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A family that contributed to art and culture in Malta

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 14:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

This publication is the first to delve in depth into the artistic and cultural achievements of different members of the Bellanti family. Michele Bellanti (1807-1883) was a major Maltese artist,...

Local Agenda Bookshop – goes online!

Friday, 22 January 2021, 08:56 Last update: about 5 years ago

Agenda Bookshop, one of Malta's leading book sellers, has recently launched www.agendabookshop.com for book worms and book lovers alike to indulge in. With prices that compare (and even beat!)...

International soprano Tatiana Lisnic in Valletta concert

Thursday, 21 January 2021, 12:13 Last update: about 5 years ago

International soprano Tatiana Lisnic, known for her particular voice timbre and sensitivity of expression, will be performing well-known Romantic classics at the Casino Maltese on Saturday, 23 January...

The MPO digital transformation

Thursday, 21 January 2021, 12:11 Last update: about 5 years ago

2020 marked a year of artistic endeavours digitally transforming Malta's leading musical institution. Striving to keep music alive through the MPO Online Programme entailed a number of...

Stories of restorations

Sunday, 17 January 2021, 12:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

On 4 March 1859, Archbishop of Malta Gaetano Pace Forno wrote to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and explained that the (British colonial) government wanted to restore Mattia Preti's paintings on...

Stories of restorations

Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 09:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

The Chapel of Saint Catherine of the Langue of Italy This brilliantly illustrated coffee-table sized book has been published so many years ago and may well be out of print but it is a treasure...

Telling children about Daphne

Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 10:19 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

One notes that literature about Daphne Caruana Galizia has been increasing these past months. First there was the book authored by Manwel Delia, John Sweeney and  Carlo Borini, Murder on the...

A normal family in Covid time

Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 09:27 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

It was inevitable, and there will surely be others. The Coronavirus pandemic, now in its third phase and wiping out Christmas, will surely feature as a backdrop to so many novels and...

Ġulbiena: The Radio Play in the Dark

Thursday, 17 December 2020, 13:09 Last update: about 5 years ago

Ġulbiena is literally round the corner, and no, we don't mean the plant on your kitchen shelf. Ġulbiena the Radio Play in the Dark will exclusively go live this Sunday 20 December on...

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