Fewer surprises awaited me when I returned to Malta this time than just under a year before. Glad as I was to be back, it still did feel strange. Was I making a mistake in wanting to go on living...

Debbie Caruana Dingli in action is a sight worth seeing. I have observed Debbie's art for many years now. When the task fell to me to prepare a preface for this most recent publication that focused...

On Tuesday, 15 May 2018, cardinals from all parts of the world gathered in a hall inside the Vatican for a meeting of the Council of the Economy, the restricted committee, which helps the Pope manage...

A swift look at the lending rubber stamp dates on the inside of books in Maltese at the public library will tell you that prose in the way of novels will instantly catch the eyes of those who love...

Ever since the primitive Maltese began to build the astonishing prehistoric temples, there has always been an intimate link between the Maltese and stone. In our days of construction frenzy, we might...

With a whole list of books (mostly fiction) to his name, and some being turned into films, Robert Harris is one of the better known authors in today's English-speaking world. We may group many of...

The Boston experience Boston in January can be cold, very cold. That grey late afternoon when I arrived on Wednesday 8 January 1975 at Logan Airport from Zaventem, Brussels, via Heathrow with...

What started as a basic website, selling a self-published map of Malta by the name of ‘Discover Malta’ has, 25 years later, evolved into ‘ www.maltaonlinebookshop.com’ a...

Retired Major Maurice G. Agius would be around 99 years old now, according to an interview he gave to my colleague Albert Galea, two-and-a-half years ago - around the same age as Prince...

Alfred Sant's autobiography depicting 17 years (1975-1992) of conflict and transition all over the world, as well as in Malta, has been published by SKS Publishers to coincide with the Campus Book...