For one week every year, Malta behaves less like a country watching a music contest and more like a nation preparing for a final. Living rooms turn into fan zones, social media becomes a live commentary feed and qualification discussions carry the same emotional tension as knockout football. Eurovision may not involve goals or stadiums, but in Malta,
Maltese writer John Edward DeMicoli has won the 2026 regional Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Canada and Europe. The 53-year-old from Naxxar saw off strong competition from the other shortlisted writers from the European region, British writers Alison Armstrong and Jennifer Harvey. DeMicoli will go through to the final round of judging, and the
Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Phillip Dyson will perform at the next Sip & Listen concert being held at the recently restored St Augustine Priory Apse in Old Bakery Street, Valletta, on Friday, May 15, at 7.30pm. Celebrated for his refined pianism and engaging stage presence, Dyson has been described as simply “brilliant”, with a “wonderfully
The current exhibition Vestiges by Silvio John Camilleri, held at the Wignacourt Museum, does not merely explore the notion of identity; it dismantles and reconstructs it through the medium of paint. At the heart of this body of work lies a sustained engagement with the self, not as a fixed or stable entity, but as a fluid and porous construct shaped
