“Don’t live the same year seventy-five times and call it a life.” In the March edition of FIRST, we celebrate International Women’s Day with in-depth features on women who are...

Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci Practically more than a year ago, on Saturday 26th October 2013, a conference which I consider to be historic was held at the University of Malta Valletta Campus -...

On Tuesday 17 March at 7pm, Flimkien għal-Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) will be holding a talk on "Maltese Balconies: Origins and Evolution" at the Corinthia Palace Hotel, Attard, which will be...

How did a French artist from Nice like yourself, come to live in Gozo over 10 years ago? Well there have been lots of places in between. I've been travelling for years.  My lovely wife and I...

The St John's Co-Cathedral Foundation has plans for a total state-of-the art refurbishment and extension of the museum. This is to accommodate the ever-increasing amount of tourists and locals who...

On stepping into his office, I am greeted by Mr Zahra's warm smile. Life as a CEO of a group that incorporates Malta's largest catering establishment, two five-star hotels, part ownership in the...

Louis Michael "Well that was nice," my companion commented, in his steady New England drawl. The two of us were in a small rural trattoria in Sicily at the end of an evening. Both newcomers to...

Earlier this week I was off to the elegant Villa Apap Bologna in Attard, the residence of the ambassador of the US and her husband Mr Gerard Winstanley. Her Excellency seems to be hatching ideas all...

Instead of the rubbish that decorates roundabouts and public spaces which gives a mediocre image of our culture, it would be more productive to establish a national programme to cast artistic...

2014 was yet another rewarding year for the Battlefront Living History Group, which brought with it new challenges and exciting opportunities to improve the groups' World War II re-enactments. The...