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Faith and marriage collide in new contemporary drama
3+ week, 3+ day ago (108+ words) Sa Mal-Mewt Tifridna" draws parallels between a marriage on the brink of collapse and the story of Jesus"s Passion A contemporary drama inspired by Holy Week is being staged at the Black Studio, Malta School of Drama and Dance,…...
Editorial: Fighting falsity outside the courtroom
4+ week, 1+ day ago (609+ words) The acquittal of Matthew Grech " pending further legal appeal " will be treated as a victory by those who wage culture wars against progressive and secular human values Malta's ban on gender conversion therapies was last week lauded by the same…...
'Ex-gay' Matthew Grech cleared of promoting gay conversion therapy
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (680+ words) Grech was facing the charges alongside two hosts of an online discussion programme A court has found "ex-gay" Matthew Grech and two hosts of an online news programme not guilty of promoting gay conversion therapy. Grech was charged after doing…...
Malta’s king of chocolate breaks his third world record, with a giant train
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (492+ words) The 52-metre chocolate train was unveiled in Milan on Monday A Maltese chocolatier behind two previous Guinness World Records has done it again, this time with a 52-metre-long chocolate train unveiled in Milan, now officially the longest chocolate sculpture in…...
Maltese woman found dead in UK home remembered as 'loving mum"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) Rita Rowley was found dead in her home in Whitchurch last month. Her partner is the prime suspect. Rita Rowley, the 84-year-old Maltese woman who was found dead in her home in Whitchurch, UK, has been described by her two…...
US novelist Edmund White, chronicler of gay life, dead at 85 − agent
10+ mon, 1+ hour ago (399+ words) Edmund White, the influential American novelist who chronicled gay life through his semi-autobiographical work, including dozens of books, several short stories and countless articles and essays, has died, his agent said Wednesday. He was 85. "Ed passed last night at home…...