A son of Italian immigrants, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 December, 1936, it was only natural for Pope Francis to focus a lot on the plight of migrants, refugees and all uprooted people in...

It’s not the first time this newspaper has written about the need for proper enforcement and deterrents against planning irregularities, and unfortunately it probably won’t be the last...

Nickel is a common metal present in the environment, and human exposure can occur through diet, the environment and materials we touch. Soluble and insoluble nickel compounds can lead to several...

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What happens when the freckles on a girl's body suddenly begin to glow with strange green lights? The doors open to a fantastic universe poised to carve out its own unique place in Maltese literature....

"You put the small thief in prison, but the big thief lives in a palace," Graham Greene, a British writer and journalist, once wrote. Greene's words may have been penned decades ago, but their...

I have discovered three 'new' art galleries recently, one in Zejtun, another in St Julian's and a third in front of the carpark in Sliema. The more art galleries there are the better as the number of...

On 1 May, communities across Malta will lace up their shoes, roll out their yoga mats and take to the track, all for a worthy cause: to fight hunger. Move For Meals, the annual charity event...

How did your interest in this genre begin? It all started in 1983 when I decided to order two stained glass lampshades from Phoenician Glass. I was there for fifteen minutes and watching one of...

Prof. Raphael Vella One could argue that another sociological study that asserts that education and the arts are inherently political is unnecessary. Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron's...