Here, again, is Johnny. Our glimpses of Jack Torrance are fleeting in Michael Flanagan's "The Shining" sequel, "Doctor Sleep," but Stanley Kubrick's colossal 1980 horror film is seldom out of...

"The Siberian Dilemma: An Arkady Renko Novel," Simon & Schuster, by Martin Cruz Smith It's been 38 years since Martin Cruz Smith's "Gorky Park" was released, introducing readers to Arkady...

Writing about Mikiel Anton Vassalli, as Ivan Said frequently and enthusiastically admits during our daily discussions on Maltese literature and language, had always been his dream and ambition and it...

Is it true that tortoises like nothing better than to fire up the barbecue in the yard, in summer? Is it true that cats enjoy singing in the shower? Do squirrels use paragliders to float from one tree...

This is a very disturbing and at the same time very uplifting book. I have no doubt the book is written by a foster-carer, Casey Watson from the UK who tells of her struggles as a foster-carer of...

The Valletta Cultural Agency's MusiCity programme returns on 15 February, with the first event for 2020 bearing the name of Organ and Voice. This free concert will be held at St Paul's Anglican...

If music be the food of love, join us at Robert Samut Hall this Valentine's weekend for a concert featuring some of the most celebrated musical theatre love songs. The venue, a former Neo-Gothic...

Working harder than ever we should expect the bands' first release of 2020, named "Miles Away" on the 14th of February. This will be the last single off their second album 'Ladies and Gentlemen',...

Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “I Made a Place” (Drag City) Will Oldham, appearing here under his Bonnie “Prince” Billy alter ego, has made too much music in the past...

The first thing director Roland Emmerich should do after his latest movie "Midway" hits theaters is apologize. Apologize to the visual effects crew, the stuntmen, the carpenters, the costumers...