Atkins delivers engrossing thriller 'The Fallen'
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 15:28
Last update: about 10 years ago
Ace Atkins' novels about Quinn Colson, a former Army Ranger turned sheriff, takes place in Mississippi's rural Tibbehah County, where the largest town is the small Jericho. But Edgar finalist Atkins...
Sherman Holmes stays true to Holmes Bros. traditions
Monday, 31 July 2017, 16:55
Last update: about 10 years ago
"The Richmond Sessions" is the debut album by Sherman Holmes, but the 77-year-old singer and bassist is no neophyte. The Holmes Brothers were one of the all-time great American bands, alternating...
A thrilling epic in 'War for the Planet of the Apes'
Monday, 31 July 2017, 16:16
Last update: about 10 years ago
Apparently all the new Planet of the Apes films needed to do to really hit a home run was take the humans out of the equation. It's what this whole trilogy has been leading to, really, as we dipped...
A revealing look at a beloved, mysterious writer
Monday, 31 July 2017, 15:26
Last update: about 10 years ago
Nelle Harper Lee wrote a novel published in the early 1960s. Her next novel was published more than 50 years later. She had no use for email, Facebook and Twitter (which she considered as ways of...
Opportunity to form part of Teatru Astra’s Lucia di Lammermoor
Monday, 31 July 2017, 15:11
Last update: about 10 years ago
In preparation for the production of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor on the 26 and 28 October 2017, Teatru Astra is extending an invitation to all those who may be interested in participating in the...
Cliff Zammit Stevens’ annual concert scheduled for next month
Monday, 31 July 2017, 15:10
Last update: about 10 years ago
Cliff Zammit Stevens' ninth annual summer concert will be held at Pjazza Teatru Rjal in Valletta on Saturday 16 September at 8pm. Zammit Stevens will be accompanied by the Malta Philharmonic...
Irrepressible under huge stress
Monday, 31 July 2017, 15:09
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
This is a translation by Jean Paul Borg of the book Sharon and My Mother-in-Law which won the Viareggio Prize in Italy and was translated in 20 languages. Mr Borg says he met the author at the...
Judging a book by its cover
Monday, 31 July 2017, 15:08
Last update: about 10 years ago
Although we are taught not to judge a book by its cover, sometimes we do exactly that at the Notarial Archives. While the content of a volume remains especially important to researchers, the beauty of...