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Co-dependency

Sunday, 14 March 2021, 10:00 Last update: about 6 years ago

When I first met Janet, it was to support her through what she described to me on the phone as burnout.I soon discovered that Janet was a stay-at-home mother to a 21-year-old and married to an...

Marie Benoit's Diary: Making surrealistic 2020 worth living

Sunday, 14 March 2021, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Marie Benoît

"Forty-eight years ago, I started keeping a personal diary.  Who would have told me that I would be referring to the 2020 entries to write this COVID Diary. When the dreaded Corona virus...

Aspiring PEN Malta

Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:58 Last update: about 6 years ago

A group of seven professionals working in myriad capacities within the literary and journalistic fields in Malta is inviting writers, editors, journalists, bloggers, publishers, academics, artists,...

Work-life balance is a lie. Here’s what to do instead

Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:54 Last update: about 6 years ago

Just over three years ago I handed in my resignation and walked out of the office without a backup plan, fueled by a desire and a dream to create a career on my own terms. I was sick and tired of...

Anger at neoliberalism

Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:49 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

The author was born in Malta but after a period of studying and teaching in Malta, has spent most of his adult life in Canada where he held various professorships in a number of universities...

Will you join this unexpected journey into eco-restoration?

Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:42 Last update: about 6 years ago

It was April 2017 when Xavier and his new partner Arantxa left Malta for a three-week road trip in Portugal to explore the country with the aim of purchasing a plot of land to start their journey...

Marie Benoit's Diary: Recalling a holiday in Malta in 2019

Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:31 Last update: about 6 years ago Marie Benoît

Karen and myself knew little about Valletta, and were trying to make sense of the city map, when we were intervened by a lady sitting next to me. This charming woman explained she was Maltese and...

Publication on rising sea-levels supported by APS Bank

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 12:33 Last update: about 6 years ago

APS Bank has proudly supported the "The Sinking Shore", the work of research on climate change and the impacts of sea-level rise by environmental scientist Dr Ivan X. Gatt. The book contains an...

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