Vacuum sealed but ready to be unveiled | Raphael Vella
Artist Raphael Vella speaks to us about his participation in HERMETIK, a collective exhibition to be held at Fort Tigne, Sliema – where he will exhibit alongside fellow artist...
Book Review | The Death of Bees
Though uncompromising in its content, Lisa O’Donnell’s Young Adult novel detailing the lives of a young family ravaged by drug addiction is a fast, compulsive read, Robert...
Arts Council defends għana from lazy journalism that took it to task

Unsanitised Maltese folk singing exposed media’s ignorance of what għana truly is.

Unsanitised Maltese folk singing exposed media’s...

'Ask for help, and carry a spare battery' | Alex Alden

We speak to up-and-coming singer-songwriter Alex Alden ahead of the launch of...

We speak to up-and-coming singer-songwriter Alex Alden...

Film Review | Pina

Wim Wenders’s tribute to fellow German dance choreographer Pina Bausch succeeds because it doesn’t tell us why the titular cultural heroine was great: it...

Wim Wenders’s tribute to fellow German dance...

The subtle art of awkwardness | Nicola Abela Garrett

The MADC Playhouse will stage Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter’s...

The MADC Playhouse will stage Nobel Prize-winning...

Knights, peasants, plagues: Medieval Mdina is back

Rapidly becoming one of the most anticipated events of the spring, the...

Rapidly becoming one of the most anticipated events of the...

The Bloody Mary Prophecies | Chris de Souza Jensen

When the Danish, Malta-based graffiti and mural artist Chris de Souza Jensen...

When the Danish, Malta-based graffiti and mural artist...

‘Whatever you do, do it with a passion’ | Rupert Cefai

Painter and cartoonist Rupert Cefai (of ‘Bertoons’ fame) elaborates on the...

Painter and cartoonist Rupert Cefai (of ‘Bertoons’...

Classical music initiative brings local and foreign musicians together

Under the tutelage and guidance of Ukrainian Maestro Volodymyr Baran, a series of concerts is bringing together both local and international musicians in...

Under the tutelage and guidance of Ukrainian Maestro...

Film Review | Oz the Great and the Powerful

It may not be world class cinema, but Sam Raimi’s colourful prequel to the...

It may not be world class cinema, but Sam Raimi’s...

Veteran British actor Richard Griffiths dies

Seasoned stage and screen performer Richard Griffiths has died of complications...

Seasoned stage and screen performer Richard Griffiths has...

Malta Arts Festival returns in July

Despite a change in government, it appears as though it’s business as usual for the Malta Arts Festival, which will be returning to Valletta and its environs...

Despite a change in government, it appears as though it’s...

Songs from the heart, tales from the gut | George Cini

George Cini guides us through his vivacious history of Strait Street, now...

George Cini guides us through his vivacious history of...

Digging into the sounds of Africa | Oliver Degabriele

The Maltese representative of the Paris-based ‘Ethiopian jazz’ outfit...

The Maltese representative of the Paris-based ‘Ethiopian...

‘We don’t know Malta, but we want to set it on fire’ | François Byrski and Lucas Barbier

We catch up with French band Côme – consisting of François Byrski and Lucas Barbier – who will be playing at the Rock the South Festival, Zion Bar,...

We catch up with French band Côme – consisting of...

Film Review | The Master

Paul Thomas Anderson’s powerful, enigmatic post-war drama about a cult leader and a disturbed soldier is back at St James Cavalier over the next couple days....

Paul Thomas Anderson’s powerful, enigmatic post-war drama...

What Easter (still) means to us

We speak to Executive Director of The Carmelite Institute Malta and University lecturer Rev. Dr Charlo Camilleri about the ongoing significance of Easter in...

We speak to Executive Director of The Carmelite Institute...

Book Review | Swimming Home

Deborah Levy’s novel didn’t stand a chance against fellow Booker nominee Hilary Mantel, but Rose Lapira discovers that this slim thriller boasts hidden –...

Deborah Levy’s novel didn’t stand a chance against...

A woman’s world… or is it? | Clare Azzopardi, Marie Louise Vella and Coryse Borg

We catch up with three female forces behind the all-woman team of In-Nisa Maltin Jafu Kif – Fondazzjoni Avventura’s second theatrical outing, taking place...

We catch up with three female forces behind the all-woman...