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Teatru Malta 2019 season announced

Friday, 25 January 2019, 10:44 Last update: about 6 years ago

A new thrilling musical theatre piece composed by The New Victorians commemorating the Sette Giugno centenary at Fort St Elmo, Anthony Burgess's cult classic 'A Clockwork Orange' translated and...

When a smile solves it all

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 09:23 Last update: about 6 years ago

Whenever I meet Dr Tonio Borg he never greets me with a 'hello' but with the words, "Have you heard the latest?" Barely waiting for my response, he dives into a series of funny anecdotes and jokes. Do...

Marie Benoit's Diary: Treasures of Malta Christmas edition

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 09:18 Last update: about 6 years ago Marie Benoît

Treasures of Malta is not aimed at the coffee table - not that I dismiss coffee-table books, they have their place in our lives as well. Treasures has its own ambition, which is to reach real people....

Aiming for first class

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 09:07 Last update: about 6 years ago Marika Azzopardi

One of the books which I distinctly remember from my childhood was a thin paperback, little more than a wizened booklet, originally belonging to my mother and dating back to the 1950s. The book was...

Maltese novel bags top Cover Design Award

Tuesday, 15 January 2019, 09:09 Last update: about 6 years ago

2019 kicked off brightly for Maltese novelist James Vella-Bardon, when his stirring debut 'The Sheriff's Catch' won the respected eBook Cover Design Award on Wednesday 9 January. This monthly award is...

Accounting for 30+ years in public life

Tuesday, 15 January 2019, 09:07 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

This is, one might say, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici's political autobiography from his beginnings as the son of Il-Gross to his first political experiences in the 1960s, to the years in Opposition, then for...

Living the dream

Tuesday, 15 January 2019, 09:05 Last update: about 6 years ago

What are your memories of the journey you've made over the last year or so?   It's been a hell of a ride. Paul Pennington, who I'd met through my job, set up Maltese Funny Business and...

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