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[LISTEN] The giants of Maltese literature given new life in treasure-trove of 120 soundfiles Unique recordings dating back to 1951 of Rużar Briffa, Anton Buttigieg, Francis Ebejer, Mary Meylak and others talking about their work have been digitised by the University of Malta’s Department of Maltese 4 March 2021, 8:00am by Matthew Vella A collection of 120 recordings of talks and interviews, many of which have great historical value, have now been made fully available online. The collection includes interviews with major figures in the history of Maltese language and literature like Rużar...

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Studji Kritiċi, Volume Two  2020 As I have affirmed in my first review of his first volume of his critical studies, Tarċisju Zarb is one of Malta’s most prolific poets. He is a worthy author, academician, essayist and teacher whose highly philosophical views of life reflect a very deep and almost painful preoccupation with what is actually going on in a world that is tragically succumbing to chaos. And like all poets, he is still hoping for better days, with more colourful undertones of cynicism that sometimes sound more pronounced and desperate than hopeful. Earlier in 2020, Zarb has en...

Anthony Manduca pays tribute to some of the prominent Maltese people who died this year.  Cardinal Prospero Grech, died on December 30, 2019, aged 94. The Augustinian scholar who became the second cardinal in Maltese history was one of 22 cardinals appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in February 2012. Once described as “possibly the most intelligent man alive” by English priest Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith in an article in the Catholic Herald, Cardinal Grech served as a professor at the Augustine Institute in Rome. In 1970, he co-founded the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum attached to the L...

A waste management strategy I refer to the article entitled ‘Waste management: too little, too late?’ by Daren Cordina (November 29). Aside from the undoubted good intentions of the author, there are several misunderstandings and assumptions that may be based on incomplete information.  It is crucial to clarify that although waste to energy technology features prominently in our plans, this is part of a much larger strategy.   The ECOHIVE complex will provide holistic waste management solutions including the mentioned waste to energy plant, a material recovery facility for dry recyclab...