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Saving Malta’s trees. A scorched-earth policy laid bare.
Planting street trees in Malta is as alien as a water tap in the middle of a desert is to a Bedouin. Trees and nature or their understanding is light years away from the Maltese mentality. One of the...
View ArticleTen reasons to go to the Malta Jazz Festival 2012
I cannot be neutral about the Malta Jazz Festival. It’s embedded in my personal history, the annual soundtrack to a life’s passage on a small island. In July 1990, when I lived in the UK, I scrambled...
View ArticleA hard day’s night: Notte Bianca & Malta Airshow
Summer’s over in theory. Schools are back, politicians are coming out of ‘silly season’ (or are they, judging by the new batch of pre, pre-election billboard fever) and some clouds are on the horizon....
View ArticleImagine Valletta, European Capital of Cuture, 2018
The EU adjudication panel is in Malta today and tomorrow giving its verdict on the final application of Valletta as European Capital of Culture (ECoC), 2018. The preliminary bid – which covers all...
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For the love of Waterpolo
Some people just take their hobbies to another level… Meet John and Kynan. Both spent endless summers in St Paul’s Bay as kids. Much of it at Sirens Waterpolo Club, a social and sports’ venue that has...
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Food Icons: Pride and Pastizzi at Crystal Palace
All in a day, or night\’s work. The latest pastizzi batch fresh from the oven. They call it the shop that never closes. The sign outside says ‘Crystal Palace Tea and Coffee Bar’. This traditional...
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Carnival in Malta 2013: a light and dark affair
Carnival in Malta and Gozo, 2013, runs 8 – 12 February. See the programme of the main Carnival activities in Valletta, 2013. Nadur Carnival programme 2013 (English & Maltese). Shops are...
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Easter in Malta, a photographic prelude
As a prelude to the Easter weekend and its considerable street festivities and events, we’re posting up some evocative photos taken a week ago at the official start to Easter: Our Lady of Sorrows day....
View ArticleLife at Sea at the Maritime Museum
This Sunday, 19 May, sees another “Life at Sea’ event organised by Heritage Malta at the Malta Maritime Museum in Birgu. Heritage Malta will open the doors of the Malta Maritime Museum free of charge...
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The Malta village festa
In 1965, the anthropologist Jeremy Boissevain wrote a sublime book called “Saints and Fireworks“. Its equally telling subtitle: “Religion and Politics in Rural Malta” is about the intertwining of...
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Strolling down St Paul’s Street, Valletta
St Paul’s Street is one of the most authentic of streets in Valletta’s tight grid. For most of the past half century, it’s been almost abandoned and in steady decline as traditional shops closed their...
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‘Venice of the South’: ferry & water taxis across Malta’s harbours
In Malta, public transport (a.k.a buses) can be a bit unpredictable. Buses are frequently late and crammed full of people by the time they’re at stop nr. 2 on the route, and tickets (for non residents)...
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The Fortifications Interpretation Centre: a must-visit in Valletta
The Fortifications Interpretation Centre was established on the initiative of the Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs through the Directorate of Restoration. It is a public institution that aims...
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Living in St Julian’s: property buying & rental guide
It’s not uncommon for would-be expats to Malta to ask us where’s best to live when they move here. Typically, they ask for an overview of property, whether it’s best to buy or rent, and for a low-down...
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Nadur, Gozo: discover more than its carnival
With carnival festivities over, the hilltop village of Nadur, Gozo, is out of the public eye for another year. But, says Elaine Gatt, strip off Nadur’s carnival mask and you’ll find there is far more...
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Dining al fesco begins! …and Quadro Restaurant review
Easter week in Malta marks the opening of doors, the hinging back of shutters, the polishing of decking and patios and the erecting of sunshades. Even if the weather is still fickle, this week heralds...
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Malta’s National Aquarium: a review
A day of blustery, mixed weather in late spring, a child off school for the day and no idea what to do to kill time. How about Malta’s National Aquarium, which opened last year but which I’d not had...
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Ode to Malta’s Olive Oil
“It’s not been a bumper crop this year,” says Anthony Busuttil, a retired banker, olive aficionado and partner in Tal-Kancillier olive press just below Mdina’s bastions. The cool, late spring and early...
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English language school’s seal of educational excellence
Learning English in Malta may seem, as we say in colloquial English, a ‘no-brainer’. Malta has all the ingredients for mixing a fun, leisure holiday with English language learning for all ages and...
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Valletta 2018: the road to European Capital of Culture
It’s two years since Valletta moved from ‘candidate’ city to future European Capital of Culture and we’ve three more to go to big-bang celebratory year. The road is long but it’s already being mapped,...
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