Library study finds 'challenged' books soared in 2021
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 20:53
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy. "A year ago, we might have been receiving one, maybe two reports a...
No 'Fauda': Hamas TV series glorifies fight against Israel
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 11:16
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
The Palestinian militants scrambled out of the tunnel and attacked an Israeli tank in broad daylight as gunfire and explosions echoed across the Gaza frontier. This time it wasn't the start of...
'Fancy Like' feels like a No. 1 draft pick to singer Hayes
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 11:15
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Like most any boy growing up in Mobile, Walker Hayes' early goal in his sporting career was obvious. Star at Alabama and then be drafted into the NFL. While it hasn't quite worked out that way...
From hippies to hipsters, 'Texas Chainsaw' is back
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 11:13
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Et tu, pause button? I thought you were my friend. Anticipating the inevitable guts and gore and murderous mayhem, I screened Netflix's new "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" on my TV in broad daylight,...
'King's Shadow' chronicles unlikely treasure hunter
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 11:07
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
"The King's Shadow" by Edmund Richardson (St. Martin's Press) Charles Masson isn't a household name, even for many avid readers of history, but it's easy to wonder why that's the case after...
Nurturing musical talent with the MPO Internship Programme
Friday, 30 September 2022, 10:55
Last update: about 5 years ago
For each ambitious young musician, first-hand experience is a crucial component of training. It is also essential to have the necessary support in order to pursue a professional music career. This is...
A reconnaissance at midlife
Sunday, 25 September 2022, 09:55
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
Margaret Drabble (full name Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd) is one of the foremost English writers of novels who has charted the skilfully modulated variations on the theme of a girl's...
Ta’ Fuqha Senduqha
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 11:47
Last update: about 5 years ago
Inspired by real-life accounts of poverty in Malta, Ta' Fuqha Senduqha is an original play in Maltese penned by André Mangion and directed by Toni Attard. Theatre and film actress Michela...
A String Symphony with Carmine Lauri
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 10:59
Last update: about 5 years ago
The MPO returns to the iconic Teatru Manoel for a String Symphony, featuring eminent violinist Carmine Lauri. Following the great success of String Serenades online as well as the sold out live...