With warmer temperatures this weekend, it is time to take to the streets. Plenty of outdoor events are on, from book bazaars and street food markets, to guided walks and celebrations of spring flowers ...

For such a peaceful, timeless song like "Scarborough Fair", it created a surprisingly deep rift between two folk musicians in ...

Gabriela Lena Frank has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her orchestral work Picaflor: A future myth. In announcing ...

Laufey's modern spin on jazz has twice earned her the Grammy Award for best traditional pop album [Laufey/Vingolf/Awal] It's ...

Let’s take, for instance, the ‘poiitarides’ – or ‘itinerant poets’, as Nicoletta Demetriou calls them. ‘Poiitarika’ (the category name for their works) were “long narrative songs,” she explains, “the ...

The Cap St Georges is also home to the Cleopatra Spa, one of the biggest wellness centres on the island, which offers special ...

Discover a wealth of incredible hotels and local things to do in Cyprus with this interactive map of the island.

On May 1, the village of Kalavasos will host a cultural event dedicated to the history, art, and tradition of silk. The Journey of Silk: From China to Cyprus festival aims to highlight the close ...

Cyprus has a new pitch for nervous holidaymakers: If it’s safe enough for 27 EU leaders, surely it’s safe enough for your beach break. The Mediterranean island is hoping an upcoming gathering of ...

Though I reserve the right to take all this back in the graphene-slim chance that I am ever nominated for anything, I am sceptical about awards. One of my favourite things about writing for The ...

Irish traditional music is among the most popular World Music genres of our time. Performed by Irish and non-Irish musicians throughout the world and patronized by audiences in diverse social and ...

As the war in Iran enters its fifth week and the UK Easter holidays arrive, British tourists have begun to cancel their holidays to Cyprus, with hotel bookings showing a marked slump compared with ...