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The alarming effects of pornography

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Neil Attard

Neil Attard   "The problem with pornography isn't that it shows us too much, but that it shows us too little" - Actor and comedian Russell Brand   On 21 October 2015,...

Change the point of view, not the viewpoint

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:29 Last update: about 11 years ago

Gabriel Abela   Wied il-Ghasel Bridge came under the spotlight recently following the addition of a 200-metre fence to deter suicide attempts, seemingly to the approval of the general...

Get fit and help a good cause

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:20 Last update: about 11 years ago

Late last year, the Maltese health and fitness scene was taken by storm by a new state-of-the-art fitness facility that opened at Fort Cambridge in Sliema, near The Point. With a 2,000m2...

The Boats of Malta

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:20 Last update: about 11 years ago

Malta's colourful luzzus are well-known, but did you know that the colours on Malta's traditional boats are associated with different harbours? Or that the death of a member of a fishing family is...

Marie's Diary: Waterbiscuit: distinctly cool

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:18 Last update: about 11 years ago Marie Benoît

Students of restaurant fashion would put Waterbiscuit in the modern state-of-the-art category, with its sleek lines and open kitchen. It is not busy with baubles and pictures but soothingly neutral...

Lost for words

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:16 Last update: about 11 years ago Marika Azzopardi

Most people will probably emerge mesmerised and perplexed. This exhibition welcomes only those who carry a certain age and with it an understanding or at least a knowledge of our island society's...

The nuns who lived off the proceeds of prostitution

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

At the lower end of Merchants Street there is a church that was closed up and neglected for many years and only used as a place for Carnival preparations. The church had been hit in World War II...

A bar of dark chocolate a day gives you energy for a whole day

Monday, 23 January 2017, 16:42 Last update: about 11 years ago

On Tuesday, 17 November a group of Science students from the St Margaret College Senior Secondary School were treated to a project about cocoa production in Ghana, and the healthy benefits of dark...

Famille Hugel in Malta

Monday, 23 January 2017, 16:41 Last update: about 11 years ago

For over 370 years and with 13-family generations the Hugel family has unrivalled experience and knowledge of Alsace vineyards and winemaking. Marc André Hugel, representing the 13th generation...

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