Reminiscences of His Lordship Emeritus Mgr Joseph Mercieca
Monday, 3 October 2016, 14:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Joe Zammit Ciantar
Joe Zammit Ciantar Mgr Ġorġ Mercieca In my childhood, in the very late 1940s and early 1950s - since my family lived some 150 metres down the road from Our Lady of...
Of poetry and hunting
Monday, 3 October 2016, 14:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alfred Palma A keen animal lover and strongly against all forms of cruelty to animals, I couldn't but welcome this little book of poems, edited by poet Patrick J. Sammut, with...
Erbatax-il Vers
Monday, 3 October 2016, 14:26
Last update: about 11 years ago
Geoffrey G. Attard Erbatax-il Vers (Fourteen Lines) is the name of the latest anthology of poems written by renowned Gozitan lawyer and writer Dr Alfred Grech. This is the third...
Marie Benoit's Diary: End of summer notebook
Monday, 3 October 2016, 14:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
I haven't been up to much as it has been hot and therefore not happy to have to venture out to some concert or reception in mostly uncomfortable clothes because my diet isn't working. Anyway, all...
An insider’s view of the postgraduate student art exhibition
Monday, 3 October 2016, 14:24
Last update: about 11 years ago
Nikki Petroni
The Master's in Fine Arts course was opened by the Department of History of Art, University of Malta in October 2014, exactly two years ago. The course was designed by Dr. Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci who...
The Maltese explorer who discovered Obama’s tribe
Monday, 3 October 2016, 14:11
Last update: about 11 years ago
His actual name was Antonio Martini, later Anglicised to James or Jimmy Martin, born in Marsa in 1857 to Maltese parents. His father had emigrated from Italy in his youth and was a seaman, more abroad...
Beyond the smokescreens
Monday, 3 October 2016, 14:04
Last update: about 11 years ago
Here we go again. It’s politics back with a bang. And Parliament will only meet today week. With a year and a half to go before the next election, and with the two main parties once again...
It’s October, so please think pink
Sunday, 2 October 2016, 09:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
It’s October, which means people and places everywhere are ‘going pink’ for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also time for one of this newspaper’s two annual calls for...