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Marie Benoit's Diary: Let’s make music

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:56 Last update: about 9 years ago Marie Benoît

Let's make music There is something special about a concert held in a private home. I suppose this is what the salons of old were like. I enjoyed such a concert in the home, in Ix-Xwieki, far...

The Malta heist

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

The genesis of this book is easily explained. "The manuscript of The Malta Job owes its existence to my wife Jean. As I exhausted the meagre library shelves of the hotel on our second long stay...

Life as it swirls round the poet

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:52 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

It really happens. Every time someone insists Maltese poetry is dead or down in the doldrums, out comes a book that quickly proves him or her wrong. It is a pattern that has actually been repeating...

‘Is-Sħaħar ta’ Petut: Għand Rebus Totall’

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:49 Last update: about 9 years ago

Flying on a broomstick is not as easy as it looks. You need to have a knack for it, position your legs and arms in a certain way, practise and practise some more. Of course it can be very stressful if...

A welcome dose of short stories

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:46 Last update: about 9 years ago

Klabb Kotba Maltin have recently published Alex Mizzi's second book of short stories in Maltese, Sbieh il-Hadd. Novelli. I just love short stories. I had passed through a phase when I literally...

Embracing cultural diversity in the early years

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:43 Last update: about 9 years ago

The early years of a child's development are of paramount importance to the formation of their identity, which is why Elisavet Arkolaki, a mother of two who was locally-based for about a decade, has...

A symbol of change

Monday, 23 July 2018, 12:58 Last update: about 9 years ago

Driving down to Marsaxlokk and not seeing the tall structure of the old power station chimney is something which I didn't imagine happening for years. As a child, I used to go with my parents to the...

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