As a five-year-old boy I spent many hours sitting in a wooden balcony with my maternal…
Tag: MalteseHeritage
The development of Maltese boats: getting out and about on the water
Messing about in boats comes as second nature to us Maltese and Gozitan islanders where the…
Islands of a few kilometres by a few kilometres – but the Maltese Diaspora is spread throughout world
The surface area size of the Maltese Islands is 261 square kilometres, a miniscule crag in…
A Grand Canal Scheme that went awry – and left its unpleasant aftermath
MALTESE SAYING “What can one expect – he/she is from the “Mandragg”! The sad and unfortunate…
“Sette Giugno”, the First Malta and Gozo Steps for Independence
Public disturbances manifest hunger and deprivation It cannot be denied that Malta has a past of…
Festivals Malta launches its summer cultural programme
Festivals Malta has launched its cultural programme for the summer months. Four festivals were/are are planned…
Beautiful & Priceless – The Gobelin Tapestries of Malta
Some years ago, a leading economic consultant pronounced that if all else fails in the Maltese…
“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,…
Fiesta Time in Malta
August is the month for boisterous festas and celebrations – the time to join in the…
Why oh Why? The lapses of the human brain
Albert Fenech I am now entering my 80th year – not a time to be so…