Food glorious food. So what can you expect in terms of traditional Maltese fare at this time of year? Well as you may expect given the strong British influence, it’s pretty much what you find on the table in…
It’s a small, small place, so you may imagine that there just isn’t the space on an island this size for legendary creatures to flit and lurk. You would be wrong. There are three I have discovered (on the internet,…
This is one of those small, quirky little bars you can come across in Malta. It’s located in the backstreets of Sliema – or in other words, not along the seafront and so less likely to be stumbled upon by…
The one and only time I saw one of these things, my brain stopped working. You see at the time I was confident in my belief that there were no snakes on Malta, so imagine my surprise upon coming across…
Muscat and Gonzi (from ‘Times of Malta’) Politics in Malta is a ferociously tribal business. You’ve got the Labour Party (led by Joseph Muscat) on one side and the Nationalist Party (led by Lawrence Gonzi) on the other. Broadly speaking,…
You need a social security number if you are working in Malta – whether for a company or self-employed. This rather dilapidated-looking building is the Dept of Social Security in the Sliema area. The Department of Social Security is located on…