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The art and craft of marble

Sunday, 25 August 2013, 16:09 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In Malta, memorial tablets can mainly be seen in St John’s Co-Cathedral, although some exist in other churches. However, in the 20th century, Ronald Pisani designed and executed many tablets...

Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival next week

Sunday, 25 August 2013, 11:44 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, now in its eighth year, will be held on Thursday, 29, Friday 30 and Saturday 31 August, at the Msida Bastion Historic Garden, in Floriana, opposite the...

Salesian Brigade’s annual Summer Camp 2013

Sunday, 25 August 2013, 11:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Salesian Brigade held its Summer Camp at Ghajn Tuffieha between 11 and 17 August with four groups from Company A and B competing for the best team. Under the command of Staff Sergeant Jesmond...

Marie Benoit's Diary

Sunday, 25 August 2013, 10:44 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In the past there have been Egyptian desert tribes in which the men fought constantly   and the women constantly replenished the army through childbirth. That was their function in life. And...

Competitions, exhibitions and more at the Qormi Wine Festival

Sunday, 25 August 2013, 07:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A wine competition and exhibition, a photography and a painting exhibition, several artesian stands and much more will be organised concurrently with the Qormi Wine Festival, to be held in Qormi on 30...

Monica Beisner presents award to young competition winners

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 14:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An exhibition of illustrations by Monica Beisner of Ovid’s Metamorphoses was held in August last year at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta as part of Evenings on Campus...

Art exhibition by Priscilla Ainhoa Griscti: Dans le Rêve

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 10:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Priscilla Ainhoa Griscti is holding an exhibition of her art until 30 September at the Cathedral Museum in Archbishop Square, Mdina.   Dans le Rêve (In a Dream World) is a very unusual...

Marie Benoit's Diary

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 10:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Chelenham   Tiny Malta has its limitations and the tourist brochures with deserted beaches and the Blue Lagoon look appetizing without people and seacraft. But the reality is very different....

Maltese/Canadian Personality – Ron Parnis

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 09:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Many Maltese left their homeland in search of new pastures overseas. This was especially so during the period after the Second World War and up to the late 1960s, as hordes of Maltese travelled mainly...

The art and craft of marble

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 09:45 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

One can perhaps surmise that Malta responded to the culture of art and craft in marble during the building of the new city of Valletta around 1567.  It was in this domain that the classics had...

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