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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Sonja Kralj
Choosing toys for children
Giving toys to children can almost be as much fun for the donor as for the child who receives the gifts. Choosing toys can be a challenge, but, with some thoughtful consideration, you can find toys a child will treasure. Safety is the most...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Deborah Ratcliffe
Bettering your lot
Throughout the years parents have always wanted to better the lot of their children – where possible to give them a superior education – the advantages of life that perhaps they themselves never had. I remember as a child I had basically three sets...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Francesca Falzon
How to feel better about your body after a baby
My title might have made you think, ‘oh, another baby myth’. However, I bring you good news, or rather a few tips on how to loathe less the seemingly foreign body you are forced to inhabit during pregnancy. Even though you might have replaced your...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Deana Luchia
Marking milestones
Do we make more fuss over a first-born’s milestones than those of a second child? Does it matter? Three mothers share their experiences with Deana Luchia. Pregnancy diaries, growth charts, special memory boxes for a first curl, tooth and shoes –...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Sandy Calleja Portelli
Dealing with homework
If there is one topic of conversation almost guaranteed to set off an animated conversation among parents, it’s probably the children’s homework and studying. One particular hot topic is the time and effort needed to complete assignments and study...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Jo Caruana
It’s the climb
It may not seem like the obvious sports for kids, but children as young as five can get to grips with climbing – and they love it. Here, Jo Caruana discovers this fantastic family activity. We all know that staying active has to be high on our...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Deana Luchia
A moral dilemma
As parents, do we put enough emphasis on good behaviour, or are we so hung up on educational success and providing for our children that morals get left behind, asks Deana Luchia. Morals, manners, values, virtues… call them what you will, but...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Amanda Garzia
How to be good
In the poem The Good Little Girl from A.A. Milne’s Now We Are Six (1927), Jane takes the mickey out of her parents. Whether she is coming back from a party, or tea, or a week at the sea, her parents routinely greet her with the question, “Have you...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 by
Caroline and Roderick Busuttil
Enduring fascination of Malta’s wayside chapels
One can’t but be fascinated by the chapels peppering the Maltese countryside. Despite their unassuming character and the tranquillity they exude there is great interest in their history and why they were built. The fact that some of these chapels...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
The yacht that is still fit for a queen
A faulty door seal which leaked and left the Royal Yacht Britannia tilting at its berth has been fixed, officials said yesterday. And it is expected to be back on display in Edinburgh by at leastFebruary 1. Fire crews were called to the ship last...
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Lucky couple wins dream wedding
Max Zammit and Nadine Borg Bonaci were this year's lucky winners of the Island Caterers' Win a Wedding Competition getting a €15,000 dream wedding as the grand prize. Their wedding will include all of their catering needs looked after by Island...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Pilgrimage to the King of Rock
Elvis Presley fans from around the world made a pilgrimage to the Memphis home of Elvis Presley at the weekend to celebrate what would have been the King of Rock’s 77th birthday. And the celebration of his life at his Gracelands mansion kicked off...
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Man catches boy in five-metre fall off escalator
A quick-thinking man in Russia saved a boy who fell a height of five metres after he went up an escalator, on the outside. See youtube video
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Epic husky race starts in French alps
La Grande Odyssée sled dog race which began in the French Alps yesterday is one of the toughest competitions of its kind in the world. Twenty of the world's best sled dog drivers -- known as mushers -- race 300 dogs over 1,000 kilometres of...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012 by
Lino Bugeja
Malta’s encounter with Homer’s greatest hero
In his travelogue The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean (published in 1995), the renowned American novelist and traveller Paul Theroux writes: “You cannot do better than use the authority of the Odyssey to prove that your...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012 by
Paula Fleri-Soler
Who will win gold?
With the Golden Globes due to take place next Sunday, Paula Fleri-Soler peers into her crystal ball to see who could – and who should – be up for an Oscar next month. It is now customary that as one year segues into the next, cinema lovers are...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012 by
Joseph Flask
Sudden death of Maltese Benedictine prelate in the Philippines 100 years ago
Last December 13 marked the centenary of the sudden death, at the age of 55, of Maltese Benedictine prelate, Mgr Ambrose Agius, titular archbishop of Palmyra and Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines (1904-1911). Officially, Mgr Agius died...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012 by
Stanley Fiorini
Greek Protopapas of Malta
Among the precious manuscripts held by the Biblioteca Palatina of Parma there is a Tetraevangelio (The Four Gospels) with a very interesting Maltese connection. This liturgical text complete with the Canon Tables of Eusebius (a concordance of the...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012 by
Rod Mar, AFP
2011 offbeat stories
• The bad news for a group of employees in a Canadian technology company was that the firm was closing down and laying them off. The good news, received the same day, was that 10 of them had jointly won the equivalent of $7.1 million (€5.5 million)...
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Kate Middleton prepares to celebrate her 30th
The wife of Prince William, formerly known as Kate Middleton, prepares to celebrate her 30th birthday on Monday. The Duchess of Cambridge has maintained her privacy since their marriage but is still very popular with the public. AFP TV reports.
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