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Russian-Maltese ballet wows the crowds

Friday, 28 July 2017, 11:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

Crowds packed the Republic Hall at the Mediterranean Conference Centre for Crystal Palace, a ballet with elements of opera and drama, which was held to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between...

The book that came back from death

Monday, 24 July 2017, 13:03 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

Noel Grima   This book has a fascinating background. Its author, the well-known author of such novels as Il-Gagga, Samuraj, etc, as well as books about history such as about...

Jarmuk from Yarmouk

Monday, 24 July 2017, 13:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

"Solitude is a kind of freedom," writes Umberto Eco. Sometimes, it is a freedom that relieves and purifies as, within the walls of solitude, the individual can withdraw from the negativity of the...

Algiers to Malta via Marseilles

Monday, 24 July 2017, 13:01 Last update: about 10 years ago

Richard Spiteri   Pierre Dimech has reached a venerable age. He is the best reporter on behalf of the Maltese community of Algiers of yore. He lived through 1962 and remembers well the...

Such goings-on… and on Gozo too

Monday, 24 July 2017, 13:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

A Thorne in the Flesh is the latest novel to come off the word processer of the Anglo/Maltese novelist, E.L Darbishire. Set in Eastern England and Gozo, it tells the coming-of-age story of its 22...

Zucchero returns to Malta next month

Monday, 24 July 2017, 12:59 Last update: about 10 years ago

Music Hall Events has announced that Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero will be playing a full-scale concert at the MFCC Open Air Grounds in Ta' Qali on Saturday 5 August. As part of his Black Cat...

Gaulitanus Choir makes history in Taormina opera

Monday, 24 July 2017, 12:53 Last update: about 10 years ago

Gozo's Gaulitanus Choir recently made history by becoming the first local choir ever to participate in an operatic production abroad. Indeed, on 5 and 6 July the choir participated in the two...

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