Throughout the annals of history, Malta has been visited by many dreaded diseases and wars.  Perhaps never in its 7,000-year-old history was Malta besieged in such a ferocious manner as during...

Eighty years ago, Malta was going through one of the darkest chapters in its history. 16 January 1941 would mark the start of the first air raids on the Maltese Islands by the German air force, the...

"I remember that during my undergraduate university course Professor Godfrey Wettinger had delivered to us a couple of lectures about how the Black Death had affected Europe and the rest of the world....

Gozo's Gaulitanus Choir has done its bit to help brighten up the festive season, while fully adhering with current Covid-19 regulations. The choir came up with the Yuletide Bliss, a mini-series...

The second part of the book under review has nothing to do with the restoration of the Chapel of the Italian Langue, reviewed last week, except maybe for the fact that it deals with the Italian Grand...

HSBC Malta Foundation has sponsored the first prize at Climathon Malta 2020, which was won by a mobile app called Merħba. The online hackathon, which aims to tackle climate change issues, focused...

Darkness at Noon will showcase the work of three Maltese artists: ceramist Paul Scerri, photographer Charles Balzan and painter Gabriel Buttigieg. Darkness at noon as a metaphor is the archetypal...

There is a time for everything under the sun and when the time for a lockdown came along, artist Madeleine Gera captured the moment and did what she does best - paint. In this moment in time, a slice...

If there ever was a time to focus on resilience-building, it's now. Of course, we all know that resilience isn't something we need only during global pandemics. Life is notoriously good at throwing...

The Chapel of Saint Catherine of the Langue of Italy This brilliantly illustrated coffee-table sized book has been published so many years ago and may well be out of print but it is a treasure...