'Commonwealth' Author: Ann Patchett Publisher: Bloomsbury / 2016 Pages: 322   Noel Grima   It is 1964. It all started at Franny Keating's christening...

Alegria Flamenco Malta recently held their academy performance entitled Cuatro at Theatre Next Door, an intimate small theatre which turned out to be the perfect setting for a display of Flamenco...

Have you ever spent hours on your sofa, typing away on your laptop with it on your lap? Or have you ever spent an afternoon flying through documents and research near your heater on a chilly winter...

FOMO relates to the fear that others are having more exciting, rewarding and interesting experiences than you are, or have something more, or better. This fear compels us to check what's going on...

Let's start with an easy one - what do you think every family table in the world has in common? BK: It's the focal point where people come together. AF: Food! MJL: I think on a base...

5 May was the European Day for Independent Living. Deinstitutionalisation and personal assistance for persons with disability are two main subjects linking to independent living for persons with...

Our country is at the crossroads in choosing what mission, vision and strategies should be adopted to tackle many issues and challenges that the country is facing. In this write-up, some of these...

The first time Carm Borg showed his paintings in public was way back in 1994. From then onwards he did participate in a small handful of collectives, but kept shelving his inclination to exhibit his...

Malta’s population has reached 516,000. Its gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 4.7% in 2023. It has been ranked first out of 36 European countries for online government services,...

We have an odd expression in Maltese which can scarcely be translated to English. ‘Traqqa l-pannu bil-qargħ’aħmar’, literally means trying to fix a piece of (presumably...