The Malta Independent 9 November 2026, Monday
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The Marian cult in all its ramifications

Sunday, 18 September 2022, 09:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Like other female writers who were brought up in a (probably single sex) Catholic school (another writer who comes to mind is Karen Armstrong who had also been a nun) Marina Warner was brought up in a...

Cocaine as pure capitalism

Sunday, 11 September 2022, 12:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

In 2019, famous Italian writer Roberto Saviano spoke and wrote many times about Malta and its connections with organised crime. He was speaking and writing in the aftermath of the murder of...

Wars bring about irreversible change

Sunday, 11 September 2022, 12:00 Last update: about 5 years ago

One of the most impressive traits of the Maltese national psyche is that during times of wars, pandemics and other trials and tribulations, the Maltese people rose to the occasion demonstrating...

GO invests in more exclusive Maltese TV content

Sunday, 4 September 2022, 08:31 Last update: about 5 years ago

Maltese TV drama enthusiasts have even more exciting content to look forward to as GO launches its next, exclusive production, Luna. Seeded in Sicily in the early 1990s, the story depicts the...

The Planets: A spatial journey with the MPO

Thursday, 1 September 2022, 12:10 Last update: about 5 years ago

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra officially opens its 22/23 Concert Season with Holst's masterpiece, The Planets. Following on last year's success in The Firebird and Pictures at an Exhibition, MPO...

Aida is Aida

Thursday, 1 September 2022, 12:05 Last update: about 5 years ago

It's the opera known by those who don't know opera at all. But it's also the opera that has it all for whoever opera occupies the most tender part of his soul. With a larger-than-life story in an...

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