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All the judges have been announced for Malta's newest prime-time show imported from abroad: our very own version of Shark Tank!

Article bookmarked Don't show me this message again✕ Every day at noon, cannons fire from the 16th century Saluting Battery overlooking Fort St Angelo and Valletta’s Grand Harbour. Once the heavy thuds subside, Vera Lynn’s sentimental melodies crackle from speakers and fade into plumes of smoke. Steeped in nostalgia and revelling in past pomp and glory, Valletta is the jewel in Malta’s antique crown, attracting almost two million tourists a year. But today, as I walk around fortifications built by the Knights of St John, a ruling military and religious order who rose from the Crusades...

Celebrated for it’s historical riches, the tiny island state is making new waves in the Med, says Sarah Marshall Every day at noon, cannons fire from the 16th century Saluting Battery overlooking Fort St Angelo and Valletta’s Grand Harbour. Once the heavy thuds subside, Vera Lynn’s sentimental melodies crackle from speakers and fade into plumes of smoke. Steeped in nostalgia and revelling in past pomp and glory, Valletta is the jewel in Malta’s antique crown, attracting almost two million tourists a year. But today, as I walk around fortifications built by the Knights of St John...

ION – the Harbour, at Iniala Harbour Hotel, was awarded a Michelin star within six months of opening It is rare, these days, to feel that all is right with the world, but I came close to believing it could once again be so during my first golden hour in Valletta. In early June I escaped to Malta’s dainty capital, my first time venturing beyond British shores this year. Over sundowners on the roof terrace of the newly opened Iniala Harbour House hotel, I looked beyond the gleaming superyachts and bobbing boats in the Grand Harbour and towards the ancient Three Cities. Under a cloudless s...

John flew to Malta, hoping it was going to turn green What a difference a day makes. Yesterday I wrote about how I had flown from London to Malta as an ‘ambler gambler’. I was confident that this small Mediterranean nation would be added to the next green list, meaning I wouldn’t need to quarantine on my return to England. My gambit went awry. As things stand, when I return to England I will need to quarantine at home for 10 days and pay for heavily overpriced Covid tests even after already submitting a negative PCR test to board the plane to Heathrow.