The

Limassol Dispatch

the original material submitted to

Some of the best pieces from my column, in chronological order are included here. My personal all-time favourites are marked with a *

Somewhat humorous but slightly serious:

• My first 29 years*

• Fantastic island*

• Streets of shame

• What's in a name?

• Limassol, so much to answer for

• Bah, humbug!*

• A striking success

• The wild side of Cyprus

• An island in the sun

• Streets of rain

• Frequent flyers*

• Attack of the clones*

• 24-hour party people

• Salisbury steak and freedom fries

• One fine day

• Christmas fun for everyone*

• Fungi are your friends

• Long live The King*

• Clerical errors

• Trees and flowers and tumble-dryers*

• Puppy love

• Sticky taxes

• Basket cases

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Not so serious pieces

• Blatter and his blather

• Big bird hits town!

• Lies, damn lies and statistics*

• Oh what a tangled web we weave

• Promises to keep

• Brave predictions for 2006*

• If you love someone, text them

• A dog's life*

• Recommendations for your book club

• RON wins by a landslide*

• The rites of marriage*

• No fondling allowed

• When pensioners attack

• Bored of 'On board'

• Happiness is an amusement park*

• My political statement*

• All you need is love

• Making beautiful music with your food

• The gang that couldn't shoot straight

• Dopey dopeheads

• Engineering for toddlers

• A day for everyone*

• Men don't dance*

• Don't worry, be childish*

• Phone-a-friends

• Bugs are no problem when you're hairy

• I'm getting blackcurrant*

• Giant lemons of Cyprus

• Fit for nothing

• Compute this!*

• Waking up is hard to do

• Travelling light

• Red herrings

• Evil bunny!

• Just for kicks

• London for children

• Death by durian and more red herrings

• Sankwish special

More serious pieces

• A time to remember Ken Saro-Wiwa*

• Best remembered*

• The true meaning of Christmas*

• The boy with a lion's heart*

• Better to light a candle

• Limassol's salad Days

• More than a pile of old rubbish

• The forgotten city

• The sad state of football in Cyprus

more coming soon...