Mahler, Klimt, Kokoschka. Or rather Gustav Mahler, Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka. One composer and two artists. Together they form the universe of the protagonist of this book, a famous art...

Two hours before sunrise on Sunday, 6 July 1614, a group of 52 galleys and six galliots were seen approaching the eastern shore of Malta. This was to be the last time the Turks tried to land in...

9 May marks the foundation of the suburban town of Floriana and the 300th anniversary of this locality will be celebrated in 2024. For this historical landmark the local gazette, Il-Furjana will...

The Toledano family is an old, extended, established, Jewish family in Malta, who has been on the island ever since great-grandmother Beatrice was persuaded to leave her native Florence and marry a...

In these days of extreme heat, we would do well to consider the impact of the weather on the condition of life in these tightly-packed islands. We know of course that this extreme heat does not...

In the desert near Jericho, a man lies dying. He and his wife had been with a caravan of traders, many of them relatives. But when they realised the man was seriously ill, the rest of the caravans...

Review by Joseph Anthony Debono Dr Mark Sammut Sassi is a man of rare erudition. Flying at the fall of Dusk (FaFoD), his latest work, soars high on the wings of multiple disciplines, supported by...

In the mid-1960s, in those two-and-a-half years that Oliver Friggieri spent with us in the Major Seminary, we had a preponderance of people from Siggiewi with us. People like George Grima,...

Belwyth, the location of the prison which is where the action of the book takes place, does not exist anywhere in the world, so one can only speculate that it takes place in Britain, the US or...

A book launch of Id-Dumnikani fil-Birgu (The Dominicans in Vittoriosa) was recently held at the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The book is authored by Anton Attard and published by the Vittoriosa Organising...