'Chasing Mavericks' feels formulaic, safe
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 09:16
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
By all accounts, Jay Moriarity was a lovely young man: a talented, dedicated surfer whose enthusiasm and optimism were infectious throughout the Santa Cruz, California, community where he was well...
Mintoff: The man and history launched in Gozo
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 09:12
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Mintoff: The man and history - the new 608 page publication on Mintoff’s personal and political life, was launched in Gozo at It-Tokk, Gozo’s main square where on 21 May 1961 the bells of...
Frekwenzi Hiemda
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 09:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Frekwenzi Hiemda is a cry for love that is sought but can never be found. And sex do not amount to the same thing, just as much as hunger and appetite do not. In the anthology Frekwenzi...
Swift gladly bears tabloid glare for success
Monday, 5 November 2012, 08:49
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
On Taylor Swift's new album, "Red," there's a song where the 22-year-old superstar sings about a fictional one: a famous singer who spends years under the glare of the spotlight,...
Two women, a small island and the journey to independence
Monday, 5 November 2012, 08:44
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Valletta-based writer Josephine Burden is celebrating the publication of her first book, Washing up in Malta. Washing up in Malta is about travel – but it is more than that....
Karin Grech’s murder basis of a new novel
Monday, 5 November 2012, 08:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The brutal murder of young Karin Grech in 1977 was taken as the basis for a new novel that has just been published. The book, Island of Dreams by Aline Pnina Tayar, is...
Celebrating 300th birthday of De Soldanis
Monday, 5 November 2012, 08:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
More people than expected turned up at the Bibliotheca on Tuesday for a conference celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of the man we know as De Soldanis – Canon Giovanni Pietro...
Celebrating Mozart at Mdina’s Palazzo de Piro Cultural Centre
Sunday, 4 November 2012, 10:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
On Wednesday 14 November at 8pm, Animae String Quartet will be celebrating one of the greatest composers in the world, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for a fantastic recital at Palazzo de Piro Cultural...
Turandot: The Ice Maiden
Sunday, 4 November 2012, 09:55
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Though he never quite completed it Turandot is regarded by many as Puccini’s masterpiece. Here, once again, the composer while remaining faithful to the nineteenth century operatic tradition...
Sword and Scimitar
Sunday, 4 November 2012, 09:53
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
International best-selling author Simon Scarrow will be in Malta on 17 November for a signing session for his new novel Sword and Scimitar, which brings the Great Siege of Malta vividly to...