Mario Azzopardi, anti-establishment theatre director and poet, dies at 77
Intellectual Mario Azzopardi, co-founder of the Moviment Qawmien Letterarju and a voice of the cultural anti-establisment in theatre and art, has died
My essentials: Simone Spiteri’s cultural picks
No 21 | Simone Spiteri, 38, writer, theatre-maker
Heritage Malta acquires remains of Bronze Age village at Borġ in-Nadur

Heritage Malta acquires 13-tumoli land at Borġ in-Nadur, where a village dating back to the Bronze Age is buried

Heritage Malta acquires 13-tumoli land at Borġ...

Brother-sister duo to perform intimate cello and piano recital at Manoel Theatre

Ákos Kertész and Judit Kertész will perform at the Manoel Theatre on 17 June 

Ákos Kertész and Judit Kertész will...

2022 Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest now open for entries

Annual contest celebrating the best poetry written in Maltese,...

Annual contest celebrating the best poetry...

SPARK hosts first-ever Refugee Festival at Floriana’s Argotti Gardens

Festival kicks off on 19 June at 4pm, with bands from the local scene and refugee community playing music till 10pm

Festival kicks off on 19 June at 4pm, with bands from the...

Press charges: Malta wartime reporters invented ‘Italian coward’ myth

How they reported the war: Martin G. Debattista’s ‘The Front Page on the Front Line – The Maltese Newspapers and the Second World...

How they reported the war: Martin G....

Girl group MARA release cover of Philip Vella’s ‘X’Jimpurtani’

MARA have released their version of the 27-year-old old single 

MARA have released their version of the 27-year-old old...

My essentials: André Agius’s cultural picks

No 32 | André Agius, 28, Edinburgh-Based Maltese Director and...

No 32 | André Agius, 28, Edinburgh-Based...

What’s Malta’s highest-selling record? D’Amato Records says the honour goes to Taxi Mary

Malta’s oldest record shop says it sold 751 records of Alfred Abela’s Taxi Mary on the day of its release, with a queue stretching up to St...

Malta’s oldest record shop says it sold 751 records...

Earth Garden festival-goers to get harm-reduction tips on drugs

Know your drugs: booths and workshops during Earth Garden festival to inform...

Know your drugs: booths and workshops during Earth Garden...

My essentials: Rupert Cefai’s cultural picks

No 31 | Rupert Cefai, 51, visual artist

No 31 | Rupert Cefai, 51, visual artist

‘Part of Us’: Heritage Malta launches its new brand identity

Heritage Malta has launched its new brand identity, which includes its new...

Heritage Malta has launched its new brand identity, which...

Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher, founding member, dies aged 60

Fletcher formed Depeche Mode in Basildon, Essex, in 1980 before the band went...

Fletcher formed Depeche Mode in Basildon, Essex, in 1980...

Ray Liotta, star of Scorcese mafia hit ‘GoodFellas’, dead at 67

Ray Liotta, who played mobster Henry Hill in Martin...

Ray Liotta, who played mobster Henry Hill in Martin...

My essentials: James Vella Bardon’s cultural picks

No 30 | James Vella Bardon, 41, Author

No 30 | James Vella Bardon, 41, Author

Russell Crowe posts misty photo of Fort St Angelo: 'Where am I now?'

Australian actor Russell Crowe is back in Malta after visiting the island...

Australian actor Russell Crowe is back in Malta...

Plácido Domingo to perform at Joseph Calleja's 25th anniversary concert

The Spanish opera singer will be Calleja's special guest at the Fort Manoel concert on 26 July

The Spanish opera singer will be Calleja's special...

My essentials: Inez Kristina’s cultural picks

No 29 | Inez Kristina, 25, Visual Artist

No 29 | Inez Kristina, 25, Visual Artist

Soprano Nicola Said leads Malta Opera’s hope to nurture homegrown talent

Malta has a completely renewed cohort of talented opera singers following important international professional opera careers

Malta has a completely renewed cohort of talented...