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Remember One Direction? All 5 Auditions X Factor UK
Check out Family Feud here: https://rebrand.ly/FamilyFeud^^^^^ International Talent Spotlight ^^^^^This is perform auditions Harry, Niall, Zayn, Louis, Liam ...
Footballer gets red card at airport after presenting fake COVID-19 test
A Brazilian footballer who tried to leave Malta by presenting a false COVID-19 test certificate has ended up with a suspended prison sentence after being caught at the airport. Carlos Vilmar Da Silva Rodrigues, 33, wanted to leave the country his plans to play for a local football team faltered...
The air raid that devastated Sliema
The town of Sliema is this week marking the 80th anniversary since a devastating war bomb claimed the lives of 21 people. On the evening of March 11, 1941, enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the quiet residential St Rita Street, causing death, injuries and widespread destruction. The youngest of the...
PAREDE DA MEMÓRIA: O que resta hoje da técnica da fotopintura, arte que já foi símbolo da cultura popular
O que resta hoje da técnica da fotopintura, arte que já foi símbolo da cultura popular
The true origin of the Sa Maison house and garden
The luxurious garden of Sa Maison in Floriana has attracted the nib of various writers, foremost among whom Comm. Edgar Montanaro and Ġużè Cassar Pullicino. They start with an early owner Chevalier Caille Maison who, presumably in the 18th century, used the site as his hunting lodge, and from...
Seascape artist John Borg Manduca dies aged 86
Artist John Borg Manduca, best known for his dreamy seascape canvases, has died aged 86. He was the widower of Josephine, nee Camilleri, and leaves behind his sons Juan and Stefan. [attach id=1025588 size="medium" align="left" type="image"]John Borg Manduca[/attach] Born in 1934, Borg Manduca...
Pre-war postcards and the Maltese restaurants they advertised
This is the final article in a two-part series. Read part one. A third restaurant advertised itself through promotion cards – the National Buffet & Restaurant, owned by Charles Muscat – very likely a third Carmelo, as by this time many Carmelos were anglicising their names to Charles. [attach...
On expressing raw emotions
Intimate letter writing has lost its popularity in today’s culture of instant gratification through our mobile phones. Sweethearts today have a field day at exchanging digitally-coded memos instantly at a whim − together with pictures. Relationships are quickly developed; indeed, so is their end.
Life hacks: Abulafia
This month’s hack − or inspiration − is not a concept or a technique to adopt in one’s life. Abulafia is a person − a mystic who spent the last days of his life in a cave in none other than Comino in the 13th century. He was an eccentric being, with quite advanced ideologies about ways of...
Gudja’s Immaculate Conception altarpiece – History, discoveries and conservation
When conservator-restorer Amy Sciberras was approached to examine, conserve and restore the altarpiece dedicated to the Immaculate Conception at Gudja parish church of the Assumption, little was known about how this painting is linked and relevant to our times and current global situation. The...
Salvu Bugeja’s artistic legacy at the Senglea basilica
History, architecture and art dominate our churches in such a way that they may be considered as veritable art museums. However, delightful architecture, fine canvases and exquisite statuary by renowned artists are not the sole works making up this patrimony. Other craftsmen with diverse talents...
Keeping with tradition
The bay window of the house where the late brothers Fr George Grima and Mgr Coronato Grima lived in Charity Street, Victoria, is currently decorated for Lenten period. The Grima family kept with the tradition of decorating the window by showcasing a statue or painting of the saint of the day on a...
Call for participants to join in creative workshops, performance art piece
The University of Malta’s Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education, in collaboration with Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA), is currently coordinating an artistic research project. The project, entitled Batman Gżirjan, will be contextualised in the town of Gżira. It forms part of...
From Sliema to Abyssinia: the story of a Maltese interpreter
David Arrigo looks at cameos of potted history with deeply-routed Malta connections through the extraordinary lives of the Malta-born Bell brothers. When Malta became a Crown colony in 1814, early British colonialists left their mark by founding businesses, some of which are still operating...
Why say cheeselet, not ġbejna?
To give an idea of their local flavour, literally, it is a habit for national pavilions at international fairs and events to treat visitors to nibbles representative of their culinary delights. Slices of Feta cheese are proudly served by Greek delegates, Cypriots may come up with their Halloumi...
Our ingenious Ġgantija ancestors – Kristina Chetcuti
The people who lived in Ġgantija some 5,600 years ago were no Flintstones. They did not walk around shouting “Ugga, ugga” and showing their rotten teeth. They did not have nests for hair and neither did they have armpit hair as long as their ankles. They were civilised, healthy, clean people who...
On revisiting memories before they vanish
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust [attach id=1037431 size="medium" align="right" type="image"]Fabio Borg[/attach] The title of Fabio Borg’s exhibition, Revisited Memories, suggests an exercise in remembering, a summoning...
Giulia Be
Entrevista com Giulia Be | The Noite (27/11/20)
Danilo Gentili recebe a cantora de música pop, Giulia Be. A convidada relembra seu início de carreira e momentos especiais. Eles também conversam sobre um de...
Entrevista com André Marinho | The Noite (15/10/19)
O The Noite dessa segunda-feira recebe o humorista André Marinho no The Noite. Atualmente no programa ‘Pânico’ da rádio Jovem Pan, o humorista fala sobre o s...
Paulo Marinho (empresário)
[esquina] Na pele do lobo
Um trumpista resiste a se despedir de Trump
六本木ヒルズ・塩田千春展:魂がふるえる
塩田千春の全貌を明らかにする、過去最大で最も網羅的な個展
Mulher perde memória de curto prazo e marido a reconquista todos os dias, há 23 anos
Tudo começou em 1994, quando Michelle Philpots perdeu a memória de curto prazo após sofrer dois acidentes de trânsito, o que significa que, muitas vezes ela
O sumiço das joias
O Mapa Da Beleza
T1E3 Trick or Treat
T1E4 – Um olhar sobre a Carreira
T1E5. Onde está o RG?