Features
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Rio Carnival captures Lonely Hearts
English speakers got their moment in the Carnival sun as a wild, Beatles-themed street party took place. Sargento Pimenta, Portuguese for Sergeant Pepper, is one of more than 400 raucous street parties that spring up throughout Rio...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
Peter Farrugia
Living with Lorca
Scottish novelist Lizzie Eldridge speaks to Peter Farrugia about her writing, inspiration and life-changing journey to Spain. “Duende is the painful struggle to express real truths, the deep song of gypsy tradition, a power that com...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
Charles Debono
Malta-based British forces destroy most of Rommel’s supplies in 1941
In September and October 1941, Malta, which had by then become a prime target for Italian and German bombers, continued to be reinforced by air and sea: fighter aircraft for the defence of the island and also another convoy to strengthen the...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 , by
Stephanie Fsadni
Sanremo plays host to the stars
Singers from all over the world converged on the town of Sanremo in western Liguria, Italy to participate in the popular music festival. The show on Thursday was themed Viva l’Italia and was dedicated to home-grown songs that...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Be my (broken-hearted) Valentine
What becomes of a garden gnome hurled in fury at a car during a stormy break-up? A teddy bear that was once a Valentine’s Day present? A wedding dress from a marriage gone awry? An axe that smashed through household...
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What becomes of the broken hearted?
A museum dedicated to enshrining the heartbreak of failed romances is bracing itself for a surge in visitors on Valentine's Day. For some reason the Museum of Broken Relationships in the Croatian capital of Zagreb proves a magnet on the...
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Life at sea re-enactment offers taste of 1812 soup
Life at Vittoriosa creek during the 18th century was re-enacted yeste-rday for Heritage Malta’s Life at Sea 2012. The family event was held at the Malta Maritime Museum, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary since...
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Monday, February 13, 2012 , by
Dean Muscat
The art of volunteering
Despite the best efforts from the cheeriest members of staff, hospitals tend to be lonely and glum places for patients. Stuck in bed, often for days on end, not allowed to move much, the only visitors you get are confined to visiti...
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Colombians always say it with flowers
If love makes the world go round then Colombian flowers are on track to make it spin this Valentine’s Day! More than 500,000,000 flowers from the South American country are being shipped around the globe to meet the February 14th d...
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Women just love their dogs
Think women talk mostly about their love lives or children over the water cooler at work? Think again with Valentine’s Day only 24 hours away – a survey by new website petnet360.co.uk reveals female pet owners talk more about their dogs th...
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Monday, February 13, 2012
What a glass can really do for you
Different shaped glasses really do affect the experience of drinking champagne, a study has shown. Bubbly poured into a long narrow flute provides more of a nose-tingle than when served in a wide and shallow “coupe”. The reason is t...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 , by
Nigel Camilleri
The unforgettable sight of Burmese refugees held in cages like chickens
Although the military government in Burma has made some halting steps towards democracy in recent months, ethnic minorities in this country, such as the Karens, are still suffering persecution. Two years after a pro-democracy upris...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Interview with the lady
The production notes of last week’s eagerly-awaited release The Iron Lady, chronicling Baroness Margaret Thatcher’s life and career, feature a detailed interview with Meryl Streep, whose phenomenal performance in the title role has...
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Friday, February 10, 2012
The art of capturing nature on metal
Gozo metal artist Jackie Roberts has been invited to stage a solo exhibition by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the renowned centre for plant research, conservation and education founded in 1670. The Nature of Metal is being...
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Attack of the giant African snails!
They're every gardener's nightmare: giant snails the size of a man's hand that eat up everything in sight, leaving only a slimy trail.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Photographers put Malta in the European picture
Maltese photographers won 11 awards during the final night of the largest photo convention in Europe, organised annually by The Societies – formerly the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers. Their work was...
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Madonna launches ninth world tour
Madonna will begin her ninth world tour in Tel Aviv in May, her promoter said today, passing through Europe and the Americas and returning to Australia for the first time in 20 years. The news comes just days after the 53-year-old's...
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Living in a house built of euros - literally
Frank Buckley is an unemployed Irish artist who's become famous for living in a Billion-Euro apartment - literally.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 , by
Michael Galea
Treasures of St Paul’s collegiate church
In his account in the Acts of the Apostles of St Paul’s shipwreck on the island of Melite (Malta) in 60 AD, St Luke describes the islanders’ first meeting with the apostle, and speaks highly of their warm hospitality. Our forefathe...
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 , by
Paula Fleri-Soler
Creating Coriolanus’s Rome
One of the many striking aspects about Ralph Fiennes’ interpretation of Shakespeare’s political drama Coriolanus is how easily it fits into a modern-day setting, given the story at its core of a republic caught up in a long and bitter...
