Malta Diary The softer side of the town of Hamrun – and misconceptions of its history; Chocolate Galore!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The town of Hamrun is one of the “youngest” in Malta (about 200 years since...
Malta Diary Princess Elizabeth’s former villa residence to become national museum to reflect 150 years of Anglo-Maltese relations and connections to the British Royal Family
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: After many years of procrastination in which nothing was done, the current Government announced...
Malta Diary Islands of a few kilometres by a few kilometres but the Maltese Diaspora is spread throughout world
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The surface area size of the Maltese Islands is 261 square kilometres, a miniscule crag in...
Malta Diary A statutory wedding vow in days of yore by the groom to his bride – “I solemnly promise to take you to the Mnarja Festival every year”
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Over the centuries the Maltese developed the knack of corrupting foreign place names in the...
Malta Diary That was The Rock that was – Malta’s greatest all-time robberies from the Museum of Natural History
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The expression I hate most – used mainly exclusively by Maltese people posting on Facebook...
Malta Diary Were beds as we know them today first used in Malta and Egypt? Could well be! The association between Malta and beds is lengthy and varied.
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The Maltese Islands have a history that is latent with its connections to beds, bedding...
MALTA DIARY: The mists of time and old wives’ tales
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: I was quite astounded some time back to read that some well-known fairy tales...
Malta Diary Did Malta’s Neolithic inhabitants prefer to worship Astarte rather than Tanit? Were sacrifices of babies and children carried out?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Worship of the Goddess-Deity TANIT stretched back to Neolithic times and filtered down to the...
Malta Diary A new humane outlook at what is termed to be “the world’s oldest profession” – Malta proposes to decriminalise prostitution
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The so-called ‘profession’ of a prostitute, also known as hooker, whore, street-walker, lady of the night,...
Malta Diary Malta once more riding on the crest of a Mediterranean tsunami – will it sink beneath the waves?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Not for the first time in its history, Malta is once more riding the waves...
Malta Diary Hip-Hop Hooray – and throw in some rock, some rap … and Malta is making its mark in the world of festivals and concerts
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Right ho – so yes, there is an age gap, a great age gap and I now stand (or...
Malta Diary The world plays the fiddle as the Mediterranean burns and Malta remains in the eye of the raging inferno
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: How magnificent and magnanimous of millionaire actor Richard Gere to condescend to pay a visit...
Malta Diary “If not now – when?” “If not us – who?” Growing climate and oceans crisis causing Malta much concern
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The latest updates from UN agencies on climate change are far from good. Imminently, the...
Malta Diary ELONGATED SKULLS FROM OUTER SPACE – ANOTHER MYTH ABOUT TO BE DISPELLED?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Myths or mysteries – Malta overflows with them ranging from theories that Malta was the...
Malta Diary Religion and fear of the devil and the “Evil Eye” were the hallmarks of The Inquisitor and his powerful position
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Heresy, witchcraft and devilish evil were preoccupations of the Church of Rome almost from...
Malta Diary Was Malta uninhabited for 150 years in the 9th and 10th Centuries? New discoveries may throw light on the matter
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: On 8th May earlier this year, my Malta Diary dealt with the saline qualities...
Malta Diary Keeping the marine biodiversity lifeline active – Malta in the forefront
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The threat of marine pollution together with environmental problems as a result of rapid climate...
Malta Diary Malta’s tourism growing and growing; Certificate of Excellence for a number of historic sites
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Malta’s first ventures into tourism back in the 1960s were based on its prehistoric sites and...
Malta Diary Fancy a loaf of bread that’s 2,120 years old? It may be a trifle hard – but it’s not stale!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Malta must stand as the longest most colonised country in the world –...
Malta Diary Out with the old, in with the new – Maltese balconies have become fibreglass cages
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: I am sick and tired of hearing people of my elderly age group lamenting...
Malta Diary Who was Francesco “il Maltese’” – and why did he have three different names?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Although a celebrated artist in the world of baroque painting and having throughout a...
Malta Diary No swimming bugs from Malta and Gozo swim bays – certified to be 99% excellent
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Great Britain is on its way out of the European Union – and I...
Malta Diary Getting out and about on the water – the development of Maltese boats
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Messing about in boats comes as second nature to us Maltese and Gozitan islanders...
Malta Diary Malta’s agriculture and fisheries sectors – rapidly heading to the end of the road?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: When Malta became independent and no longer a British Colony on 21st September, 1964,...
Malta Diary Malta and its walls and bastions – “For sheer concentration and majesty quite unmatched”
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Man and walls. They have worked together since the start of recorded history. Some walls...
Malta Diary Malta always on the go – an island that never sleeps?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: We as inhabitants are fully used to it. Should anybody plan to visit Malta...
Malta Diary The lure of the salt and the sea – Malta’s lengthy history in saline culture
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: “Sapore di sale, sapore di mare” is the much loved Italian song by popular...
Malta Diary How did they die and why were they interred there? The mystery of the bones in St Gregory’s Chapel
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: On 12th March, 1969, fifty years ago, work was being carried out on the...
Malta Diary Glory, Glory Hallelujah – they have agreed on something at long, long, last…
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Malta and Gozo have a Government and an Opposition – elected democratically. Malta and...
Malta Diary Easter, the most important event in the Christian calendar, but sadly also on the wane
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: As a close boyhood friend of the Jewish faith once rightly told me “if...
MALTA DIARY: Queen Elizabeth II – a life-long relationship with Malta; former residence to be restored and maybe become a museum
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: When Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was asked last year by a newspaper to name her...
MALTA DIARY: The legends and myths of Calypso’s Cave – was Greek hero Ulysses detained there as a captive lover?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The name Malta, previously known as Melita, derived from the Greek word “Melos” meaning honey...
MALTA DIARY: Bring on those lazy, hazy days of summer – and the quicker the better
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Do you still harbour doubts about the effects of climate change? A newspaper...
MALTA DIARY: The long and rocky road to the total freedom of the Maltese Islands 40 years ago – Part Two
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: With Dom Mintoff’s resignation as Prime Minister and hence the Government’s resignation in...
MALTA DIARY: The long and rocky road to the total freedom of the Maltese Islands 40 years ago – Part One
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The late Dominic Mintoff was born in Cospicua on 6th August, 2016, midway...
MALTA DIARY: Wind, rain and thunder … and the heavens were split asunder – Malta’s worst storm in decades
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The biblical Gospel of St Luke (who was a medical doctor in his time...
MALTA DIARY: Malta’s marine landmarks and their place in the history of the sea
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Rather a contrasting headline – linking sea and land as marine landmarks – but...
MALTA DIARY: They came, they saw and they conquered – the Romans in Malta
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: It is more than obvious that when Rome and the Romans conceived their...
MALTA DIARY: New finds at Għar Dalam – when hippos and dwarf elephants roamed over Malta and Gozo
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The mind has to stretch back millions upon millions of years, Europe and Africa...
MALTA DIARY: Brexit turmoil in the UK; Brexit concern in Malta; recollections of a boyhood spent under the Union Jack
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The inseparable links between Malta and Great Britain stretch back to the late...