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Joseph Calleja 2021: Sanremo 70 anni di Sogni

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 09:20 Last update: about 6 years ago

Joseph Calleja's 2021 concert set for Saturday 4 September presents the highly anticipated 70th anniversary of Italy's most iconic music festival, Sanremo. Seven decades of history will be...

Avoiding desertification

Thursday, 19 August 2021, 13:13 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

In these days of extreme heat, we would do well to consider the impact of the weather on the condition of life in these tightly-packed islands. We know of course that this extreme heat does not...

Stagecoach Malta is now enrolling new students

Thursday, 12 August 2021, 09:04 Last update: about 6 years ago

Extracurricular activities have always played an important part in children's development and it has been a challenging time for children who thrive with a creative outlet. Performing arts can have a...

In the desert

Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 11:53 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

In the desert near Jericho, a man lies dying. He and his wife had been with a caravan of traders, many of them relatives. But when they realised the man was seriously ill, the rest of the caravans...

No flight of fancy

Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 11:51 Last update: about 6 years ago

Review by Joseph Anthony Debono Dr Mark Sammut Sassi is a man of rare erudition. Flying at the fall of Dusk (FaFoD), his latest work, soars high on the wings of multiple disciplines, supported by...

Oliver Friggieri looks back at the past

Thursday, 5 August 2021, 11:41 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

In the mid-1960s, in those two-and-a-half years that Oliver Friggieri spent with us in the Major Seminary, we had a preponderance of people from Siggiewi with us. People like George Grima,...

Murder inside the prison

Thursday, 29 July 2021, 10:50 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Belwyth, the location of the prison which is where the action of the book takes place, does not exist anywhere in the world, so one can only speculate that it takes place in Britain, the US or...

The history of the Dominicans in Vittoriosa

Thursday, 22 July 2021, 12:21 Last update: about 6 years ago

A book launch of Id-Dumnikani fil-Birgu (The Dominicans in Vittoriosa) was recently held at the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The book is authored by Anton Attard and published by the Vittoriosa Organising...

The adventures of a Maltese Fascist

Thursday, 22 July 2021, 12:19 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

I must declare at the outset that I fail to understand the author's reasons for giving this book such a title. I understand the reference, of course, to the Trojan horse but still can't understand why...

MPO Lounge returns, this time laid-back and live!

Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 11:59 Last update: about 6 years ago

Grasping the joys of experiencing live events again, MPO musicians will be setting a laid back, uplifting atmosphere for guests at the timeless Phoenicia Hotel, for the upcoming edition of MPO...

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