With Christmas and New Year literally on our doorsteps, it’s the right time to start psyching yourself up for everything this season brings. If you’re an extrovert, you’re likely to...

To paraphrase Louisa May Alcott, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without any theatre. And it is heartening to note that Teatru Manoel, our gem of a national theatre, is promising lots of it, with a...

Masquerade Malta is producing two new plays as part of its upcoming theatre season, which will celebrate both its 25th Anniversary and the 10th anniversary of Blue Box at M Space. Each with...

The Comedy Knights are celebrating their tenth anniversary this Christmas with a brand-new live theatre show. Comedy Knights: Ten Years of Funny will run at Sir Temi Zammit Hall at the University...

I thought I had somehow mislaid it but now it miraculously surfaced. I have many times referred to it in my writings but now, having found it again, I could reread it again (and meanwhile, savouring...

Yes I do own a mobile phone. I'm not a complete Neanderthal... whatever my friends say. Is my phone on all or most of the time? No, it bloody isn't. I use it to contact my wife when we are not in...

The book mills in Malta, authors, printers, publishers, go on churning out books in spite of the fact that the general complaint is that we are essentially a non reading people. Books aren't selling...

In his work, Universal History, the Sicilian Greek historian Diodorus, described Malta as 'Phoenician.'  The Phoenicians set up their colony here and extended commerce to the west of the...

The Malta Society of Arts (MSA) has just launched its new schedule of courses to start in February, with classes taking place at its seat, Palazzo de La Salle in Valletta. The schedule includes around...

Eighty years after his execution, Carmelo Borg Pisani remains a divisive figure in Maltese discourse. Was he a traitor to his nation or was he a patriot? In this write-up I will briefly go through his...