The Malta Independent 27 August 2026, Thursday
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The language of spirit

Tuesday, 19 September 2017, 10:36 Last update: about 10 years ago

What do you consider to be your art education - both formal and informal? I have always learnt on the job and still do, having recently joined the University of Malta's Faculty of Media and...

Malta International Double Bass summer camp makes its mark

Tuesday, 19 September 2017, 10:33 Last update: about 10 years ago

The double bass is becoming an increasingly popular instrument in Malta thanks to the annual Malta International Double Bass summer camp, organised by Prof. Gjorgji Cincievski and Ms Michelle Scicluna...

If it’s Baroque, fix it

Tuesday, 19 September 2017, 10:08 Last update: about 10 years ago

Nestled in a small courtyard, Sylvie de Meurville's paper sculpture entry for the 2015 Mdina Biennale took centre stage. Comprised of tracing paper, metal bars and LED lights, the simplistic nature of...

TMID Editorial: The new PN leader’s task ahead

Monday, 18 September 2017, 14:35 Last update: about 10 years ago

Let us do the maths first. 19,350 PN card holding members had the right to vote to choose the new PN leader. 3,849 of them did not manage to get their voting document, or did not bother. 759 collected their voting document but...

TMID Editorial: Simon’s swan song and his lasting legacy

Sunday, 17 September 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

Simon Busuttil, who will officially step down from the helm of the Nationalist Party today, delivered his swan song departure speech at a party event on Friday night. And that swan song will, it can...

Termination and the Professor of Insults

Sunday, 17 September 2017, 08:58 Last update: about 10 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The much-awaited result is probably already out, and one can only hope for the best. In the meantime, I have to answer to the opinion piece written last week by a 'major Maltese philosopher' who...

Marlene's magic trick

Sunday, 17 September 2017, 08:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Colette Sciberras

I have been asking myself since June how Marlene Farrugia managed to pull that magic trick on me. How could she have kept her PN membership card up her sleeve without anybody noticing? Did anyone...

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