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The Stage is set for Malta Jazz
The empty stage of Malta Jazz, soon to be fleshed out! Hot and sultry is how the Malta Jazz Festival should be. And this year’s is no exception. Earlier this week, down at Ta’ Liesse, below Valletta’s...
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One night in Valletta: Notte Bianca
Notte Bianca: bringing Valletta nights to life, at least once a year “Notte Bianca” comes from Italian and means White Night. Lately, it’s become synonymous with an initiative of many countries around...
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Birgu Festival revives a city
Wine bar in eroding Fort. Birgu reborn in the 21st century. It’s that time of year for festivals. Last weekend was Valletta’s show with its Notte Bianca; this weekend we cross Grand Harbour for the...
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Choirs tune up this weekend
Now, do I look at the score, or the conductor? Tricks of the trade in the choir competition! This weekend sees the annual Malta International Choir Festival (30 Oct – 1 Nov). Annabel Mallia is a...
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The long Good Friday
Five men make light work of a heavy statue or three. Say cheese. There are 359 churches over 316 sq km in Malta. That’s 1.14 churches per sq km. I believe that puts Malta slap behind the Vatican in...
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Strawberry fields forever
These are going to be hard to beat: Mgarr Strawberry Festival 2011 has a cupcake competition Malta loves its agricultural, folkloristic fairs these days. Hardly a weekend goes by without some product...
View ArticleMdina Medieval Festival, 7-8 May
Mdina’s Medieval Festival is now an established annual event. It takes place a little later than usual this year, 7-8 May, probably to avoid the unseasonally damp weather it’s enjoyed in the past. This...
View ArticleCaught on film: Mdina Medieval festival
If you’re thinking of going to the Mdina Festival this weekend, there’s still Sunday 8th to catch it. This clip gives you an idea of what to expect: men in tights, troubadour types, bards, lords with...
View ArticleEurovision – the pundits predict
The lights are on for the first semi final tonight in the 2011 edition of the Eurovision Song Content, the final of which takes place on Saturday 14 May, in Düsseldorf, Germany. Malta’s entrant Glen is...
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...
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