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Multi-award-winning rapping teacher MC Grammar announces first live tour!

Grab your caps, shades and chains and get ready to rap, rhyme and dance along with British born Cypriot MC Grammar as he embarks upon his first headline live tour, ‘Stop! It’s Grammar Time!’, next month.
The award-winning rapping teacher, …

Cool Rider, a live concert production of Grease 2, will play at the London Palladium

Cool Rider, the unofficial sequel to Grease, will have a 10th anniversary concert at the London Palladium on 14 April.
The musical parody grew its cult following of fans after playing two nights only at London’s Lyric Theatre in 2014, …

Usher marries in Vegas hours after Super Bowl performance

Usher and longtime partner Jenn Goicoechea married in Las Vegas just hours after the R&B superstar’s headline appearance at the Super Bowl halftime show, according to officials and documents.
The officiant who wed the pair is known to dress as …

We sadly announce that UK Cypriot Theodosis Chrysostomou has passed away

† DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT – FUNERAL
Theodosis Chrysostomou
(from Limnia, Famagusta, Cyprus)

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather Theodosis Chrysostomou, who passed away on Thursday 15th February 2024, at the …

Princess Andre launches debut jewellery collection

Princess Andre, the 16-year-old daughter of Peter Andre and Katie Price, has launched her debut jewellery collection.
Sparkle by Princess Andre, a collaboration with Luxe jewellery, comprises a range of 24 pieces including necklaces, bracelets and rings.
Speaking about the …

Is George Michael coming back as a hologram?

George Michael could reportedly be returning to a stage as a hologram, papers filed by his representatives have revealed.
The star could supposedly perform as a ‘live’ holographic performer – similar to ABBA Voyage – as early as next year.…

Film Reviews

FILM OF THE WEEK

THE TASTE OF THINGS

This delicious film by the celebrated Vietnamese writer/director Tran Anh Hung (THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA and NORWEGEAN WOOD) is set in 1885 France. The story focuses on Eugenie (Juliette Binoche), the …

New logo commemorates Cyprus 20-year membership of EU

Cyprus will celebrate two decades since joining the European Union on May 1, and a special logo has been designed to mark the occasion.
The design, created by the press and information office to commemorate the 20-year anniversary, was revealed …

Theatre Review

A subversive tap to the head

Deaths in the family have a way of dredging up the past – half-buried conflicts, petty resentment and jealousy, regret, grown women compulsively breaking into three-part harmony at the drop of a hat.
In …

Dinner in honour of chanter Mr Pavlos Charalambous in London

On Thursday 8th February 2024, a dinner was held in honour of the respected chanter, Mr Pavlos Charalambous, at the hall of St Mary’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Wood Green. His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudoupolis – following the traditional …