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Man of Steel sets June record
Man of Steel, the big-budget reboot of the Superman franchise, leaped over the apocalyptic buddy comedy This is the End, collecting a muscular $113.1 million to lead the domestic box office with the year’s second-largest debut weekend and the...
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Black Sabbath tops British album chart – after 43 years
Veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne’s band Black Sabbath has stormed to the top of the charts with their new album, 13. The heavy rock trailblazers have set a new UK chart record for the longest gap between number-one albums, overtaking Rod Stewart who set...
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Fat fathers 'affect child weight'
Fat fathers may be more likely to produce sons and daughters who struggle with weight, a study suggests. Scientists saw the trend in mice whose fathers had grown obese after being fed a high-fat diet. They believe a similar effect may occur in...
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Sigmund Freud tops UK refugee poll
Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud has been voted the refugee who has made the most significant contribution to British life. The founder of psychoanalysis, who created an entirely new approach to the understanding of the human personality, came top...
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Twistable cork to be unveiled
The much-loved original wine cork could be set for a return to the mass market with the launch of a twistable and resealable version that could do away with the corkscrew. The Helix cork and accompanying bottle have a thread finish to allow drinkers...
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Almodóvar’s new, raunchy comedy is a satire on Spain
Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film I’m So Excited! is a raunchy screwball comedy that the Oscar-winning director said marks a return to his roots as a satirist even as it delivers biting commentary on modern-day Spain. The...
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How the Mediterranean became a theatre of war
The Mediterranean is a sea of tension and conflict. Different global and regional players sought to have a foothold in the area over the years in order to protect their various interests. Malta has often found itself (often reluctantly) in the midst...
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Secrets of the 18th century
These secrets were musical, baroque ones to be exact. They were revealed to music lovers in ideal surroundings, during a vocal and instrumental concert by the ensemble Les Bougies Baroques at the Mdina Cathedral Museum presented by the Manoel...
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Musico-literary evening marks Dominican Province anniversary
A musico-literary evening was recently held at Jesus of Nazareth parish church in Sliema to commemorate 175 years of the foundation of the Maltese Dominicans as a Province. The evening of sacred music by the Jesus of Nazareth choir and orchestra,...
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Using art to reach out to people
A series of free, open workshops, led by the US-based Battery Dance Company, will be targeting social inclusion through dance later this month. Here Jo Caruana chats to the man behind the movement. The idea that cultural initiatives can reach out...
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Irregular rhythms, complex passages and musical flair
It is not easy sustaining a solo saxophone recital, especially if you decide to limit yourself to music written in one specific decade. But this is exactly what saxophonist Philip Attard, together with pianist Christine Zerafa, offered their...
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A vision of contemporary arts
Malta’s Neolithic temples have always held a strong fascination for many, whether for their archaeological value or aesthetic qualities. They have inspired artists throughout the centuries and continue to do so even today. It was indeed the...
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A word with Woodenman
Back in the 1970s, a young man called Jon Lukas scored a first for Maltese music when he released Can’t Afford to Lose, which went on to become a huge hit, making him the first Maltese artist to break through at an international level. Regularly...
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Friday launch for Woodrock
This Friday will see a new monthly event by the name of Woodrock kick off its first edition at Shoosh (within the Buskett Roadhouse premises). The first night will feature four local acts, handpicked from the Maltese music scene to represent...
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Xtruppaw to launch new album
What on Earth is Xtruppaw, you’re probably asking yourself, unless you’re already familiar with this notorious band of renegade musicians? The word itself is to be found in no dictionary (unless they decide to publish their very own, that is) but it...
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Gypsy Genes’ red hot debut
It’s upbeat, breezy, funky and has summer written all over it. It’s a song called Red Hot Money, the debut single from Gypsy Genes. Although the band has only been around for a few months, and the song just weeks old, the feedback they’ve been...
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Sarah’s rising star
“If you can see it, you can be it” is the motivational motto London-based Maltese artist Sarah Harrison has held sacred ever since this young woman set out to achieve her career goals in the music industry. Releasing her first-ever DJ mix in October...
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Gerald Clayton Trio and Logan Richardson
Born in the Netherlands into a musical family and raised in southern California, two-time Grammy Award-nominee Gerald Clayton first started to study classical piano with Linda Buck aged just seven, later also studying jazz piano and composition with...
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Mizzi’s memory cast in bronze
Valletta-born sculptor Ġanni Pace is currently working on the bust of John Mizzi, former news editor of Times of Malta and The Sunday Times of Malta. The bust of Mr Mizzi, who is most fondly remembered as a group Scout leader of the St Aloysius...
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The Priests in Malta
On the occasion of the Year of Faith, the Church in Malta is organising a concert by three renowned tenors known as The Priests at the Catholic Institute, Floriana. These are the Catholic priests from Ireland: Fr Martin O’Hagan, Fr Eugene O’Hagan...
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