My essentials: Immanuel Mifsud’s cultural picks
No 12 | Immanuel Mifsud, 54, writer, lecturer at the University of Malta
My essentials: Joseph Zammit’s cultural picks
No 11 | Joseph Zammit, 32, Actor, singer and educator 
Short film Monumental by Malta-based director selected for US film festival

Monumental has already been selected for 13 festivals around the world 

Monumental has already been selected for 13 festivals...

My essentials: Mikhail Basmadjian’s cultural picks

No 3 | Mikhail Basmadjian, 49, Freelance Actor, Voiceover...

No 3 | Mikhail Basmadjian, 49, Freelance...

Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias unveils Sea Cave (Entrance) sculpture at Hastings Gardens

Cristina Iglesias’s latest installation Sea Cave (Entrance) was unveiled at the 3rd edition of the MICAS International Art Weekend

Cristina Iglesias’s latest installation Sea Cave...

My essentials: Erica Muscat’s cultural picks

No 2 | Erica Muscat, 33, Actor and Writer

No 2 | Erica Muscat, 33, Actor and Writer

My essentials: Joseph Calleja’s cultural picks

No 1 | Joseph Calleja, 43, Opera Singer and Maltese Cultural...

No 1 | Joseph Calleja, 43, Opera Singer and...

Malta Book Festival: don’t miss a thing with this programme of events

Spread over five days, there are over 70 events for book launches, meetings with local and international guest authors, seminars, panel discussions, film...

Spread over five days, there are over 70 events for book...

First edition of Malta Film Awards to be held in February 2022

Submissions open on Wednesday for the first edition of the Malta Film Awards

Submissions open on Wednesday for the first edition of the...

After COVID’s devastating effect on arts, MEPs propose minimum working conditions for artists

MEPs want European Commission to create a “European Status of the Artist” setting out a common framework for working conditions and...

MEPs want European Commission to create a...

Classical music from young musicians’ ensemble Tektek Nota! in Valletta

Tnax-Il Stilla will consist of a mix of 12 well-known, uncharted or lesser-known classical composers hailing from different countries within the European Union

Tnax-Il Stilla will consist of a mix of 12 well-known,...

A quick guide to the 2021 Malta Book Festival

A handy guide to the 2021 Malta Book Festival at the Malta Fairs and...

A handy guide to the 2021 Malta Book Festival at...

Mintoff got Zorba the Greek composer to pen Malta’s Freedom Day hymn in 1979

Labour premier got Marxist rebel Mikis Theodorakis to write hymn commemorating Malta’s Freedom Day in 1979

Labour premier got Marxist rebel Mikis Theodorakis to write...

Record 37 exhibitors participating in Malta Book Festival

Array of book-related activities, book launches, presentations of special...

Array of book-related activities, book launches,...

Malta Book Festival returns with in-person celebration of books and authors

The biggest celebration of book culture in the Maltese islands provides parents, teens, and children of all ages with a unique encounter with the wealth of...

The biggest celebration of book culture in the Maltese...

Malta set for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon epic ‘Kitbag’ with Joaquin Phoenix

Hollywood giant who filmed Gladiator in Malta back in 2000 set to return in early 2022 for Napoleon flick

Hollywood giant who filmed Gladiator in Malta back in 2000...

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80

Legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dead at 80

Legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dead at 80

Scream My Name is latest single from Juno Valdez

Singer-songrwiter Juno Valdez releases fresh urban pop number with...

Singer-songrwiter Juno Valdez releases fresh urban pop...

Film review | Is-Sriep Reġgħu Saru Velenużi: island thriller takes a trip to the 1980s

Adaptation of Alex Vella Gera novel whose twist allows it to stay afloat in a sea of difficult character interpretations, politics and power

Adaptation of Alex Vella Gera novel whose twist allows...

National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize shortlist announced

The shortlists include 62 titles and 46 books for the National Book...

The shortlists include 62 titles and 46 books for...