The next public talk in the Saturday series hosted at Il-Ħaġar museum, Pjazza San Ġorġ, Victoria, will be delivered in English by the former editor of The Sunday Times of Malta, Laurence Grech. The talk – “Why I was born” – will be on Saturday at 11am.

Grech loves to quip that he was born “thanks to the war”. He was in fact born in the post-war ‘baby boom’ in 1948 to a school headmaster from Għajnsielem and a teacher from Valletta 17 years his junior, both of whom had their lives deeply traumatised by the war. After a brief introduction about the part played by Malta in the war, Grech will recount the tragic circumstances which brought his parents together and the incredible story both families lived to tell.

Entrance is free but booking on events@heartofgozo.org.mt is recommended.