“…loss of valued Suzan Ari we are grieving” (Salih Cosar –Leader Democrat Party [Minister for Economy kktc] ~in ’Halkin Sesi’ -26 Nov. 2002)

Premier of Nth. Cyprus attended her funeral.. from Canada university education staff to others in USA & UK who as ‘auntie’ referred to her poured in messages, including from persons knighted by Britain to representing nation in Europe, of commiseration…

Suzan Ari, in cultural and social development of Cypriot was a great helper in efforts of her late husband Orhan Seyfi Ari “whose mark on nation’s history of education is not a small one”.

As Greek and Turkish Cypriot pupils of her husband and many people of British Colony of Cyprus Orhan Ari’s efforts, so did many from later Republic of and still later Northern Republic of Cyprus remember and appreciate Suzan Ari’s help in those efforts to educate, modernize, a society previously resisting or helpless in cultural progress.

She was born in Morphou –where after her compulsory education and training as dress-maker under British system of apprenticeships and self-education in Turkish and Greek comtemporary literature and with an avid interest in current affairs (perhaps resulting from her father Mr. Uney’s social activities as a successful businessman and local community leader in central Nicosia –the capital) she was one of very first to show with her husband (Mr. Ari -a young idealist teacher) in 1941 courage of conviction that, while there was nothing wrong with Cypriot Turkish and Greek custom of dowries, marriage should be for love.

Sir Roy Strong, eminent English historian and former director of Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has ridiculed television programme ‘I'm a celebrity... Get me out of Here!' in a recent article in ‘The Daily Mail'.

"It made we feel utterly ashamed to be British", he lamented. For those of you lucky enough not to know what this programme is about, let me explain. It chooses a number of celebrities and puts them in an artificial situation. In latest series they were dropped in Australian jungle and put through a number of ordeals such as having insects poured on their heads! As always there was a mixture of personalities with emphasis on young people of opposite sex being together. These could be relied on to use bad language, take off most of their clothes or even have sex.

Sir Roy deplores that "the country of Purcell, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton and Winston Churchill had sunk so low. It's not just that so many people watched ‘I'm a Celebrity' (14 million) and vacuous behaviour of its victims, but that they actually gloated over such puerile antics in their homes."

Although Sir Roy Strong is an eminent historian, it is difficult to understand his surprise at 14 million people gloating over this gibberish. When he refers to "the country of Purcell, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton" you have to giggle. When did majority of English show any interest or love of Shakespeare (endured at school by majority) or classical music of Purcell or scientific theories of Newton? Anyone with any acquaintance with English people will know that these are interests of few, even elite.