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Grand Operatic Concert 2014 by the Classique Foundation

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 20:53 Last update: about 10 years ago

Abraham Borg On Saturday 8 November, the Classique Foundation organized a concert of operatic music at the Aurora Theatre in Victoria, Gozo, with the participation of soprano Norma Fantini, tenor...

Where was St Paul Shipwrecked?

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 20:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

The story goes that while St Paul was on his way to Rome to face charges he was shipwrecked on Malta at St Paul’s Islands in St Paul’s Bay. The truth is that no hard evidence backs the...

MarieBenoit's Diary: Book fever

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 19:48 Last update: about 10 years ago Marie Benoît

Well, I am quite familiar with the Razzett L'Antik in Qormi as I have been there several times to various events. One dark winter's night I finished up in the dry moat opposite, to my utter amazement....

Sam Hunt's 'Montevallo' romantic, relaxed

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 15:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

A former college football quarterback, Sam Hunt might be expected to huddle up with all the macho, in-your-face male country singers currently filling the radio airwaves. But the Georgia native takes...

Travel books, for gifts or your own coffee table

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 15:05 Last update: about 10 years ago

Shopping, romance, bucket lists, inspiration and information: All of these things and more can be found in books for travelers that are out this season in time for the holidays. In addition...

Julianne Moore is exquisite in 'Alice'

Saturday, 13 December 2014, 15:11 Last update: about 10 years ago

When we refer to an actor's performance as breathtaking, we're usually engaging in hyperbole. Rarely if ever do we mean it actually affected our ability to breathe. But during "Still Alice,"...

Katha Pollitt's new book takes on abortion debate

Saturday, 13 December 2014, 15:04 Last update: about 10 years ago

Katha Pollitt, the columnist for "The Nation," the feminist essayist, poet and critic, has been frustrating some on the left and angering some on the right for years now. But she's surprised at...

With shake-ups, AC/DC perseveres with album, tour

Friday, 12 December 2014, 15:24 Last update: about 10 years ago

AC/DC finally joined iTunes in 2012 after years of refusing to do so, but make no mistake, the Australian rock band is still old school. "I would like everybody to buy vinyl again," guitarist...

'Wild' finds salvation in the woods

Friday, 12 December 2014, 15:10 Last update: about 10 years ago

Cheryl Strayed, as played by Reese Witherspoon in Jean-Marc Vallee's "Wild," is, bless the Lord, not an easily discernable type. She's also not the sort we've often encountered on the well-trod...

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