Dr Tony Shaw

Dun Karm (1871-1961), or Carmelo Psaila, was born in Żebbuġ, Malta, and I previously made a post about him nearly two years ago. I've no...

The village Sweethaven in Anchor Bay created for Robert Altman's film Popeye has been preserved and turned into a museum. Critically,...

There are a number of poems by and reviews of Achille Mizzi 's work here both in English and Maltese.

This wonderfully expressive statue in Dingli, Malta, is a representation of Ġużè Ellul Mercer (1897-1961), who was born in Msida, and who, a...

One of the works of the romantic poet Rużar Briffa (1906-63) is called 'Fil-Barrakka ta' Fuq' ('At Upper Barrakka') and ...

Also known as Gian Piet, Giovanni Pietro Agius de Soldanis (1712-70) was born in Victoria (then called Rabat), Gozo, and was a writer and a ...

The statue of Ninu Cremona (1880-1972) outside the Ninu Cremona Lyceum, Fortunato Mizzi Street, Gozo. Cremona was also known as Anthony C...

Roger Scicluna was a 20th century romantic poet who is very little known, and his almost total absence from the internet is a strong indicat...

In 2005, the centenary of the birth of Mary Meylak (or Meilak), the first woman poet in the Maltese language, a mass was held in her honor i...

Dun Karm (1871-1961) was born Carmelo Psaila in Żebbuġ, Malta. He was the national poet of Malta and has been called 'the Bard of Malta...

Ġorġ Pisani (1909-99) was born in Victoria, Gozo, his father being a successful wine merchant. During adolescence he became a novice with...

The Herbert Ganado Gardens remember the writer of the same name, and are in Floriana just outside of Valletta, Malta. Ganado (1906-75) is in...

Coleridge went to Malta both because of the better climate and to try to cure himself of his addiction to opium. He arrived 18 May 1804 on...