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Visiting Valletta’s past… in the present
I wander around Valletta with headphones in my ear, listening to and obeying instructions emanating from the tiny MP3 player I am holding in my hand. My two companions and I (we have synched our MP3 players, so we are each experiencing the same...
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There will be blood
From intimate relationships to stunning visual spectacle, Blood Wedding is primed to be one of the most creative and cutting-edge productions of our theatrical season. Jo Caruana interviews director and scriptwriter Simone Spiteri and actress...
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The soft-spoken diva
As soprano Gillian Zammit gets ready for a lieder recital at the national theatre, Alexander Vella Gregory finds out more about the unusual programme she has lined up. If you were ever introduced to Gillian Zammit, you would not say she was a...
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The eyes of a hawk
“I wish to be like sunshine, to give warmth and happiness to the people,” Zhang Jianfeng told me in his enthusiasm and passion for painting. He is a firm believer that “April showers bring May flowers”, a metaphor to his diligent and hardworking...
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The way it’s meant to be
There are two things that caught my attention the very minute I opened Ira Losco’s latest album, slipped the CD into the player and pressed play. The first was the picture of the singer on the inner sleeve, shot from an angle that makes her look...
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Transcending the Delta Dot
Curmudgeon’s debut gig last February proved to be a real eye-opener for the local experimental act. “It was an awful show,” Timothy Garrett – the young lad behind the one-man act – openly admitted in a post on his Tumblr page. “I did, however,...
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New snow, no Alps
A mainstay on the local music scene ever since it stepped onstage to give its first live gig back in 2007, Maltese alternative rock band No Snow/No Alps recently took on a new challenge by relocating to Copenhagen. The new chapter in the band’s...
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Reduce Reuse Recycle
Green is the colour usually attributed to any campaign related to environmental awareness, but there’s a whole rainbow of colours fuelling the energy behind the song Reduce Reuse Recycle, which was launched recently as part of a national Recycling...
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A song for Strait Street
For decades, Strait Street, and particularly that part of it popularly known as The Gut, has been regarded as a notorious location. While its history has mostly been dominated by stories of shady goings-on in and around the many bars that lined this...
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The BMAT PRS Malta Top 20 Airplay Chart
1 The Person I Am Ira Losco 2 Home The Crowns 3 Want You to Know Planet Seed 4 Tomorrow Gianluca Bezzina Elizabeth, I No Snow/No Alps 6 Daphne Lyndsay 7 Paul Red Electrick 8 How I Feel About You Joe Roscoe 9 Memory of a...
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Classical CD reviews
Kern: Show Boat – Several Artists & Orchestras – Conducted by Victor Young, Clifford Greenwood and Edwin MacArthur – NAXOS 8.120789 (76 mins) Perhaps more than any other work in modern theatre, Show Boat has had many different guises. The main...
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Here comes the bride… smaids
For raucous laughter and deeply buried truths, Jo Caruana looks towards the MADC’s hilarious production of Secret BridesmaidsBusiness, which opens next weekend. If we suspected it would hurt us, would we really want to know the truth? I mean really...
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Wonders... big and small
If you’re planning a Niagara getaway, prepare to be wonderstruck. From the crash of the mighty Falls to the solitude of the Escarpment, Niagara offers a range of natural wonders that showcase its beauty and the splendour of our planet. Whatever...
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All about location
Ed eats MunchiesGolden Bay BeachL/O MellieħaTel: 2157 6416 Food: 6/10Service: 7/10Ambience: 9/10Value: 6/10Overall: 7/10 The weather seems to have its mind set on putting its sweaters away for a while. So we do what lizards do and head out into the...
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Be treated like a VIP with ROCS Travel
ROCS Travel is once again offering an 11-day escorted private plane trip, leaving New York and heading for Niagara, led by Maurice Gruppetta. The trip will leave Malta on August 10 and visit some of the most popular sights that North America and...
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A cake, or three, for Mother’s Day
Next Sunday is Mother’s Day, which I am sure has not escaped your attention. How will you celebrate? Orchids? Perfume? Chocolates? Lunch at her favourite restaurant? Perhaps something more personal, something you have made yourself? A glorious cake...
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Smarter airport capacity use urged
Airport capacity at some southeast England airports is underused, according to a London Assembly report on Wednesday. Even at Heathrow airport, where 99 per cent of capacity is being used, 20 million extra passengers a year could fly if larger...
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Victoria sponge cake
150 g unsalted butter150 g caster sugar200 g self-raising flour or200 g plain flour sifted with three scant teaspoons baking powder4 eggs1 to 2 tbsps milk This quantity makes a large cake, filling a round 21 cm x 4 cm loose-based cake tin, or two...
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Lufthansa A380 on new Frankfurt-Shanghai route
Lufthansa will be offering passengers five new flights weekly from September 26 with the Airbus A380 from Frankfurt to Shanghai, which can be booked now. Shanghai is the second Lufthansa A380 destination in China after Beijing. Flight LH 728 leaves...
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St George’s Day gourmet celebration at Grill 3301
Grill 3301 in St George’s Bay hosted a British-themed night to mark St George’s Day by bringing over UK chef Garry Hollihead from Corinthia Hotel London, who teamed up with Grill 3301 head chef Kevin Arpa and his brigade to produce an exquisite...
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