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When North Korea Attacked Malta

A quirky story of when hackers backed by the North Korean government launched an attack on Malta. 

Malta – An Island of Spies

Malta, where Europe meets Africa, who knows how many spies are on the island right now?

Independence Day

While British cultural influence was sweeping the world in 1964, the Maltese wrested control of their country from the British.
The story of a hard fought path till Malta finally gained independence from Britain, on September 21, 1964.

Malta’s EU Membership Vote Makes it Easier to Visit

People visiting Malta to explore the amazing experiences that can be found on the island, should be appreciative of the decisions the Maltese people made enabling Malta to become an EU member twenty years ago in 2004. 

Music Will Fill the Island

Read about the musical talent across Malta that will be on display in small bars, amazing locations and at summer festivals.

Unveiling Malta’s Hidden Music Gems

I am sharing the musical talent in Malta I fell in love with, and that forms a backdrop when I am writing about Malta. 

Sinners, Saints and Scoundrels

Find out about some of the Sinners, Saints and Scoundrels who have used the island as a refuge from their demons, a life saver escaping catastrophe or a place for respite to hide from their pursuers.

An Australian Socundrel in Malta

Malta has been visited by sinners, saints and scoundrels. Some made the island their home, others simply visited. Meet an Australian scoundrel who fled to Malta in my novel. 

Ignore those advertisements that beckon tourists to flock to Malta to enjoy the summer sun for fun times. Spring is the time to soak in the Maltese experience.

Spring over to Malta

Ignore those advertisements that beckon tourists to flock to Malta to enjoy the summer sun for fun times. Spring is the time to soak in the Maltese experience.

Malta the world’s movie set

Is Malta the ultimate movie set? Movies set across Europe and the Middle East that were magically shot in Malta and transformed to be someplace else. Check out the list of movies filmed in Malta and why stars like Brad Pitt and Russell Crowe film on the small island.

Tritons in the spotlight

The making of a Maltese icon, its rescue from ruin, its restoration to being a monument to Maltese architecture and its cameo in The Maltese Web.

2024 A year of nation changing anniversaries

In a period of 60 years, Malta made three nation changing decisions. Could Australia learn something from Malta?

Just visiting Malta is never long enough

Time is needed to appreciate the vast array of experiences on our small island.

How the rabbit became a symbol of Maltese resistance.

Fenkata, more than a delicious meal of rabbit

Connecting Bay St to Bay St is a long road, but a short memory.

Two islands a world apart, share a street in summer.

More than the taste of Malta
In the sweltering heat of the bakery, as the Maltese baker pulls the loaves from the wood fired oven, the baker is providing people with more than a tasty staple, it is a thread to bind a society.

Let me take you to the suffocating heat of a Maltese summer, where we watched Shakespeare being performed at San Anton Palace. The palace was built 400 years ago, at the same time as Shakespeare finished this famous play.

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