Book bans reflect outdated beliefs about how children read
Monday, 28 November 2022, 08:30
Last update: about 2 years ago
Associated Press
Banned Books Week comes amid regular high-profile efforts to remove allegedly controversial or inappropriate reading material from libraries and schools. Nowadays, the small groups of parents who...
Anne Heche memoir 'Call Me Anne' scheduled for January
Sunday, 27 November 2022, 06:37
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
In a memoir Anne Heche worked on over the past year, the actor shared candid thoughts on her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood's first openly gay...
The story of a bridge
Tuesday, 22 November 2022, 11:26
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the Balkans by a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, spanning generations, nationalities and creeds, stands witness to the countless...
Gustave R. Vincenti – an architectural legacy
Tuesday, 22 November 2022, 11:24
Last update: about 3 years ago
Few can say they have had the thrill of discovering and handling an actual treasure. David Ellul can certainly claim so, after encountering a cache of drawings, records, journals and countless other...
'Team America' plumbs enduring impact of 4 generals
Sunday, 20 November 2022, 16:50
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
"Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged" by Robert L. O'Connell (Harper) Insightful and informative, military historian Robert L. O'Connell's latest book...
Director James Burrows looks back on his career in new book
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 10:38
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
James Burrows loves sitcoms, and he should. The 81-year-old has directed more than 1,000 episodes of TV sitcoms, including fan favorites such as "Friends," "Cheers," and Will & Grace." He's also...
Besties and former 'The Office' co-stars write on friendship
Monday, 7 November 2022, 10:48
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
— Spoiler alert: Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey obviously knew how "The Office" ended its nine-year run on NBC, because, after all, they filmed it — but revisiting that time for their new...
Turbulent times
Sunday, 6 November 2022, 09:14
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
This is the fourth volume of the history of the educational effort by the Jesuit fathers in Malta. Unfortunately, I do not have the first three volumes of this series so I can only speak about this...
Biomedical ethics is the foundation of clinical ethical practice
Sunday, 30 October 2022, 10:13
Last update: about 3 years ago
Foreword to the book by Professor Godfrey Laferla, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery has given increasing importance to Ethics, Law,...