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From Rhodes to Malta: New book reveals the Knights’ turbulent years of exile
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (225+ words) Defiant: The Knights at War 1522-1535. Author: Joseph Scicluna. Publisher: Kite Group / 2026. Pages: 480 In his latest landmark publication,Defiant: The Knights at War 1522-1535, Gozitan historian Joseph Scicluna delivers a meticulous and gripping account of one of the most turbulent interludes in…...
In the grim underworld of post-Soviet Estonia
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (634+ words) Firewall. Author: Andy McNab. Publisher: Corgi Books / 2011. Pages: 572 Perhaps the title given to the film version of this book, Echelon, reflects better the yarn it tells. But the story of the author is even more'interesting and instructive. Steven Billy Mitchell,…...
Where hands meet: Josette Fenech’s painting as psychic encounter
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (430+ words) Words by Louis Lagan" Running until 5 April, with a special Meet the Artist afternoon on Saturday, 28 March at 4.30pm, this exhibition invites viewers into what might best be described as a field of psychic encounter. The thick impasto, the abrasions in…...
Anna and Llinos Ogwen Westgarth-Pratt who played a role in the opening of the exhibition
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (292+ words) Introducing the speakers was a Welsh woman trained as a soprano. Her name? LLinos Ogwen Westgarth'Pratt - not the easiest to remember, one has to admit. She introduced each speaker in a clear, resonant voice that carried right to the end…...
'SINCuerpo' — The Art of Shedding
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (230+ words) SINCuerpo is a solo exhibition by Maltese abstract artist Stefan Carbonaro, opening at Mit'na tal-G'a'ba, Naxxar, from 18 March to 5 April 2026. Rooted in restraint and contemplation, the exhibition explores painting as an act of shedding - removing layers, form, and weight to…...
Prime Minister visits historic premises of two Gozo philharmonic societies
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (388+ words) Prime Minister Robert Abela, accompanied by Gozo and Planning Minister Clint Camilleri, visited the historic premises of two philharmonic societies in Victoria, Gozo, where he underlined the importance of cultural organisations in the island's social and artistic life. During the…...
Movie Review: Pixar delivers with sweet, action-packed ‘Hoppers’
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (189+ words) Written by Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press The hero at the heart of "Hoppers," Mabel Tanaka (Piper Curda), is actually a kind of spiritual sister to "Luca's" Giulia Marcovaldo - impassioned (some might ungenerously say "too much") and a bit of an…...
An evening that stayed with me
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (79+ words) Four Bulgarian children too, played their part and at the end of the concert presented flowers to the three singers and the pianist. Prof. Pirotta presented gifts to the singers and pianist. Gwilym Bugeja "Comes Out" on stage in" Life…...
Book review: Deep in the jungles of Myanmar
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (638+ words) Publisher: Penguin Fiction / 2011 Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1931. His father was German and had served in the Imperial German Army during World War I and one of Clive's uncles had served in the Imperial German Air Service…...
Anatomical lies and inner truths: A tribute to Joseph Mary Genuis
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (78+ words) Written by Rowna Baldacchino Rowna Baldacchino is a Maltese art historian and cultural critic with postgraduate specialisation in art history, literature, and translation, focusing on modern and contemporary art in Malta Gwilym Bugeja "Comes Out" on stage in" Life in…...