Boat people
Tragedy returns to the Mare Nostrum
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 08:12
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Over 400 people are believed to have perished as a migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea near Lampedusa. This human catastrophe came only...
A play sweeter than cake
Monday, 12 May 2014, 16:48
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Rob Ricards and the 356 Company strike again with another play! This one entitled ‘Five Lives and a Cake,’ performed recently at the Ministry for Gozo. It was the premiere production...
Willy Russell’s ‘Blood Brothers’ at the Salesian Theatre
Monday, 12 May 2014, 13:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Blood Brothers ran for 24 years at the West End, and played more than 10,000 performances, becoming the third longest-running musical production in West End history. The West End revival closed in...
You are a digital parent
Monday, 12 May 2014, 08:58
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
By now you’ve realized that, perhaps without wanting to, you have become a digital parent. This can be fun, exciting and often quite challenging. Children seem to whiz through their gadgets...
Eurovision:
Yet another waste of time and money
Monday, 12 May 2014, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Every year, we end up feeling the same. Every year, we end up writing the same leading article. When are we going to stop taking ourselves and the Eurovision Song...
Bricks in the wall
Monday, 12 May 2014, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Marlene Farrugia
As the celebrated playright Moliere put it: “It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not...
When blue and pink just don’t fit
Sunday, 11 May 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Alison Bezzina
Up to a few months ago, a friend of mine was dating a drug addict. They had been together for about two years when she finally had had enough of the drama, the mood swings and the police knocking at...
Shameless is as shameless does
Sunday, 11 May 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Shameless people seem to be preternaturally attracted to one another. The Prime Minister yesterday morning gave a press conference with Martin Schulz, who is being put forward by the Socialist Group...
It’s not just Cyrus
Sunday, 11 May 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Noel Grima
It was some seconds after midnight on a New Year’s Day when the first email came through. Its receiver thought it was a season’s greeting message: instead it was a series of porn...
The difference between conviction and convenience
Sunday, 11 May 2014, 09:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Kevin Plumpton
Ten years after the EU membership debate debacle, both political party headquarters fly the European Union flag. Ten years after the EU membership debate debacle, both major political parties claim...