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Saving a husband jailed in Malta

Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 10:08 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Malta 1575. Deep in the Grandmaster's prison in Valletta there languishes Isaac, who was caught and made a slave when an Order of Malta's vessel on a pirate raid captured the vessel with Isaac on...

‘Castillo’, Take//Two’s first theatrical project

Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 10:03 Last update: about 6 years ago

What comes first in this process? Adapting a novel into theatre inevitably requires it being read. What was your first impression on the novel? The novel juxtaposes the Malta inhabited by Emma,...

TV marks Black History Month with provocative, creative fare

Monday, 7 February 2022, 09:49 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

How U.S. history is told and taught is being challenged and potentially constricted on several fronts, but television's approach to Black History Month is firmly in overdrive. There's a wealth of...

Good deeds go punished in Farhadi's 'A Hero'

Monday, 7 February 2022, 09:46 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

In Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's films, reasonably straightforward set-ups — a divorce, a missing woman, a newly lent apartment — unspool such complex, cascading developments that it...

'Last Cuentista,' 'Unspeakable' win children's book awards

Monday, 7 February 2022, 08:15 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Donna Barba Higuera's "The Last Cuentista," a post-apocalyptic tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth's history, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's best children's book....

The Art of Comedy

Sunday, 6 February 2022, 11:33 Last update: about 6 years ago

In 2010, a group of friends burst into Malta's theatre scene - and they never left. With their critically acclaimed production of Art, WhatsTheirNames Theatre introduced relative newcomers Nathan...

Diary by DR AUSTIN SAMMUT: Lockdown but never a dull moment

Sunday, 6 February 2022, 09:08 Last update: about 6 years ago

Following in the footsteps of his journalist father, George Sammut,  he is very much involved with the media. He also lectures and is an examiner in the Faculty of Law, University of Malta. Dr...

Inspired by her mother, Isabel Allende publishes 'Violeta'

Friday, 4 February 2022, 12:12 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Shortly before the coronavirus pandemic began, Isabel Allende suffered one of the greatest losses of her life: The death of her mother.  On Tuesday, the Chilean author published "Violeta", a...

The MPO’s Digital Transformation, and beyond

Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 10:34 Last update: about 6 years ago

As the MPO's Digital Transformation headed into its second year, the process continued to evolve, bolstering Malta's foremost musical institution. With live events held over the year according to...

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