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A Hidden Culinary Gem

Posted by in Food, Restaurants, Reviews

Bean ragout, honey glazed pork & good service: the things that won me over at the Casino Restaurant at Portomaso. When I was asked to try out the Casino Restaurant at Portomaso, the first thing that went through my mind was: “Wait, there’s a restaurant there?”  The Location Having been to the Casino at Portomaso once before for the wonderful Michael Kors party – at which I tried my hand at gambling and failed rather miserably – I was quite surprised to have missed the restaurant, particularly since I’m quite…read more

Day 2: The ‘Kristen’ Bag (words by Joe Fountain)

Posted by in Exclusive, Fashion

Joe Fountain shares an actual Facebook chat with Kristen Buhagiar, the muse who helped inspire the ‘Kristen‘ beach bag – an intimate insight into a conversation between two old friends. The original plan was to catch up with Kristen in real time during a recent visit to Malta. It would have been the perfect opportunity to do the interview with the exotic beauty I first laid eyes on almost twenty years ago and who I’ve seen flourish into one of the Island’s most successful and recognizable faces. Unfortunately, more because of my hectic schedule…read more

Press Release: Charles&Ron Turn Heads in Romania

Posted by in Fashion

Charles & Ron have just returned from their successful participation in Feeric Fashion Days.  Feeric Fashion Days is a fashion week organised in the medieval city of Sibiu in Romania. Many international and Romanian designers participate in this fashion week and some of Romania’s most popular stylists, bloggers and models travelled to Sibiu for the event. Feeric has received a lot of positive press on internationally renowned magazines, including Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan, and was also featured on Euronews programme LeMag. C&R were among the three designers that were featured on this programme. This is the second…read more

The Archaeology of Acoustics

Posted by in History, Museums, Music

Ancient sounds and the science behind them: Malta is the seat of the world’s first archaeoacoustics conference. As anyone who knows me knows: I am a total history buff and watch at least three solid hours of documentaries a day (usually first thing in the morning and while I’m snoozing off late at night); so when I was invited to the opening of an archaeoacoustics conference here in Malta I got pretty excited. Organised by Linda Eneix, a conference organiser who is based in the US, this conference has put…read more