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Paphos has a good selection of rural eateries that genuinely try to please their customers. The owners aren’t pretending to offer ‘fine dining’ but offer instead a genuine warm welcome, the chance to eat good food, drink decent local wines and experience an atmosphere so authentic that it’s difficult not to be charmed by it, with the result one can ignore the occasional slip up... Read on

 I am not too fond of the café/bars on the main Makarios Avenue in Limassol. In a town that boasts idyllic seafront cafes, and cute old city charm bars, why would anyone want to take in the noise and congestion of the town’s main avenue? To make matters worse, some of these establishments are a bit pretentious and lack character. This is definitely not the case with Milk Bar, a recent addition to the avenue strip that exudes retro charm and offers some fantastic menu options, including some great cocktails... Read on

 Robert 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... 1 comment

 “You, 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 films that approach vaguely similar material – based around the notion of a body possessed – in diametrically opposite ways. One film 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... Read on

It 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. ... Read on

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... Read on

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 Mark Wahlberg is just doing his job. “I’m the guy doing his job,” he snarled in The Departed when someone challenged him to say who he was. “You must be the other guy”. Like Bruce Willis, Wahlberg has parlayed working-class gruffness into a movie-star persona – though he’s got more intensity than Willis, and a bit less humour. He’ll get beaten to a pulp in Broken City, come home looking like a piece of bloody meat, then either banter gruffly with his girl (“I thought you liked bloody meat”) or just brush her off when she tries to tend to his wounds. “I got into a bit of a thing,” he’ll say, with the uninflected certitude of someone who knows it’s just part of the job... Read on