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 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 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 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 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 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: 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: 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...
MALTA DIARY: The magic and mysticism of the tiny island of Filfla
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The Maltese archipelago consists of five separate islands, Malta the main island and vastly...
MALTA DIARY: Of Malta’s bread and rock as they take their place in the hall of international fame
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Bread and limestone rock go back many, many years, in fact, thousands of...
MALTA DIARY: The EU Member States’ Rule of Law – Malta is small, so bully it!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: May I request all readers to inform me and let me know which...
Malta Diary; Was Malta at the centre of Noah’s Flood?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: ——————– ——————– The article I best loved as my favourite in 2018? This...
MALTA DIARY: A digital existence in a digital world – Esplora a wonder of scientific exploration
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: I don’t actually much remember what I was, who I was or what questions...
MALTA DIARY: Has the spirit of Christmas been pawned and is now usurped by the lure of money?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: My only grandson Gabriel is five years old and well knows Christmas is...
Malta Diary; The ant sees off the elephant – in 1798 the Gozitans expelled Napoleon Bonaparte and the French and Gozo became ‘independent’!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Napoleon met his Waterloo on 18th June, 1815 – but well before that he met...
Malta Diary; Beautiful Palace, beautiful Gardens – San Anton in the centre of “The Rock” that is the Malta Oasis
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Modern communication being what it is (what it is NOT is...
MALTA DIARY: Go fly a kite – another tradition and pastime that is done and dusted?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Some five and sixty years ago I was a seven-year-old boy. Some five and sixty...
The Sea Shell, Maltese Hidden Pearl of a Restaurant!
Lyn Funnell stumbles on a little gem of a restaurant on a recent visit to Malta. Hungry, hot and thirsty, Hubby John and I walked through the streets of...
Malta Diary; The life and times of Ċensu Tabone – President of Malta, politician and Ophthalmology Specialist
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Ċensu (Vincent, Vincenzo) Tabone had many roles in a 98-year-old life including that...
MALTA DIARY: The spirit of Will Power and Endeavour – and life can go on
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Life is beautiful, but it can also be cruel. On the 30th of...
MALTA DIARY: The spirit of Enterprise – Worker-Participation to the fore – at the ‘brothels’!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Many marvel that after almost 2,000 years of foreign domination, different languages,...
MALTA DIARY: Christian worship in Malta, St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral
Prince Charles in Malta last year made a substantial donation to Cathedral’s restoration fund. ALBERT FENECH Email – Facebook: My Blog: Two decades...
Malta’s Mgarr War Shelter. A thought-provoking experience.
Il-Barri, meaning The Bull, is a regular restaurant for us when we go to Malta, says Lyn Funnell. I knew that underneath it was a WW2 shelter where the...
Il-Barri, The Bull, Mgarr, Malta.
With my career, I get to eat in some highly-rated restaurants in different countries. But I usually find that the best restaurants are family-run, and have been for several...
Majjistral Nature and History Park in Ghajn Tuffieha.
If you are looking for a pleasant and informative Saturday on the 6th December, join us at 10am in the Majjistral Nature and History Park for an entertaining talk by Sammy...
Could you give your child away?
I was sitting with my two-year-old granddaughter Isabella on my knee, listening to her chatter. She’s different and more advanced every week. I love her to bits! She’s beautiful,...
Hybrid Contemporary Dance event
Last year, Francesca Tranter, Assistant Lecturer / Dance Practitioner at the University of Malta School of Performing Arts and also the Artistic Director and Choreographer at Contact Dance company asked if...
Jazz Paintings
Every year I set my easel up at various events and try to capture the atmosphere, the sound, colour and movement around me. I have painted dancers and actors,...