Once more, with feeling... and folly and fantasy too Last week I took refuge in the Salesian Theatre and away from Priniolata recipes, Brexit, ugly multi-storied towers and more. Together with...

How do you beat the ever-increasing gadget distractions for little children and introduce them to the world of books? Merlin Publishers has just launched two new boardbooks perfect for your curious...

Elizabeth Grech wrote her first poem on a piece of paper while perched on the fortifications of Hastings Gardens in Valletta. Eighteen-years-old, and in love, she was mesmerised by the beauty of the...

Frustrated at the low murder rate in Iceland, Dora leaps at the opportunity to participate in a six-month job swap in Malta, as part of a new UNESCO cultural exchange programme. Having vowed...

The Young Guardians of the Galaxy astronomy sessions are combined with the Superheroes in Science project principle, to engage students and instil an interest in the science of astronomy. The...

No celebrity (or bladder) is safe as Malta's first drag stand-up comedian announces four new dates for his latest one-woman show, Just Visiting. Tolqueen, aka Chucky Bartolo, is leaping off the...

If you have ever held a camera and fiddled around with it, zoomed in on a scene and immortalised it in a photograph you are proud of, you can probably identify with a photo artist. The pains he or she...

I think it is self-evident that Giovanni Bonello in his Misunderstanding the Constitution: How the Maltese Judiciary Undermines Human Rights (BDL, 2018, 190 pp.) is the most important book of the...

This is a story narrated by a little boy who has a best friend called Carlos and a brother called Will. He loves going over to Carlos' house because he can play with toy soldiers and leave them lying...

My home library includes a book I had reviewed some years back, A Musical Legacy - Malta-related music found in foreign libraries, researched and penned by music historian Dr Anna Borg Cardona. I am...