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Solarino – Sicilian city linked to St Paul
A number of Sicilian towns have claimed that they were paid a visit by St Paul after he left Malta but it is difficult to verify this. Our only written source is the Bible, which says that after Malta St Paul and St Luke landed in Sicily and stayed...
Emirates celebrates Australia Day in Malta
Emirates Airlines celebrated Australia Day in Malta with local journalists at Chukkas restaurant. Right from the start in 1998, Australia was and still is an important and strategic destination for Emirates Airlines. Over the past years, the airline...
Best New Uniform award for Turkish Airlines
The “Best New Uniform 2018” award has gone to Turkish Airlines’ new cabin uniforms. In the new era starting with Istanbul Airport, the cabin uniforms have brought both style and elegance of the cabin crews to a new level. Chosen as the “Best New...
Somerset: where time loses all meaning
The old market town of Bruton in Somerset, like the nearby town of Frome, is self-consciously cool. The epitome of the Baking Age and craze. Its sourdough baking heritage is a little too self-promoting, a little hard to swallow. Maybe, it’s not for the...
Krakow’s pinball and bagel museums
Given a choice between Auchwitz and pinball, Kevin Pilley chooses the latter, getting the chance to relive his youth and the magical feeling of the silver ball of the game. ‘Venom!’ ‘Battle the Green Goblin!’ ‘Charge the Knight on the Hill!’ ‘Beat the...
Have yourself a Daffy Christmas
The UK’s small batch, artisanal gin boom has now been commemorated by the UK’s first limited edition, letter-box friendly gin. Daffy’s Gin, based at the Strathmashie Distillery in Perthshire, has just launched its unique Christmas greetings cards which...
’Tis the season for Emirates festive offerings
Emirates is bringing Christmas joy to the skies this December with a festive menu on select flights and nostalgic films on board. Customers travelling for the holidays in December will enjoy several specials across all cabin classes on board and on the...
Jersey: the big apple Tennerfest
Jersey, the nine-by-five-mile island a hundred miles off the southern coast of England and 15 from the coast of northwest France, is well known as a tax haven. The UK crown dependency boasts nearly 3,000 millionaires out of a population of 90,000. But...
Air Malta carries 35 per cent more passengers in August
Air Malta registered a 35 per cent increase in passengers on its Malta-based routes during August, its busiest month of the year, compared to last year. It carried a total of 244,799 passengers to and from Malta. Air Malta was one of the main...
Majestic Princess lands on world’s first floating runway in Sydney Harbour
Majestic Princess sailed into Sydney on the world’s first floating runway. The spectacular celebration was held to mark the maiden arrival of the ship, the largest Princess Cruises vessel ever to visit Australia. The 3,560-guest Majestic Princess was...