More than 50 years into career, Rod Stewart not slowing down
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 15:12
Last update: about 9 years ago
More than fifty years into his career, Rod Stewart shows no sign of slowing down. When he's not on tour, he's busy at home chasing his two young sons, Aiden and Alastair, around the yard. And on...
With new category, Oscars are now a popularity contest
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 14:37
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Not since Faye Dunaway shouted "La La Land!" has an Oscar announcement caused quite as much chaos as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decision to create a new Academy Awards category...
Gaulitanus Choir returns from London
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 10:32
Last update: about 9 years ago
Gozo's Gaulitanus Choir has just returned from a particular choral tour in London, where it gave a number of performances following the invitation of the Malta High Commission and the Malta Day...
The jurist who fought for the separation of church and state
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 10:15
Last update: about 9 years ago
Noel Grima
It is only now that delayed attention is being paid to a man who fought for, and suffered, for his insistence that church and state must be separate in Malta. Gannikol (Gio. Nicolo) Muscat, a...
'Shadow Tyrants' is latest Clive Cussler suspense thriller
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 09:57
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Shadow Tyrants" by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison, (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Almost 2,000 years ago, an emperor avoided a coup and entrusted nine Scrolls of Knowledge to nine individuals to ensure...
PBS series seeks to link Syrian, Central American refugees
Monday, 24 September 2018, 15:19
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Rarely has art attempted to link the plight of refugees in the Middle East with those in Central America. Refugees in both regions face similar challenges: they are often fleeing violence and...
Gilbert O'Sullivan's 19th album even better than 1st
Monday, 24 September 2018, 15:10
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Gilbert O'Sullivan" (BMG) Gilbert O'Sullivan is still himself — reflective, sensitive and witty — on his 19th studio album, which often sounds like his 1971...
Shark thriller 'The Meg' goes deep, stays shallow
Monday, 24 September 2018, 14:35
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
We're going to need a bigger boat for all these shark movies. On the tail of "The Shallows," ''47 Meters Down," ''Dark Tide" and, of course, the seminal "Sharknado," comes "The Meg," the latest...
'The Dollar-a-Year Detective' is entertaining
Monday, 24 September 2018, 14:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
"The Dollar-a-Year Detective" (Permanent Press), by William Wells Jack Starkey was a Chicago police detective until he got shot, took his disability pension and moved to Fort Myers Beach on...