Of all the things I have learnt about in over six years of living in Birgu, the most baffling to me is the…
I have previously written about St. Dominic and the Dominican community in Birgu. Similarly, I have written about the parish church of St. Lawrence…
In this blog I will write about Birgu’s central square, Il-Pjazza tal-Belt Vittoriosa, also colloquially known as Victory Square. In most Maltese cities and…
This is my first post for quite a while. It’s not surprising. It’s not so easy to write about a city’s culture and history when…
As some of the lockdown restrictions start to be eased, and the weather begins to move through spring and hint at the hot…
In today’s post I want to offer my own personal thanks to some of the unsung heroes of the current situation with the…
If I’m honest, I almost didn’t write this post. In 2019 I experienced my first Holy Week in Birgu: bells ringing, flags flying, pageantry and…