Don DeLillo's latest novel toggles between a remote compound in central Asia and the workaday world of New York City. In the bunker an apocalyptic cult is engaged in the cryogenic preservation of...

The Malta Film Commission is making its presence felt at Cannes, one of the most important festivals and film markets in the world. Over the course of the festival, a delegation from the Film...

In June 2007, a conference on Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean - A Historical Perspective was organised by the European Association for Banking and Financial History in Malta. This volume...

After two decades in a Texas prison, Melvin Mars is about to be executed for the murder of his white father and black mother. He hears people approaching his cell and assumes they are his escorts to...

In the cover photo for "This Path Tonight," his first new solo album in 14 years, Graham Nash stands at the beginning of a wooded trail receding into the distance. It would have been more fitting...

It's a pleasure to read "Siddhartha's Brain," which comes from a science journalist with long experience of explaining ideas for readers of The Guardian and other publications. James Kingsland even...

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Somehow I always have  a mental picture of the person I am to meet, and this time was no exception. I was given a name and   contact details and told that the young woman in question...

Having finished his run as an "American Idol" judge, Keith Urban leaps into "Ripcord," the most eclectic, genre-spanning album of his career. Like "Idol," Urban's new songs are a little bit country, a...

It began as a routine assignment for the 20 men of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. Wielding picks, axes, shovels and chain saws, they set out to build a barrier to protect homes and people from an...