Writer, Explorer and Travel Philosopher
Batten down the hatches… Hate mail on the way…
I’ve started writing a series of articles for an independent Maltese news site called The Shift.
One of the paper’s founders contacted me at the beginning of November to ask if I would comment on things that appear completely bizarre to an outsider, but which are accepted as normal in Malta.
It has been 6 months since Daphne was murdered in Malta
I still remember where I was when Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered.
An afternoon visit to my neighbourhood copy shop…
It’s been pretty quiet on the blog this year, but I’ve got two good reasons for that.
One: I just haven’t been traveling very much. A visit to Japan, a short trip down to Sardinia, and a long overdue visit to Canada — my first trip back home in over 3 years. And that was about it for 2017.
Daphne Caruana Galizia was brutally murdered on October 16th
Daphne Caruana Galizia was the most dangerous person in Malta.
I probably don’t need to tell you who she is anymore, because her name is making the news worldwide.
The connection between landscape and character is never far away…
A few readers have asked me how much research goes into the writing of a book.
How much do you have to read in order to write?
The island of Malta — my home for 6 years
If you want to understand Malta — and the southern Mediterranean in general — then you’ll want to come to grips with the theory of Amoral Familism.
A new life in a new town…
I learned and experienced many things during my years in Malta, and I wrote around 30 articles about it — most of them were positive, about the places we discovered, from small village streets to the windswept heights of Ras ir-Raheb and the coast of Blata tal-Melh.
Thus ends my island years…
I moved to the Mediterranean because I wanted to write an island book inspired by Lawrence Durrell. But it had to be a place no one else had written about — at least, not in that way.
Looking for the ruins of a Roman villa…
The highlight of my Christmas Eve was a last minute drive over to Valletta to see the new Star Wars film. Valletta was in full xmas-mode and it seemed like half the island was out for a stroll. Only 15 people in the entire cinema made it feel like a private screening, and Rogue One did not disappoint.
Petards — possibly the world’s most annoying “hobby”
Have you ever dreamed of living in the middle of an artillery firing range? Then Malta in summer is for you.
