Nicosia·Monday, September 21, 2026
Cyprus Lifestyle
The Island, At Its Best
Photo: UnsplashA quiet homecoming for icons that spent decades abroad.
The icons arrived without ceremony, in crates, under guard. For decades they had travelled the auction rooms of three continents; now they hang again a few kilometres from where they were made. The gold has not dimmed.
The exhibition is careful not to be triumphant. It is, instead, a meditation on loss and return, on what a small island keeps and what it lets go. The crowds have been silent, which is its own kind of applause.
Not a starter but a whole philosophy of eating — how the long Cypriot table became the truest introduction to the island.
A sweet amber wine made on the same slopes since antiquity — and still poured at Cypriot celebrations today.
The 70-metre embroidery has crossed the Channel for a London exhibition, reviving a century-old dispute over whether it was ever made in Normandy at all.
The week on the island, chosen and written by our editors — property, culture and the good life, in one considered email.
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