SAGHTAR NEWS

The May issue of SAGHTAR (No 295), the final issue of the scholastic year, is also the last one to be edited by Victor Fenech who has been closely associated with it for over thirty years.

Charles Magro will be taking over from October 2008 and will have the honour of seeing the best selling magazine for Primary and Secondary students reach the landmark 300th edition.

Oliver Friggieri recalls his personal experiences with Francis Ebeyer in October 1967. The Tuscan city of Siena is the subject of an article by Patrick Sammut in his series about Italian medieval cities. Norbert Ellul Vincenti shares his witty thoughts on Il-Kalzetta Maltija in one of his typical well-written essays.

Tanya Cilia reminds us of the importance of exercising our minds as well as our bodies and writes about how we can put on Edward de Bono's famous six hats as we think. The stories include the continuation of Frank Schembri's story about the adventures of Jacob Jones, the story of the thief by Roberta Azzopardi and another adventure featuring Belinda by Dunstan Hamilton.

The section dedicated to entertainment features information about Patrick Swayze, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Lopez, with the cenre-page poster dedicated to Miley Cyrus.

Copies of SAGHTAR, including back numbers may be obtained by phoning MUT Publications on 21227643 or by e-mail - info@mut.org.mt