malta

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Time(s) to change

First hitting the streets in colonial Malta in 1935, The Times of Malta is an English-language newspaper with allegedly the highest circulation. In many ways it has been a point of reference to current affairs on these Maltese islands, but in recent times its monopoly and in some ways its […]

When the shoe is on the other foot

On the streets of Malta there is genuine fury, through the pages of Facebook there is indignation and anger.  At the offices of RAI there are copious amounts of egg on a great many faces.  Emotions are running high in the Mediterranean as it looks like a huge rather ugly […]

Memories of Lucy

There’s a little story behind this record. I met Marc Almond in the early 80’s when he was the other half of Soft Cell and interviewed Gene Pitney for radio in the mid 80’s. I used to frequent a small bar on the front at Gzira (Malta) opposite the bridge […]