports: Campus 19:10 Athletics: Greene Light 19:25 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 19:30 All Sports: Month Selection 19:35 Equestrian: Fei Classics Series 20:30 All Sports: Month Selection 20:35 Equestrian Sports: Riders Club 20:40 Golf: U.S. P.G.A. Tour The Players Championship Usa 21:35 Golf: The European Tour China Open 22:05 Golf: Ladies European Tour Turkey Open Turkey 22:20 Golf: Golf Club 22:25 Sailing: Extreme Sailing Series 22:55 Sailing: Yacht Club 23:00 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 23:15 Cycling: Tour Of Italy 00:15 Cycling: Tour Of California 01:45 Cycling: Tour Of Italy

05:30 How I Met Your Mother 06:15 Criminal Minds 07:00 Breakout Kings 07:45 The Simpsons 08:10 Bob’s Burgers 08:35 Rules Of Engagement 09:25 How I Met Your Mother 10:15 Criminal Minds 11:00 Breakout Kings 11:45 The Simpsons 12:10 Bob’s Burgers 12:35 Rules Of Engagement 13:25 How I Met Your Mother 14:15 Elementary 15:00 Breakout Kings 15:45 The Simpsons 18

16:10 Bob’s Burgers 16:35 Rules Of Engagement 17:25 How I Met Your Mother 18:15 Criminal Minds 19:00 Breakout Kings 19:50 The Simpsons 18 20:15 Bob’s Burgers 20:40 Rules Of Engagement 21:30 Elementary 22:15 Homeland 23:15 Criminal Minds 00:00 White Collar 3 00:45 Elementary 01:30 The League 2 01:55 Traffic Light 02:20 Criminal Minds 03:05 Breakout Kings 03:50 The Simpsons 18 04:15 Bob’s Burgers 04:40 Lost

07:30 Twilight 09:15 Love Wrecked 11:00 Middle Men 13:00 Secret Garden, The 15:00 Solitary Man 16:35 Cinderella Story, A 18:15 Men In Black 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 All Good Things 23:00 Traveler, The 00:45 Hustler Tv 02:30 Dave 04:30 Riding Tornado 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Kids TV 17:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 21:00 La Liga World 21:30 Inside Line 22:00 Best Classic Premier League Games 00:00 La Liga Review 201213 01:00 Liga Bbva 201213 03:00 Barclays Premier

Something Wrong With Aunt Diane

League 2012-13 05:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13

07:40 Bruc 09:15 Flypaper 10:45 Oh, God! Book Ii 12:30 Ticking Clock 14:20 Happy Feet Two 16:00 Youth In Revolt 17:30 Shutter Island 19:50 Family Man 22:00 His Way 23:30 Action Zone 00:05 Daring! Tv 04:05 Heist 06:00 Warrior’s Way

08:15 Around The World In 80 Days 11:15 Heartbreaker 13:15 Citizen Usa: 50 State Road Trip 14:15 Prey 16:15 How Do You Know 18:30 Tom & Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers 20:00 Roxanne 22:00 Carlos 00:50 Daring! Tv 04:05 Mirror Mirror 06:00 There’s

06:45 Shall We Dance?

08:30 Suspect Zero 10:45 Hollywood 1on1 13:10 Welcome To The South 15:00 Emma 17:05 Cine News 17:45 The Women On The 6th Floor 19:35 Action Zone 20:10 Seeking Justice 22:00 Burden Of Evil 23:35 A Dangerous Method 01:15 Sister 02:55 L 04:25 Cine News

05:50 I Fouska 07:35 Cine News 08:05 Let’s Make Love 10:10 Green Card 13:55 5 Lepta Akoma 15:35 Films & Stars 16:10 Pal Joey 20:15 Brake 22:00 Take Shelter 00:05 Rounders 02:10 The Hunger Games 04:30 Colombiana

18:35 The Pelican Brief 21:00 Proof Of Life 23:20 A Man Without Honor 00:20 Person Of Interest 01:10 Cine News 01:30 Russian Institute: Back To School

Big Miracle 22:55 Adult 00:35 Birth

Young

18:00 PRE GAME(E) 18:50 COCA COLA CUP 201213: APOLLON VS AEK (E) 20:50 POST GAME (E) 20:45 STIGMIOTIPA KYPRIAKOU PODOSFEROU 21:00 MLB: Kansas City Royals At Los Angeles Angels 22:30 MLB: Atlanta Braves At Arizona Diamondbacks LIVE 1:30 MLB Player Poll

06:00 MTV Morning 12:00 MTV Daily Hits 18:00 MTV Out Loud 24:00 MTV After Hours

06:00 Little Caesar 07:20 Where Eagles Dare 09:50 Anna Karenina 11:25 Hearts Of The West 13:05 Logan’s Run 15:00 Dial M For Murder 16:45 North By Northwest 19:00 Hook 21:00 Shaft 22:45 Eye of the Devil 00:15 Patch Of Blue 02:00 Shaft 03:45 Mr: Skeffington

18:50 Against All Odds 21:00

By Preston Wilder

Hidden Agenda (Capital, 21.00) What’s Ken Loach’s problem? He’s declined a knighthood, and recently reacted to Margaret Thatcher’s death by saying they should privatise her funeral and accept the cheapest bid (“It’s what she would have wanted”). The waspish Mr. Loach is a man on a mission - and he made Hidden Agenda in the early 90s, a time when Thatcher’s government was deeply mired in the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’. That’s the setting for this fiery political thriller (“based on both the Stalker and Colin Wallace affairs,” explains Time Out), with ethical policeman Brian Cox determined to investigate when an American human-rights campaigner is killed by British security forces; what he finds are facts

Hidden Agenda

which important people would like to see covered up - and anyone expecting a balanced view is clearly in the wrong movie, but the film is exciting and of course very angry. Controversial and not much liked at the time (when it was accused of being simplistic and one-sided), easier to enjoy now that passions have faded. Up the people, Mr. Loach! Made in 1990.

Burden of Evil (Novacinema1, 22.00) Never mind the burden of evil, what about the burden of being ranked No. 80 on Maxim magazine’s list of the 100 hottest women? “This girl Natalie is like a supermodel trying so hard to act like a tough cop

girl,” scoffs an unimpressed man (I assume it’s a man) from Argentina at the Internet Movie Database - and that Argentine hater has a point because Natalie Zea looks exactly like what she is, a former soap star (and hot chick, at least according to Maxim magazine), making her a strange choice for the lead in this runof-the-mill thriller. “When the daughter of a powerful senator is kidnapped by a psychopath, the senator requests a particular homicide detective, Caitlyn Conner, to head up the case,” explains the synopsis; “She knows the kidnapper better than anyone else: he just killed her husband”. Nat is Caitlyn, of course, going after the evil kidnapper. Maybe she can strike him with her striking good looks. Made for TV in 2012.