<= UPDATE: You can read all of my columns for The Shift here =>
I’ve started writing a series of articles for an independent Maltese news site called The Shift.
Writer, Explorer and Travel Philosopher
<= UPDATE: You can read all of my columns for The Shift here =>
I’ve started writing a series of articles for an independent Maltese news site called The Shift.
I still remember where I was when Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered.
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 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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Have you ever dreamed of living in the middle of an artillery firing range? Then Malta in summer is for you.
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