The China Cultural Centre in Malta in collaboration with the philanthropic website of Life Tree Books (www.lifetreebooks.org.cn) is publishing free access to 9 colourfully illustrated children's...

Blue-water empire Author: Robert HollandPublisher: Allen LanePages: 439pp Around 1815, the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Lord Bathurst told his Cabinet colleagues that the...

The National Book Council is inviting established and emerging poets to participate in the second edition of the Doreen Micallef National Poetry contest. The contest was launched last year by the...

On the outbreak of war with revolutionary France in February 1793, Royal Navy warships in the Mediterranean were both depleted and dispersed. The key concern was how to bottle up the French fleet...

This will not be the normal book review as any that I have been writing on these pages. The reason is that in my opinion the book under review offers a novel point of view on Malta's history in the...

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), in collaboration with the Valletta Cultural Agency (VCA) and with the support of Bank of Valletta (BOV), has launched a music video "Don't Stop Believin' ",...

Fall out, the new thriller novel by Malta-based author M. N. (Mark) Grenside that has already received rave reviews, has now been launched in Malta. Described by award-winning producer Alan...

Julian Fellowes' latest addictive series about English social classes kicks off with a party. Mind you, not just any run-of-the mill, high society bash. "Belgravia" on Epix starts with one of the most...

Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in the director's chair. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular movies than any year...

Lola Salines happily accepted the last-minute concert ticket from a friend the night of Nov. 13, 2015. At 28, the Parisian had already created her own brand at a prestigious French publishing house,...