How can communities resist aggressive development? Wirt iż-Żejtun shares a recipe for success.
International Women’s Day in Vintage Postcards
From peace activists and workers to consumers of pink glittering glamour: postcards narrate the change of women’s roles in Russia for the past 65 years.
Malta’s Public Art Displays and the Culture Wars That Surround Them
It is not the ‘ugly and stupid’ art that needs to be smashed and never sent for repair, but the insecure conservatism which, frankly, is way too provincial to be part of the European Co-Capital of Culture.
How Maltese Patriotism Guards the Interests of Foreign Elites
Maltese ‘patriotism’ is a shield that protects the financial interests of the ‘unpatriotic’ elites.
Festa Enthusiasts and Their Battle for Open Space
Solidarity and community organising enabled festa enthusiasts to curb development of open spaces for a number of times. But how long will community spirit safeguard the remaining open space, if the popularity of festa declines?
Valletta: A Capital of Whose Culture? a tribute to my favourite city
Valletta does not lack culture of its own. On the contrary, it has plenty of it—the little mundane rituals of “hello” and “how are you”, the feasts, the relationships between the people whom Valletta comforts and makes feel at home.
Malta 2017: The Grim Spectacle Of Hypocrisy
Navigating through buzzwords, confusion and hypocrisy of the 2017’s political hysteria.
