At 11:40 p.m. on April 14th 1912, RMS Titanic, the largest ocean liner ever built by the hands of man, hit an iceberg which ripped holes in several of its water-tight compartments, dooming its destiny and that of all its…
Xi mkien trid tieqaf! Infatti, għalkemm konxja li hemm ħafna aktar ġabriet interessanti x’nikteb dwarhom, dan ser ikun l-aħħar artiklu tiegħi f’din is-sensiela. Kull artiklu li ktibt kellu l-għan li jeħodna matul vjaġġ ta’ esplorazzjoni tal-kultura u tal-istorja tagħna. Flimkien…
Fil-5 ta’ Marzu ta’ din il-ġimgħa sirt naf li kien qiegħed jiġi ċċelebrat il- 250 anniversarju mit-twelid ta’ Mikiel Anton Vassalli; personaġġ magħruf bħala ‘missier l-ilsien Malti’ minħabba l-kontribut kbir li ta biex il-Malti jsir lingwa nazzjonali. Fatt li…
In the old days, the sea played a prominent role in peoples’ lives, especially to island inhabitants. It was a source of livelihood for fishermen, a fortuitous space for pirates, a bridge to other countries for travellers, merchants and…
Kull tant żmien, l-umanità tnissel numru ta’ individwi prolifiċi li permezz tagħhom jitwettqu proġetti sinifikanti li jwasslu biex ibiddlu l-istorja ta’ pajjiżhom u sikwit, anki dik tad-dinja. Wieħed minn dawn kien Themistocles Zammit, li aktar tard sar magħruf bħala Sir…
“Kif ħlisna mill-għarqa, sirna nafu li l-gżira kien jisimha Malta. In-nies tagħha ġabu ruħhom magħna bi ħlewwa liema bħalha. Laqgħuna tajjeb lilna lkoll u qabbdulna ħuġġieġa, għax kienet bdiet nieżla x-xita u kien il-bard….” Għoddni qed nilmaħ lill-appostlu San Luqa…
Avviż li deher dan l-aħħar fuq il-Facebook mill-Cospicua Heritage Society, ġibidli l-attenzjoni u qanqalli l-kurżità. Dan peress illi l-pubbliku kien qiegħed jiġi mistieden biex fis-siegħat mudlama tal-lejl, jingħaqad ma’ grupp li kellu l-għan li jżur numru ta’ inħawi partikolari f’Bormla…
At the end of the 19th century, the village of Orgosolo in Sardinia, was renowned across Europe as the ‘village of bandits’ because of its high rate of criminality. The locals, mainly shepherds and farmers, often felt oppressed by the…
Għaddejt minn quddiem il-Knisja tal-Maddalena kemm il-darba mingħajr qatt ma bsart xi storja kien hemm warajha. Madanakollu, minn dejjem naffarni l-ħsieb li din il-knisja antika kienet għamlet żmien tiġi utilizzata bħala post fejn jinħadmu l-karrijiet tal-karnival. Iżda kien biss ftit…
The name itself, Buggerru, sounds unusual, and so is the location of this Sardinian coastal village which lies hidden deep behind the mountainous areas of the province of Carbonia-Iglesias, about 70 km northwest of Cagliari. One would think that such…