'Divine' is as different as a Jean Paul Gaultier corset I recall a time when most perfumes launched in Malta were done so with a considerable amount of fanfare, often with a representative coming...

Dr Carmel Mallia is one of the major contributors to literature both in Malta and beyond its shores. He is an author of mettle and former president of the local Esperanto Society. Add to that the fact...

The National Book Council is thrilled to announce that bestselling UK author Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin, writing as Sam Blake, will be one of the special guests at the Malta Book Festival, taking place at...

On Friday 29th September, Ta' Qali National Park (Picnic Area) will be transformed into a space for the promotion of food, health and sports aimed at encouraging the public to live a healthier and...

This is a novel by Iris Murdoch, her 12th novel, originally published in 1969. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1970 and in 1997. Obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death,...

Yes, two of them, I'm sorry to say. I suppose the biggest white elephant of the two is that disgrace of a "theatre" at the entrance to Valletta, I believe they named it Teatru Rjal. And yes I...

Ray Piscopo's vernissage of the first of his two collections of paintings A Vision of Humanity and the Psyche, which took place at the Wignacourt Museum in Rabat recently was an outstanding success....

Fragments of a Legacy: The Malta Society of Arts, 1923-2023 opened last Thursday at Palazzo de la Salle, Valletta. It features works by 20 artists from the past 100 years, ranging from giants such as...

The ancient Greeks used the word barbarians to categorise "the others", the non-citizens. The concept of "the other" - the ones outside - has been widely reflected upon in Western philosophy,...

Stefan Carbonaro specialises in mixed media paintings, mostly acrylics and oil on canvas. Recent work has been explored in large vibrant abstracts with powerful textures, creating a unique combination...