“Iswed it-toot” (“Black is the Blackberry”), one of the rampant fruits of the islands of Malta and Gozo

Before we went to live in England in 1954 and I was still a seven-year-old boy,…

From Australia to Sussex: Best-Selling Author Tamara McKinley on Finding Home in Sussex

I caught up with Tamara McKinley on the release day of her latest novel hitting the…

Kentish Grandmother’s Lavender Drying

I don’t know about you, but I learned so much from my Kentish Grandmothers. One from…

Easter, the most important event in the Christian calendar

By Albert Fenech Easter Sunday in Malta and Gozo, this year on Sunday 5th April, commemorates…

Malta’s complete history in the National Museum of Archaeology

By Albert Fenech As I have written time and again, and once more do so with…

No Power for 50 Hours

It is thunderstorms season here in Botha’s Hill. Since we moved here in 1992, a power…

Khandala host’s the ‘Duke’s Nose’!

By Shraddha C. Sankulkar 80 Kms south-east, from the city of Mumbai, is a tourist hill…

40 pyrotechnic groups participating in this year’s International Festival – including Canada

By Albert Fenech Between 18 and 30 April, the 25th anniversary edition of the Malta International…

New Clothes

By Miriam Erasmus                            …

Good urban planning – or a subterfuge for spirits, humanoids and secret sects?   Maybe it was just plain commonsense?

 By Albert Fenech  The island of Malta is riddled with underground tunnels and the two islands…