History

This is the fascinating account of a technological breakthrough which gave the Allies a propitious leg-up in achieving victory over the Nazis back ...

L-apprezzament hu mibni fuq l-għarfien. Il-Kultura Maltija huwa xogħol li jixraqlu li jkun irrakkomandat liż-żgħażagħ, lill-studenti ta’ etajiet va...

What they said about Giovanni Bonello’s Histories of Malta Confessions and Transgressions – Volume Nine – A book can say as much about his author ...

Edizzjoni ġdida, riveduta u aġġornata b’żjieda ta’ kapitlu ġdida filmitt anniversarju tasSette Giugno. Edizzjoni mimlija b’tagħrif ritratti u dokum...

The starting point is the beginning of the 18th century, when the Order of St John introduced its second element to the fleet: the so-called vascel...

Charles A. Gauci writes about men of Maltese lineage who have, over the years, achieved the actual or effective rank of General or Admiral in the a...

The Great Mal'tese Composers: historical context, lives, and works' is the first comprehensive study of Maltese music to be written in the English ...

In his four-volume study, Pirotta meticulously examines Malta’s twenty-year transformation from Britain’s foremost Mediterranean fortress colony to...

In the middle of the seventeenth century, apart from such leading powers and commercial giants as Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherl...

Situated in the walled city of Mdina, Malta’s former capital, Palazzo Falson is the second oldest structure still standing. Fashioned on the Siculo...

In Britain, governmentsponsored schemes engaged artists on a contractual basis to document both the First and Second World Wars. Official war artis...

In Britain, governmentsponsored schemes engaged artists on a contractual basis to document both the First and Second World Wars. Official war artis...

The invention of the button goes back to at least 5000 years when they were originally used for ornamental purposes. Eventually, in the Middle Ages...

Some years ago, Thomas Freller published a monograph on Malta and the Grand Tour, where the subject of Gozo and its visitors was treated in a rathe...

The Order of the Knight Hospitaller of St John has its origins in the early years of the first millennium ad. This book outlines their history as s...

Images by S.L. Cassar from the 1890s to the 1930s