Ittri mill-mitħna tiegħi is the translation of a collection of short stories, Lettres de mon moulin, mainly located in Provence by the French novelist Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) published...

Here are a few things which you never knew about butterflies: they use their antennae to smell things, they are born super famished and there are butterflies in the world as big as a 30cm ruler. Now,...

"Shoot me." Ruth, a gaunt, haunted Jew who had miraculously survived the atrocities of the German concentration camps, ordered the young doctor in front of her. It was a few months after the end of...

Some time ago, I had reviewed for these pages Carmel Scicluna's Ossessjoni. In this book of poems I am reviewing today we find, at least in the first part, the same theme of a grown-up man's obsession...

"Game of Thrones" may be over but the cast can't seem to get away from stray coffee cups. Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Liam Cunningham, Isaac Hempstead Wright and others took the stage...

The Raconteurs, "Help Us Stranger" (Third Man Records) Often a band is defined by its strongest member. A lead vocalist pushes to the front while the rest of the group fades behind. For The...

Would any fictional gadget be more coveted by Hollywood executives than the memory-erasing "Men in Black" neuralyzer? Imagine the lucrative benefits of being able to, with a single flash, make...

"Lock Every Door" by Riley Sager (Dutton) A historical New York City apartment building complete with wealthy celebrity residents, gargoyles and a storied legacy including the setting of a...

The 39th edition of the Farsons Beer Festival will be held from Thursday, 25 July to Saturday, 3 August 2019 at Ta’ Qali National Park. Doors open at 8pm every night. Entrance is free of charge...