The Malta Independent 14 August 2026, Friday
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TMIS Editorial - PN: A new chapter, with an old text

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 11:30 Last update: about 5 years ago

At the end of July the Nationalist Party completed its four-month exercise to first confirm Bernard Grech as its leader and move away from a two-deputy leader system to having just one. In this...

The forms of creativity

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 10:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Marika Azzopardi

Patrick Dalli's current show at the MSA's Galleries on the piano nobile of Palazzo de La Salle, comes as a surprise. While viewing the 32 canvases on show, I personally witnessed art aficionados...

Questioning the museum experience in the 21st century

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 10:02 Last update: about 5 years ago

Think about the last time you had a great experience. Are you able to pinpoint what made it special? Today, we live in the era of "The Experience Economy", where the experience itself is the most...

Stevia – sweeter than sugar but not only

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 08:52 Last update: about 5 years ago

What is stevia? Stevia is an intense natural sweetener and sugar substitute obtained from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) plant, native to Paraguay and Brazil. It contains active...

Marie Benoit's Diary: The Allure of Lalique

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Marie Benoît

I enjoyed the launch of the Soleil Vibrant Lalique eau de parfum at Hilton Malta, followed by drinks at Cleland & Souchet in Portomaso. I haven't been to the launch of a perfume for several years....

The tyranny of the majority

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 07:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Aquilina

A fundamental difficulty with a two-party parliamentary system like the Maltese is that the majority dictates all the rules, where the winner takes it all as the Civil Court, First Hall, has recently...

Love, inexperience and emotional intensity

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 07:46 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

This novel is author Sally Rooney's second novel, published after Conversations with Friends.  It is set in Dublin and Carricklea and in 2019 won the British Book Award for Book of the Year. It...

Maltese author’s global acclaim

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 07:00 Last update: about 5 years ago

Readers across the world were recently alerted to the impressive talent of Maltese writers when The Sheriff's Catch, debut novel of prolific Maltese expat writer James Vella-Bardon, was named...

Being responsible: Are we heading for tourism oblivion

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 06:53 Last update: about 5 years ago

In my last article, I wrote about  the need to be responsible about our neighbourhoods ands our environment if we are serious about offering an attractive destination and , eventually, a quality...

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