“What's in a name? that which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet” (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene ii)

In response to Reginos Theodotou from London UK and Joe Citizen from Insert Location Here, as well as various people with whom I have regular contact but still have a problem in understanding who I am, I think a couple of important clarifications are in order:

Although I’m called Charlie by people who know me, my professional name is Charles Charalambous. That’s Charles Charalambous from the Cyprus Mail. Not Charlie Charalambous, who writes for the Cyprus Weekly, and is a completely different person altogether. More facial hair, for a start.

Another clue: The other guy (“Hairy Charlie”? Let’s agree on “Weekly Charlie”) was writing for the Cyprus Weekly before I moved permanently to the island, and much longer before I (“Mail Charles”? Unsettling hint of gender issues there) started writing for the Cyprus Mail.

Also, the Cyprus Mail is a daily newspaper which appears six times a week, including Sundays. The Cyprus Weekly is…well, a weekly newspaper, appearing just once a week (radical concept, but you get used to it).

So, to spell it out: Two completely different publications, owned by different people, produced on different premises to a different schedule, and featuring stuff by two completely different Charlies.

Of course, just to complicate matters further, Weekly Charlie used to work for the Mail some time back. Not any more. Charlie’s at the Weekly, Charles is at the Mail. Pass it on.