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Book review: Shedding light on the Dark Ages

Sunday, 30 July 2023, 08:35 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

'Approaches to Medieval Malta' Author: Anthony T. Luttrell Publisher: The British School at Rome, London / 1975 Pages: 70   This paper is reprinted from Medieval Malta,...

10th edition of Ceramic Arts of the Maltese Islands

Sunday, 30 July 2023, 08:30 Last update: about 4 years ago

The much-anticipated 10th edition of the Ceramic Arts of the Maltese Islands exhibition is all set to captivate art enthusiasts and visitors. The exhibition will run until 27 August at the prestigious...

Homage to Oreste Kirkop

Sunday, 30 July 2023, 08:15 Last update: about 4 years ago Marie Benoît

I met Oreste Kirkop for the first time in my office at Standard Publications, in Tower Road Sliema in the early '90s. He had enormous presence, dignified, subdued, softly spoken. We spoke briefly...

Bonhomie and a new wine at C & S

Sunday, 30 July 2023, 08:10 Last update: about 4 years ago Marie Benoît

When I receive an invitation from Cleland & Souchet in Portomaso it is impossible for me to ignore it. Even if I sit there inside or out and just sip a glass of wine the lovely, elegant ambience...

The Farsons Beer Festival is back!

Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 13:29 Last update: about 4 years ago

The Farsons Beer Festival, one of the most highly-anticipated and attended events in the local summer calendar, is back with the 41st edition from this Thursday 27 July to Saturday, 5 August at the...

Embracing The Malta Youth Orchestra

Sunday, 23 July 2023, 09:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Marie Benoît

The evening, last Saturday, did not start well for me. I miscalculated and didn't realise it was so late, having returned from a luncheon invitation. So I dressed in a hurry and frantically called a...

Book review: Limiting the freedom of a new technology

Sunday, 23 July 2023, 08:35 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

'Printing in Malta 1642-1839' Author: William Zammit Publisher: Gutenberg / 2008 Pages: 423   The recent controversies on the freedom of the press in Malta are nothing...

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