The Malta Independent 5 November 2026, Thursday
View E-Paper

Books

Cain: Prose – Poetry: A conversation piece in itself

Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 09:35 Last update: about 6 years ago Marie Benoît

Richard England's latest creation Cain: Prose - Poetry is a bijou work of art and literature. Printed in mostly red, white, black and occasionally a subdued lilac, full of beautifully laid out poetry...

We went to the moon

Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 10:01 Last update: about 6 years ago

Mark A. Schapiro What an exciting project to be a part of - We went to the Moon by Gordon Caruana Dingli and published by Kite Group - a chronicle of local anecdotes about the historic Apollo 11...

The many hats of Giovanni Bonello

Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 09:58 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

The first time I saw Judge Giovanni Bonello was on New Year's Eve probably in 1984. Together with a group of friends we had gone to a restaurant in the heart of Paceville. One of my friends...

Cervantes' 400th

Sunday, 28 November 2021, 12:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 2016, the Spanish Embassy in Malta, at that time led by Ambassador Jose' Pons, commissioned Fiona Sciberras to...

How Malta was given to the Order

Friday, 26 November 2021, 10:33 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Every schoolboy in Malta knows that Emperor Charles V gave the Maltese archipelago to the Order of St John after the Order lost its base in Rhodes and was roaming around Italy looking for a...

Coerced and abandoned

Sunday, 14 November 2021, 09:24 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

When Napoleon left Malta, just a few days after he arrived here, in June 1798, he wanted to take with him all the officers and soldiers serving with the Order. One reason may have been he wanted...

‘L-Imħallef Giovanni Bonello, Bejn Storja u Miti’

Sunday, 7 November 2021, 09:39 Last update: about 6 years ago

What was the divergence of views between Dr Giovanni Bonello and Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami about? Is it true that it was PL Leader Dr Alfred Sant who intervened? How did Giovanni Bonello...

Evaluating Malta’s economy

Sunday, 7 November 2021, 09:06 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

This book is the last of the Occasional Papers that APS Bank published as long as Professor Delia was its chairman. Then the series seems to have been discontinued. It is true that by and large...

  • don't miss