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Losing sight of the coast You know it’s summer in Malta, when… Malta’s Clubbing Scene Summer 2010 Living Stones: a brief guide to Malta’s geology Walking with Statues Solar Energy in the home: your FAQs answered Peeling paint is quaint Lavender blue, dilly dilly…
 
Losing sight of the coast

Losing sight of the coast

Evarist Bartolo, Shadow Minister of Education in Malta, on the need to look at our country and ourselves with new eyes.

You know it’s summer in Malta, when…

You know it’s summer in Malta, when…

Summer is a season to define. For some, it's lazy days on the beach, but for others, it's hell on a hot highway. Add to our list of what makes a Malta summer...

Malta’s Clubbing Scene Summer 2010

Malta’s Clubbing Scene Summer 2010

Malta is the insider-clubbing destination these days! Find out why and where to go...

Living Stones: a brief guide to Malta’s geology

Living Stones: a brief guide to Malta’s geology

Malta's rock of ages is actually very 'young'; a mere 35 million years old. Dinosaurs were extinct 30 million years before our islands were formed! For more incredible geology facts on Malta, read on...

Walking with Statues

Walking with Statues

A statue of the Madonna that rings your doorbell. Another of Malta's religious traditions that's probably dying out. Has the Virgin Mary visited you recently?

Solar Energy in the home: your FAQs answered

Solar Energy in the home: your FAQs answered

Give over geezer! FAQs on installing a solar water heater in the home answered by Charles Yousif of the University of Malta's Institute for Sustainable Energies.

Peeling paint is quaint

Peeling paint is quaint

Forget the DIY paint jobs on those Maltese doors, windows and balconies. Tourists probably love the quintessential Mediterranean look of peeling paint.

Lavender blue, dilly dilly…

Lavender blue, dilly dilly…

Our flower of the month for April in Malta is lavender. Forget it being an old lady's scent. Lavender is the ultimate heady Mediterranean perfume!

Losing sight of the coast

Losing sight of the coast

Evarist Bartolo, Shadow Minister of Education in Malta, on the need to look at our country and ourselves with new eyes.

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Living with two tongues

Living with two tongues

Evarist Bartolo says that the education curriculum in Malta does not reflect the real state of play, where thousands of children are being brought up without a proper grounding in either Maltese or English.

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Posted in Language & Literature, Opinion2 Comments

Preaching to the converted?

Preaching to the converted?

Reuben Sciberras's thesis on the effectiveness of the political media machinery in Malta makes for interesting reading.

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August Shutdown – Malta goes on holiday

August Shutdown – Malta goes on holiday

Malta's two-week shutdown in August is a habit hard to break. We just love taking our holidays all together as firms shut up shop. What's it all about? What can the visitor expect?

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Food Icons: Cockney’s

Food Icons: Cockney’s

Cockney's in Valletta, Malta is not for the faint-hearted. But it's a great place to go to if you love conversation, seafood pasta and a true Maltese dining experience.

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Essential Gozo: don’t day trip, stay over

Essential Gozo: don’t day trip, stay over

On a rushed day trip, you'll only scratch the surface of what Gozo is all about. We explain why it's a must to stay there, even if just for one night.

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Posted in Eat & Drink, Farmhouses, Gozo, Stay0 Comments

Good Guest Guide

Good Guest Guide

Good guest - bad guest? Which will this summer bring your way if you live in Malta. And if you've visiting friends here, read on so you waive good-bye at the airport with 'au revoir' not an 'adieu'.

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Posted in Daily Life, Opinion, Stay0 Comments

Beer & Bands for the 30th Year!

Beer & Bands for the 30th Year!

Take some very hot nights, a frisson of a breeze, add some beer stalls and take-away food joints and you've a typical Maltese summer open-air event. Farsons Great Beer Festival, 23 July - 1 August, with music too!

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Would you know if someone was drowning?

Would you know if someone was drowning?

As we flock to beaches and pools, a reminder that water needs our respect. We point to some essential reading that might help us save a life. Did you know that drowning mostly comes by stealth, not with shouting and waving?

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Summer’s Sizzling: our stay cool tips

Summer’s Sizzling: our stay cool tips

For those of us staying put in Malta in July and August, here are some ideas on how to stay cool even if you're hot, hot, hot! Useful advice too for those travelling North to South.

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Posted in Arts & Culture, Explore, Kids, Stay1 Comment

Home thoughts, or truths, from abroad

Home thoughts, or truths, from abroad

If you live in Malta, you'll know it can take a trip away to love it all the more, and also criticise it all the more. Antonio Anastasi cares enough about Malta to write this open letter from abroad.

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